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Sorry, edited for clarity. PS: I learned that acronym less than a year ago, so maybe it is not as used as I thought.
by yomismoaqui 10mo ago
Sorry, edited for clarity.
PS: I learned that acronym less than a year ago, so maybe it is not as used as I thought.
- sodapopcan 10mo agoIt's pretty common, but I guess just for English people (or maybe just in Canada as hinted in another post?)? Either way I'm all for eliminating acronyms in public posts!
- koakuma-chan 10mo agoIt's common and wrong. I had to do "ESL" courses at a Canadian secondary school, even though English is my third language, not second.
- neutronicus 10mo ago"Subsequent Language"? "Successor Language"? "Secondary Language"? Feel like there is an "S" word that works
- sodapopcan 10mo agoHa, technically correct but also a little nitty. "First" and "second" are colloquial used here as "main" and "other." But again, you're not wrong.
- koakuma-chan 10mo agoEven if we were to admit that "first" meant "main" and "second" meant "other," it would still be wrong, because it is possible for your first language to no longer be your main language, which is the case for me.
- sodapopcan 10mo agoRight. Again, it's colloquial. These things happen in languages.
- koakuma-chan 10mo agoI know, just felt like being nitpicky :)
- sodapopcan 10mo agoAll good :D
- neilv 10mo agoIs this thread just toying with the metrics?
- DavidWoof 10mo agoIt's very common the US as well, but primarily in education circles. I honestly have no idea what percent of the general public would recognize it immediately (hard to know for anything, really).