Who is a foreigner here?

[Pogo]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

I guess I qualify as a citizen of the Dutch socialist Kingdom (also known as the Netherlands)

English isn't the problem though, more the murican expressions/references that make the homeland so exceptional

Dutch is the closest (major) language to English.
Frisian (West Frisian) is the closest.

"Good butter and good cheese is good English and good Fries".

 

[Comrade Johnson]

And really Canadians are Americans. So are Argentinians and Panamanians and Brazilians. All in the Americas.

Yes, but it's more difficult for a Brazilian guy to pretend to be an Amerian then for a Canadian

And yet Brazil is in South America. So they're not Asians or Europeans.

Well, it's just names, I think. It was possible to name South America Western Asia

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

I guess I qualify as a citizen of the Dutch socialist Kingdom (also known as the Netherlands)

English isn't the problem though, more the murican expressions/references that make the homeland so exceptional

"more the murican expressions/references"

Yes I agree, I'm not sure what "derp" is or "doofas" but they use these words very often.

I have had my mind corrupted and now use Batshit crazy and sugar pants.

Actually I don't know what "derp" means either. I see it here but I just shrug and move on.

"Doofus" (it has a U) is a slow stupid person.

"Sugar pants" I've never heard before now. But it sounds nice.

I'm noticing "derp" being used a lot, I wish someone would say what it is.

Okay on "Doofus" now.

Um sugar pants is a put down, I don't use it often as I do my best to be polite, I only use it if someone is being beyond idiotic.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

And its very strange for such an empty head

Stratford57 is my friend and they have anything but an empty head.

Everybody is somebody's friend. But only people with empty heads support fascists in other countries. It's my opinion of course.

We don't discuss politics in The Lounge.

 

[Pogo]

Your English is not bad at all.
The same cannot be said for many of the natives here.

But if you have questions I'm here to help.

Most inner city folks, that voted for Obama twice couldn't pass an English class even if it was 1st grade English.

There's always some obsessed klown who has to bring politics into a nice nonpolitical thread.

But it does point up the fact that there are dialects here, as in any language. And sometimes I will write intentionally wrong or misspelled words for humor, or to soften my point. As in "orangest" in a thread a little while ago. Not a real word. Just to make it difficult for the foreigners.

Since when is a rock group political, you worthless hack? I was bringing Sarcasm and Humor, but since you are a fucktard liberal, who cant find humor unless it is fucking someone else, you go bat shit crazy.

Excellent. Here ^ is an illustrated example of "doofus".

I never mentioned any "rock group". This poster apparently has a rock group in his head.

(Double entendre on the word "rock")

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

And its very strange for such an empty head

Stratford57 is my friend and they have anything but an empty head.

Everybody is somebody's friend. But only people with empty heads support fascists in other countries. It's my opinion of course.

60 Hard Truths About "Liberals"

That is why the Liberal makes "The State" his god. The Liberal worships THE STATE. The Liberal attempts to use his god (government) to eliminate all moral consequences for immoral behavior.

Why else did Obama want to rub shoulders with the Castro Brothers?

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

The entire Alt Right is foreign to American ways.

It's The Lounge Jake.

 

[Comrade Johnson]

Where are you from, andaronjim?

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

And its very strange for such an empty head

Stratford57 is my friend and they have anything but an empty head.

Everybody is somebody's friend. But only people with empty heads support fascists in other countries. It's my opinion of course.

60 Hard Truths About "Liberals"

That is why the Liberal makes "The State" his god. The Liberal worships THE STATE. The Liberal attempts to use his god (government) to eliminate all moral consequences for immoral behavior.

Why else did Obama want to rub shoulders with the Castro Brothers?

Whilst I agree with your comment, we're not supposed to post political stuff in The Lounge.

 

[Pogo]

What is good about English is its punctuation. In Russian we have thousand idiotic rules which are learned for years...

And we have those who abuse punctuation here. Irosie for one example uses no punctuation at all. Then there's 2aguy who ends every phrase with an ellipsis (...). One can never tell if he's finished his thought, but judging from the content, he never has.

The one aspect of a Russian speaker that stands out for our eyes is the use of articles. I believe Russian doesn't have them but when they're not used in English we notice (above: "we have thousand idiotic rules" would be "we have a thousand idiotic rules"). It doesn't prevent understanding but it does get noticed. Hope that helps.

I'll tell you one foreigner here whose English is perfect is Lucy Hamilton

I was taught the English language from the age of 8 years-old. My entire family can write and talk English.

Sometimes when talking English I do have to pause in the middle of a sentence to think of the correct word, this happens more on the phone than in person, why that is I'm not sure but it does, also if I talk too fast I think people aren't understanding fully what I'm saying.

