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When online discussion gets lost in translation
May 16, 2008 - 2:33am
The answer!
There are of course other barriers to communication. There was a regular babbler a number of years ago who seemed to have an eccentric way of expressing himself, but later shared that he was using assistive devices on his computer to communicate. Once you got used to it, you almost stopped noticing.
As ms. communicate says, patience and a little positive reaching out, and really hone your attentive skills.
Which is, I suspect, the general idea. Some Beltovs like to overturn the apple-cart, for the fun of it, a little too much. It may be hard to believe, but I'm the sensible one.
I actually get compliments on my English from people whose mother tongue isn't English. Many people who are learning English have an interested attitude towards the language and are, often, more respectful of the language than a native speaker. There's a great little exchange in the Henry Fonda version of Twelve Angry Men in which a recent immigrant corrects the English of a native speaker. Politeness probably prevents this from happening more often.
It's not just online forums where one can make a difference, and put others at ease, with a little effort. And there are benefits too; sometimes one gets asked those questions that aren't asked of anyone else and
youone gets to know someone much better because of it.[ 16 May 2008: Message edited by: N.Beltov ]
why did the OP want the person to remain engaged in the forum so much? If he/she couldn't understand him or her and what was said, well, why not just let nature take its course, either the bad English poster will get frustrated and will stop posting, or better their language skills in order to be able to post so that people can actually understand what is being written.
I think it is a good thing that people get obsessed about proper grammar and spelling - however, only with regard to fellow native English speakers. To point out every error to someone learning English as a second language is just mean - I should know, I've been on the other side of this, and when you are trying your best just to communicate and every grammatical or pronunciation error is picked upon, you never get the chance to actually finish the sentence and end up frustrated.
I miss boom boom
I'm sure he can be found at B n R.
My link to BnR does not work anymore
Do you need the url or do you just need to register again?
The new url forgot to bookmark it last time I was there, if you have it. :)
remind: http://breadnroses.ca/community/
thank you writer