Overseas posters who apologise for their English...

stop it!

Your English is better than my Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian etc etc....

At least you're trying.

I see apologies on a few posts, avatars etc. Always wondered why people feel they need to apologise when they're at least giving English a shot.

When I registered on Queenzone a couple of times I apologized for my English.Now I hope that my posts are clear and understandable.
But I still often wonder if I wrote some nonsense, ,wrong use some words etc.
Not so easy.

Completely agree with you. English is not my mother language but I can assume my English is better than 99,9% of native English speakers' Polish. .

And anyway native English speakers always seem to be very kind and understanding about this. You are another example.

Sorry for my English.. :(

*wink wink*

Your English is way better than my Latvian, although my Latvian is way better than my English :p

Anyone's English is WAY better than my Filipino, and I'm the only one in the family speaking English (til now, i can't even remember how i started)

Time to nitpick:

- You don't need to be perfectly fluent in a foreign language in order to criticise someone else's English level, the same way you don't need to rule a country in order to say May/Trump/Duterte/Peña is an arse. Of course, it's nice if you appreciate someone else's command of any language, but it's not by any means a must.

- Conformity begets mediocrity. If you feel your English (or your guitar playing, or your public speaking, or your editing skills) could be better, there's nothing wrong with openly saying you're not content with your performance so far. It's not always self-deprecation and it's not always merely fishing for compliments. Sure, the average internet user from virtually any country speaks English way better than the average native anglophone speaks Romanian, Icelandic or Basque, but are we really meant to set the bar that low? Sure, my football playing is better than a cadaver's (only sometimes, though)... that shouldn't be enough.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

Sure, my football playing is better than a cadaver's (only sometimes, though)... that shouldn't be enough.[/QUOTE]

It's enough to play for Scotland...

Setting the bar higher is nice, but to me it is important to be able to communicate so that others can understand, and even if some one's english is subpar, I still have been able to comprehend and understand everyone's english on this site.

As far as playing a sport worse than a cadaver goes ... one can play badly and still enjoy the sport ... except for golf ... a bad day at work is better than a good day of golf.

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

Sure, my football playing is better than a cadaver's (only sometimes, though)... that shouldn't be enough.[/QUOTE]

It's enough to play for Scotland...

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LOL!

I didn't say anything about setting bars, I'm just saying there's no need to apologise for being weak at something. That's not the same as giving scope for mediocrity. Nor did I say that my inability to speak fluently in other languages means I'm not able to criticise - I just choose not to. Of course mediocrity is not what anyone aspires to, but if I can comprehend someone, then they shouldn't feel the need to apologise for not being perfect. If they're not communicating well, then that's where I'll point them in the right direction.

As for the Scotland comment Holly - you can feck right off :p We'd demolish your mob any day!

[QUOTE] [b]Thistleboy1980 wrote:[/b]

I didn't say anything about setting bars, I'm just saying there's no need to apologise for being weak at something. That's not the same as giving scope for mediocrity. Nor did I say that my inability to speak fluently in other languages means I'm not able to criticise - I just choose not to. Of course mediocrity is not what anyone aspires to, but if I can comprehend someone, then they shouldn't feel the need to apologise for not being perfect. If they're not communicating well, then that's where I'll point them in the right direction.

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Bingo!

As an Englishman, I have to say that because there are so many languages around the world we decided to conquer and colonise it: it was far easier! LOL

Kudos to everyone whose native language is NOT English yet speaks it well enough to hold a conversation. You really put some of us lazy Englander's to shame.

You're right but... i can't!!! I can't change my signature... i don't remember how can i change it!!! :D
With Chrome i can't see the "quote" icon... i can't see the "profile" icon.
probably the problem is mine...