In writing like this often spellcheck helps with the more complicated words.

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

Which language do you think in? Or does it shift often?

When I returned to the States after several months in France I was still thinking in French and had to translate before speaking for a while.

I always think in my own language, although if it's to do with mens buttocks then I don't do any thinking

And we presume you're teaching your kids English and any other languages you know as soon as they can talk? Best time to learn.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Your English is not bad at all.
The same cannot be said for many of the natives here.

But if you have questions I'm here to help.

Most inner city folks, that voted for Obama twice couldn't pass an English class even if it was 1st grade English.

There's always some obsessed klown who has to bring politics into a nice nonpolitical thread.

But it does point up the fact that there are dialects here, as in any language. And sometimes I will write intentionally wrong or misspelled words for humor, or to soften my point. As in "orangest" in a thread a little while ago. Not a real word. Just to make it difficult for the foreigners.

Since when is a rock group political, you worthless hack? I was bringing Sarcasm and Humor, but since you are a fucktard liberal, who cant find humor unless it is fucking someone else, you go bat shit crazy.

Excellent. Here ^ is an illustrated example of "doofus".

I never mentioned any "rock group". This poster apparently has a rock group in his head.

(Double entendre on the word "rock")

There's always some obsessed klown who has to bring politics into a nice nonpolitical thread.

I never mentioned any "rock group". This poster apparently has a rock group in his head.

This is how a worthless liberal(I know redundant statement) tries to twist words when THEY are the caught being shitheads. I put up the Foreigner Rock Group singing cold as ice and he has to bully people around as typical of a scumbag liberal.

 

[Pogo]

And really Canadians are Americans. So are Argentinians and Panamanians and Brazilians. All in the Americas.

Yes, but it's more difficult for a Brazilian guy to pretend to be an Amerian then for a Canadian

And yet Brazil is in South America. So they're not Asians or Europeans.

Well, it's just names, I think. It was possible to name South America Western Asia

In geological history I think it's more part of Africa.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

What is good about English is its punctuation. In Russian we have thousand idiotic rules which are learned for years...

And we have those who abuse punctuation here. Irosie for one example uses no punctuation at all. Then there's 2aguy who ends every phrase with an ellipsis (...). One can never tell if he's finished his thought, but judging from the content, he never has.

The one aspect of a Russian speaker that stands out for our eyes is the use of articles. I believe Russian doesn't have them but when they're not used in English we notice (above: "we have thousand idiotic rules" would be "we have a thousand idiotic rules"). It doesn't prevent understanding but it does get noticed. Hope that helps.

I'll tell you one foreigner here whose English is perfect is Lucy Hamilton

I was taught the English language from the age of 8 years-old. My entire family can write and talk English.

Sometimes when talking English I do have to pause in the middle of a sentence to think of the correct word, this happens more on the phone than in person, why that is I'm not sure but it does, also if I talk too fast I think people aren't understanding fully what I'm saying.

In writing like this often spellcheck helps with the more complicated words.

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

Which language do you think in? Or does it shift often?

When I returned to the States after several months in France I was still thinking in French and had to translate before speaking for a while.

I always think in my own language, although if it's to do with mens buttocks then I don't do any thinking

And we presume you're teaching your kids English and any other languages you know as soon as they can talk? Best time to learn.

Kid A aged four years old he knows some words yes, but they'll probably be like me and be taught properly in a few years.

 

[Pogo]

Your English is not bad at all.
The same cannot be said for many of the natives here.

But if you have questions I'm here to help.

Most inner city folks, that voted for Obama twice couldn't pass an English class even if it was 1st grade English.

There's always some obsessed klown who has to bring politics into a nice nonpolitical thread.

But it does point up the fact that there are dialects here, as in any language. And sometimes I will write intentionally wrong or misspelled words for humor, or to soften my point. As in "orangest" in a thread a little while ago. Not a real word. Just to make it difficult for the foreigners.

Since when is a rock group political, you worthless hack? I was bringing Sarcasm and Humor, but since you are a fucktard liberal, who cant find humor unless it is fucking someone else, you go bat shit crazy.

Excellent. Here ^ is an illustrated example of "doofus".

I never mentioned any "rock group". This poster apparently has a rock group in his head.

(Double entendre on the word "rock")

There's always some obsessed klown who has to bring politics into a nice nonpolitical thread.

I never mentioned any "rock group". This poster apparently has a rock group in his head.

This is how a worthless liberal(I know redundant statement) tries to twist words when THEY are the caught being shitheads. I put up the Foreigner Rock Group singing cold as ice and he has to bully people around as typical of a scumbag liberal.

