Let's speak English

No responses yet. All the mamas are too busy looking up words on Google Translate.

What would you like to talk about?

What would you like to talk about?

They've been probably too busy making babies instead of learning foreign languages.

I was busy making babies and learning english at the same time.

There is that difference between me and mamas that I didn´t manage to get any babies, so I had time to learn more english.

Boooriiing!

It's spelled mama's btw*.

* by the way

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 12:55"]

It's spelled mama's btw*.

* by the way

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Not mama's but the mamas.

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 12:30"]

I'd like to see if any of you are able to have a decent conversation in English. Not that it would be possible here no matter what language we use but let's give it a go and see if we're any better than the ones we're making fun of.

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Go fuck yourself!

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 12:45"]

Boooriiing!

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True, the thread didn't work out as I thought it would. Surely it would have been easier with a topic like vaccines, cloth diapers or that you-know-who-blogger...

Ai laik inglis veri mats änd ai laik tu spiik it tuu. Pat ai dont laik it tät te vööts aar vriten in ö divverent vei tän tei aar pronounsd änd te pronounsieissön is illotsikol. Inglis sud adopt ö nyy ortografi vits äkriis to te pronounsieissön. Vinnis van kud pee ö kuud tsois.

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 13:00"]

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 12:45"]

Boooriiing!

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True, the thread didn't work out as I thought it would. Surely it would have been easier with a topic like vaccines, cloth diapers or that you-know-who-blogger...

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Tuu meni difikult wörds in joor mesits!

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This is pretty funny. I can easily pick out the native speakers here and OP is defintely not one of them. :D

Non-native speakers trying to speak slang sounds painful, don't do it you are only embarrassing yourself. I do, however, totally encourage you to try and speak another language properly, the Finns are way too shy about this. Very few people will judge you for genuinely trying. But please leave the slang alone.

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 21:08"]OP here.

Just like I excepted. On AV, there's no such thing as good English. That's for sure. Today I had a lunch with my British co-workers and it's obvious you'd been in trouble - big time. I guess you're English is fluent enough to order potatoes and meatballs during your Canaria trips but for anything else... just no. Nice try.

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And what is your point again? If you just want to brag, or try to prove that you have such amazing skills, I guess this is the wrong place. Talk with your colleagues in case they still enjoy your collegial company... A mean, selfish and bragging colleague, just a perfect one

[quote author="Vierailija" time="11.01.2014 klo 21:08"]

OP here.

Just like I excepted. On AV, there's no such thing as good English. That's for sure. Today I had a lunch with my British co-workers and it's obvious you'd been in trouble - big time. I guess you're English is fluent enough to order potatoes and meatballs during your Canaria trips but for anything else... just no. Nice try.

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Error #1: Expected, not excepted.

Error #2: On the AV, not on AV, most Finns have trouble with when to add the "the" and you're one of them

Error #3: You'd have been in trouble, not you'd been in trouble

Error #4: Your english, not you're english

Sorry, honey, but get the hell out of here with your mediocre english. Why the f brag about something you don't know how to do? Talk about awkward and embarrassing.

[quote author="Vierailija" time="12.01.2014 klo 08:48"]

This is pretty funny. I can easily pick out the native speakers here and OP is defintely not one of them. :D

Non-native speakers trying to speak slang sounds painful, don't do it you are only embarrassing yourself. I do, however, totally encourage you to try and speak another language properly, the Finns are way too shy about this. Very few people will judge you for genuinely trying. But please leave the slang alone.

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It's just "Finns", not "the Finns" in generic reference, sweetie.

Are there any native English speakers on here right now?

Folks, English is a language with tons of idioms and such. It's not as easy as it seems. So don't brag unless you're native or at least half-native! I make mistakes all the time so I don't consider myself an expert either.

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[quote author="Vierailija" time="12.01.2014 klo 11:26"]

[quote author="Vierailija" time="12.01.2014 klo 08:48"]

This is pretty funny. I can easily pick out the native speakers here and OP is defintely not one of them. :D

Non-native speakers trying to speak slang sounds painful, don't do it you are only embarrassing yourself. I do, however, totally encourage you to try and speak another language properly, the Finns are way too shy about this. Very few people will judge you for genuinely trying. But please leave the slang alone.

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It's just "Finns", not "the Finns" in generic reference, sweetie.

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I would say "the Finns", in colloquial American english, sweetie. :)

[quote author="Vierailija" time="12.01.2014 klo 14:13"]

Are there any native English speakers on here right now?

Folks, English is a language with tons of idioms and such. It's not as easy as it seems. So don't brag unless you're native or at least half-native! I make mistakes all the time so I don't consider myself an expert either.

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I agree.

I'd consider myself half-native at least, having lived half my life in Finland and half my life (15 years) in the US. And I'd never consider myself an expert in either language. You can be a native speaker and not know all the rules and make mistakes for sure.