View Poll Results: How often does it matter to you when foreigners make mistakes but the text is understandable?

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  • Every time I see/hear it

    4 28.57%
  • Sometimes, when mistakes are too obvious

    8 57.14%
  • When text is interesting, they are less noticeable

    1 7.14%
  • I notice them from time to time

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Thread: Perfect English (A question to native English speakers)

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    I agree with VendingMachine, but would like to add that it's not worth even mentioning. At least, the Yoda syndrome cannot exist in Russian.
    -- Да? Коту Ваське, бл##?
    -- Нет, Я кот Васька :-/

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182
    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    But people say when they hear me talking English that my accent is rather German than Russian.
    Probably people think Russian accent means rolling "r" and terrible "th" sound. My pronouncation is far from native speaker's but usually people say it's not "russian". Once I was even told I sound like a Canadian. I wonder what does it mean?

    Canadians talk like their mom and dad are also their brother and sister.

    If you've ever seen the simpsons on english, Ned flanders is a good example of how canadians talk.
    Terrence and Phillip are much funnier than Ned though...Pronouncing "about" like "aboot" just cracks me up for no reason whatsover.
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    BTW, I am from the South y'all.
    O RLY!?!?!

    The George Jones icon didn't give it away...That photo must be circa 1492 or so I think.
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    The south will fall again!
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    I just think its funny when people say that the south will rise again, because, I can't seem to find a time when it ever rose in the first place?!
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    And then you lost!
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    And the first shot of the Civil War was fired right here, in Charleston, South Carolina!
    Yeah, a major achievement...

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Thats a book of fiction about a love story and probly has very little to do with real life.

    Which brings me to my next question about the south. Howcome it seems like people from the south are the most patriotic to be american, but at the same time they want to be their own country?

    sometimes the south seems so backwards.
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182

    Which brings me to my next question about the south. Howcome it seems like people from the south are the most patriotic to be american, but at the same time they want to be their own country?
    I think there are about 3 people who actually want independence today. I'm not sure I remember anyone campaigning on that last presidential election (there were people campaigning as communists though).
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

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    Well, I don't know what to say. I want to say thanks to the Academy, to Mama, to Papa and to my dog. I love you all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    And the first shot of the Civil War was fired right here, in Charleston, South Carolina!
    Yeah, a major achievement...
    It is. Many southerners in general, and charlestonians in particular, are proud of their herritage. Many still display the Confederate battle flag. Read "Gone with the Wind," or go see the movie.
    Charlestonian is right. There is a loyalty and pride in most Southerners. Also, it is very important to say that the war was mainly over economics, not over slavery. Most Confederate soldiers during the war, came from poor farm families, with no slaves. But there was the idea with most Confederates that the "North" (the Federal government) was trying to interfere with their personal rights, and the rights of each Southern State... come into the South and take control away from the individual States... take your rights, as a citizen, away from you... which many believed to be a clear violation of the original U.S. Constitution.

    This was an important reason that General Robert E. Lee, the senior commander of the Confederacy, abandoned his military command in the Federal government, and became the main military leader of the Confederacy... and his loyalty to his home State of Virginia.

    Very complex questions... and most of these difficulties that caused the war between the North and the South were economic and/or political.

    My mother comes from a "neutral" Kansas heritage, but my father comes from the Old South... deep forests of southern Arkansas, near the Louisiana border. My great-great-grandfather's home (near Fordyce, Arkansas) is still remembered in the legends of the Civil War...

    ...his home was agreed to by North and South Generals as a "no-man's land" (absolutely neutral) and served as a hospital to both Confederate, and Federal soldiers. My great-great-grandfather Marks refused to fight for the Confederacy... but both North and South honored this "cease-fire" on his land, so that the wounded, from both sides, could get medical treatment. And my great-great-grandfather remained protected... neither North or South bothered him, his family, or damaged his farm or mill, because of this treaty between North and South commanders. So, he and his family survived the war, without much difficulty.

    There was an important battle fought near his land... the Battle of Marks Mill. My great-great-grandfather's grain mill.

    But, in our family history, we had ancestors fight, and die, on both sides... North and South.

    To understand America, I think it's important to understand the Civil War. To paraphrase the American historian Shelby Foote, "The Civil War changed us forever, and defined us as a Nation."

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182
    Thats a book of fiction about a love story and probly has very little to do with real life.

    Which brings me to my next question about the south. Howcome it seems like people from the south are the most patriotic to be american, but at the same time they want to be their own country?

    sometimes the south seems so backwards.
    Your English is rather strange... Where are you from?
    А ты определенно из Одессы: отвечаешь вопросом на вопрос.
    "...Важно, чтобы форум оставался местом, объединяющим людей, для которых интересны русский язык и культура. ..." - MasterАdmin (из переписки)



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