This is what we call in English "irony . A poster who can't even read his own quoted post, yet wants to project "fucktard" on someone else.

"Fucktard" = "fuck" plus the second half of "retard". Doesn't make sense in English either. Presumably a "retard" with a sex life.

 

[Pogo]

Well, I mean not from the US and with problems with English like me

I guess I qualify as a citizen of the Dutch socialist Kingdom (also known as the Netherlands)

English isn't the problem though, more the murican expressions/references that make the homeland so exceptional

"more the murican expressions/references"

Yes I agree, I'm not sure what "derp" is or "doofas" but they use these words very often.

I have had my mind corrupted and now use Batshit crazy and sugar pants.

Actually I don't know what "derp" means either. I see it here but I just shrug and move on.

"Doofus" (it has a U) is a slow stupid person.

"Sugar pants" I've never heard before now. But it sounds nice.

I'm noticing "derp" being used a lot, I wish someone would say what it is.

Okay on "Doofus" now.

Um sugar pants is a put down, I don't use it often as I do my best to be polite, I only use it if someone is being beyond idiotic.

I dunno, "sugar pants" just sounds downright flirty. You may not be getting quite the meaning you think.

 

[Jantje_Smit]

Yes I agree, I'm not sure what "derp" is or "doofas" but they use these words very often.

I have had my mind corrupted and now use Batshit crazy and sugar pants.

It should be doofus I believe, just a minor insult

But if you want true corruption I suggest you visit the flame zone sometimes, you can pick up some very creative expressions there

 

[Pogo]

And we have those who abuse punctuation here. Irosie for one example uses no punctuation at all. Then there's 2aguy who ends every phrase with an ellipsis (...). One can never tell if he's finished his thought, but judging from the content, he never has.

The one aspect of a Russian speaker that stands out for our eyes is the use of articles. I believe Russian doesn't have them but when they're not used in English we notice (above: "we have thousand idiotic rules" would be "we have a thousand idiotic rules"). It doesn't prevent understanding but it does get noticed. Hope that helps.

I'll tell you one foreigner here whose English is perfect is Lucy Hamilton

I was taught the English language from the age of 8 years-old. My entire family can write and talk English.

Sometimes when talking English I do have to pause in the middle of a sentence to think of the correct word, this happens more on the phone than in person, why that is I'm not sure but it does, also if I talk too fast I think people aren't understanding fully what I'm saying.

In writing like this often spellcheck helps with the more complicated words.

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

Which language do you think in? Or does it shift often?

When I returned to the States after several months in France I was still thinking in French and had to translate before speaking for a while.

I always think in my own language, although if it's to do with mens buttocks then I don't do any thinking

And we presume you're teaching your kids English and any other languages you know as soon as they can talk? Best time to learn.

Kid A aged four years old he knows some words yes, but they'll probably be like me and be taught properly in a few years.

I think you shouldn't wait. As soon as they can say a word auf Deutsch, teach them what it is in English. A baby mind is a sponge. Pour it in there. The younger the better.

 

[Pogo]

Yes I agree, I'm not sure what "derp" is or "doofas" but they use these words very often.

I have had my mind corrupted and now use Batshit crazy and sugar pants.

It should be doofus I believe, just a minor insult

But if you want true corruption I suggest you visit the flame zone sometimes, you can pick up some very creative expressions there

True. But precious little in the way of useful grammar.

 

[Comrade Johnson]

I put up the Foreigner Rock Group singing cold as ice and he has to bully people around as typical of a scumbag liberal.

What the fuck this thread has to do with liberals?

 

[Pogo]

I was taught the English language from the age of 8 years-old. My entire family can write and talk English.

Sometimes when talking English I do have to pause in the middle of a sentence to think of the correct word, this happens more on the phone than in person, why that is I'm not sure but it does, also if I talk too fast I think people aren't understanding fully what I'm saying.

In writing like this often spellcheck helps with the more complicated words.

I'll also say that Stratford57 is very good at English.

Which language do you think in? Or does it shift often?

When I returned to the States after several months in France I was still thinking in French and had to translate before speaking for a while.

I always think in my own language, although if it's to do with mens buttocks then I don't do any thinking

And we presume you're teaching your kids English and any other languages you know as soon as they can talk? Best time to learn.

Kid A aged four years old he knows some words yes, but they'll probably be like me and be taught properly in a few years.

I think you shouldn't wait. As soon as they can say a word auf Deutsch, teach them what it is in English. A baby mind is a sponge. Pour it in there. The younger the better.

One thing that was interesting being around the Hutterites -- they will shift back and forth between Plattdeutsch and English, several times within the same sentence.