= Сообщение: 3990 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 01 Jul 16 11:59:21 Кому : Björn Felten 01 Jul 16 11:59:21 Тема : English mistakes FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+57763ef8 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5775a984 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== ============================================================================== On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 01:21:42 Björn Felten -> David Rance wrote:
DR>> Richard, you mean "lose-lose"! "Loose" is an adjective meaning the DR>> opposite to "tight"!
DR>> (Don't worry, a lot of Anglophiles get it wrong, too!)
BF> Now THAT is the David that I've been accustomed to for a decade or more!
BF> Please keep up the Anglophile watch over those of us that don't have BF> English as our native tongue! Unlike in some of the US echoes, I think BF> that all of us in this echo will only be grateful when our mistakes are BF> pointed out.
I know that you've always been keen for me to do this, but I can't do it too often otherwise people will get annoyed with me. And quite rightly, too!
Just occasionally I chip in, especially when it's something which comes up often but, on the whole, the standard of English here is pretty good. Most of you speak (write!) more fluently in English than the average UK person can speak (write!) another language.
Did you see the final at Roland Garros? Novak Djokovic made a speech in pretty good French, which must be at most his third language. Andy Murray apologised for not being able to speak in French - and yet that is the first foreign language taught in UK schools!
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
