i wnat Goood Inglish

[MicroPilot]

I made my first post not as a joke, but to illustrate that even though the words are misspelled that the substance of the message can still be discerned.

 

[MicroPilot]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...Henro - They should endeavor to make English their first language....)</font>

Huh?

I have a lot of respect for the non English speaking posters here. I just wish I were that fluent in some other language. Your comment is very insulting to these people.

 

[Junkman]

I believe that I saw FOURTEEN on the Gerry Springer show a while ago. Had to watch something to help the days go by when I was last laid up. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I am going to take a few weeks off, so I can go back to Oxford to learn how to correctly compose sentences and use proper English. Then I am going to buy a Power Track just so I can properly fit in with the intellectually elite FOURTEEN.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[FOURTEEN]

"" Your comment is very insulting to these people. ""


In this country we are free to feel insulted if we wish to be, but that does not change the truth!!

The truth is that most people are better equipped socially and economically to succeed in the USA, and become truly American, if they learn to use English. People have come here from literally all over the world to become Americans. Being proud of your ancestry is a good thing, but living in an enclave in America limits your horizons! What could I expect if I only spoke Cambodian, but wanted to live and work in Turkey? Not much!!

Converting English from an emigrant's second language to his first is a significant accomplishment, and a goal that each emigrant should strive for. Helping emigrants to retain their native language to use in everyday life does them, and the greater population, a great disservice!

Why after millions of emigrants have come here, learned our language, and become citizens, do some of us now say that newcomers need to be coddled, and they will be insulted if the vast majority doesn't learn their foreign language to deal with them? That isn't respect, that's pandering!!

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[FOURTEEN]

Good Luck!! That sounds like an excellent goal, but you apparently will need much more than a few weeks!!


PS: I think that a Power Trac would be more to your liking!! I certainly enjoy mine!!

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[daedong]

Mate
ya got it al wrong, cobber ya cant speel in your country anyhaw, your jus like us you got it from the pom's and twisted it. So there is only one English language and neither your country use it or mine. So get off your horse ol'e chum. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MikePA]

Some things we can all agree on about writing;

1. Writing is a form of communication.
2. There are 2 participants in the process; Writer and Reader.
3. The Reader has 2 options, i.e., to Read or not to Read.
4. The Writer has lots of options, e.g., language, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, word choice, etc.

What options the writer selects to use fall into 2 categories;

1. Self focused - Makes it easier to write or tries to impress the reader.
2. Reader focused - Makes it easier to read.

All Writers, regardless of skill level or native language, have these choices. Obviously, the higher the skill level with the native language, the more choices a Writer has.

There's a difference between someone who can not write well and someone who will not.

 

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> The truth is that most people are better equipped socially and economically to succeed in the USA, and become truly American, if they learn to use English. People have come here from literally all over the world to become Americans. Being proud of your ancestry is a good thing, but living in an enclave in America limits your horizons! What could I expect if I only spoke Cambodian, but wanted to live and work in Turkey? Not much!!

Converting English from an emigrant's second language to his first is a significant accomplishment, and a goal that each emigrant should strive for. Helping emigrants to retain their native language to use in everyday life does them, and the greater population, a great disservice! </font>

I don't see anything written in the TBN rules that says posts must be written in American English. The www. is exactly that-- worldwide. Many of the posters here are from other countries-- Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Croatia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Pennsylvania /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif, etc. I don't see this as a strictly American website, and I don't see the need to insist on American English.

The goal here is to discuss and learn about tractors in a fun and productive manner with people all over the world! Ninety-five plus percent of the posters here are American, so English will continue to be the prevalent language, unless the membership rolls take a massive shift in another direction, but it is not mandatory!

Let's go back to talking about tractors and other fun things, smile, and enjoy the great outdoors! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Wow. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I'm a little embarrassed by the whole discussion.

What has made the internet so great is it didn't come with a law saying that you had to be literate and an expert to contribute.

If it had my life would be a lot less entertaining. And I wouldn't be on the internet.

 

[MikePA]

harv, you are one of the best writers on TBN! Always informative, always entertaining.

Writing is a creative act, just like you creating a fence, a gate, etc. To me, people should have pride in what they write and do it in a manner that serves, informs and, sometimes, entertains, the reader.