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[woofy31]

Come on! English is too…generic. Saying it (sorry, take care, everything will be all right) in the mother tongue gives it more meaning and feeling.

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Again, success in ya exams. I guess it will soon be time to hit your reading table, so…

Come on! English is too…generic

How come English is too generic? 😃 It’s a language like all others, a means of verbal communication, where people can share exactly the same things only with different sounds 😛 Being an easy to learn & use language doesn’t necessarily make it generic, too, IMO.

P.S. and if saying “sorry” lacks emotion, then this won’t: “Please accept my sincere apologies” 😃

[rainny_writer]

Come on! English is too…generic

How come English is too generic? 😃 It’s a language like all others, a means of verbal communication, where people can share exactly the same things only with different sounds 😛 Being an easy to learn & use language doesn’t necessarily make it generic, too, IMO.

P.S. and if saying “sorry” lacks emotion, then this won’t: “Please accept my sincere apologies” 😃

If you do understand your native dialect, regardless of how natural English (or any other language for that matter) comes to you, something said in your native tongue is more likely to hit a deeper cord. If I said:

“Please accept my sincere apologies” 😃

You would understand and you would be touched. But, if I said this in the “language of your heart,” those of your parents, you’d feel more touched that I felt sorry enough to break away from the “norm” and use a more personal language. I don’t know if you get it, though.

[woofy31]

If you do understand your native dialect, regardless of how natural English (or any other language for that matter) comes to you, something said in your native tongue is more likely to hit a deeper cord. If I said:

“Please accept my sincere apologies” 😃

You would understand and you would be touched. But, if I said this in the “language of your heart,” those of your parents, you’d feel more touched that I felt sorry enough to break away from the “norm” and use a more personal language. I don’t know if you get it, though.

I do get it - and now I understood what you meant Though I would have still used another term for it instead of generic 😃

[yurymuzlanov]

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[rainny_writer]

I do get it - and now I understood what you meant 😉

Happened to be the only thing that came to mind at the time. If you can think up something better, I’d be glad to change it.

Note the ellipsis before “generic.”

[woofy31]

Happened to be the only thing that came to mind at the time. If you can think up something better, I’d be glad to change it.

Note the ellipsis before “generic.”

Oh no, you started the discussion about the ellipsis 😃 Well then, here we go:

The ellipsis can mean various things. It can be seen as “English is too… (can’t find any better term) generic”, or it can be seen as “English is too… (and I’m sorry to give you the bad news) generic” (the latter being the one I felt/understood, hence our interesting debate 😃 )

[rainny_writer]

Oh no, you started the discussion about the ellipsis 😃 Well then, here we go:

The ellipsis can mean various things. It can be seen as “English is too… (can’t find any better term) generic”, or it can be seen as “English is too… (and I’m sorry to give you the bad news) generic” 😂 (the latter being the one I felt/understood, hence our interesting debate 😃 )

Okay, that trumps any other point I’d want to make.

(Please, I meant trump not Trump 😂)

[aiexander]

IN LOSERS WE TRUST!

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