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I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose it's possible if he was on mobile. However his unusual use of Either twice also makes me wonder if maybe he's foreign
by p4rsec 8y ago
I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose it's possible if he was on mobile. However his unusual use of Either twice also makes me wonder if maybe he's foreign and is as confused by English as native speakers are. This language is crazy
- zhte415 8y ago> his unusual use of Either twice also makes me wonder if maybe he's foreign and is as confused by English as native speakers are Non native speaking can be terrible. It's as if American's don't have the letter 'u' on a keyboard.
- chowells 8y agoAmericans use the letter 'u' for the 'u' sound. (Hahaha, contradicted myself within one word.) Anyway, I am reminded of an exchange in the comments of Language Log. A British actor wanted to practice American rhotic accents. He said he was having trouble figuring out how Americans insert the 'r' sound. Someone explained that Americans use the 'r' sound where there is an 'r' in the word. He responded that he was baffled that the rule was that simple.
- laumars 8y agoEnglish is my first language and I barely manage to string together a coherent sentence. It honestly impresses me when people learn English as a second / third / whatever language. But then on the other hand I can code in more than a dozen different computer languages; so I guess my parents didn't compile me to communicate with other humans.