I love this. I recently had someone from Indonesia apologize for their English which, as often is the case was fantastic. I always tell people like that, I know one language, and you know more than one, never apologize for that.
The coolest thing about Indonesian is that if that person can speak English, it's possible that they can speak three or more languages, as Indonesian people usually speak Bahasa Indonesia and their local language
Her native tongue was a smaller Chinese dialect. So, yeah she knew 3 or more languages. I think there was a 4th, but I'm forgetting what it was. Probably is Bahasa like you mention.
When I see fucked up English in a post, I'm split between assuming they don't use English as their primary language or that they're just fellow Americans.
Wild claim to say that day that people who can't communicate with you possess no knowledge. Does a person who has become dumb due to damage to their vocal cords suddenly lose all their knowledge because they can no longer speak¿?
Also why are they the ones to blame. There is some liability on you as well because if you know their native language, you could speak with them.
It was obviously about the knowledge that OP was specifically seeking. OP is communicating in English because the knowledge that OP wants is in English. OP could ask for that knowledge in their native language instead, but the knowledge that they specifically want is in English, so it wouldn't help them any.
OP is communicating in English because the knowledge that OP wants is in English.
I disagree. The reason OP asks in English is because the person with the knowledge is only able communicate and transmit that knowledge in English. Knowledge itself has is it restricted to languages. A multi lingual person can express the same fact in several different languages
English evolved as an amalgamation of Germanic and Roman languages which made it easier for western europeans to learn.
I'm pretty sure the popularity of American movies had a huge part in it aswell because that's how myself and most of the people i know learned english.
You guys helping to end WWII is also a fact that can't be ignored as it solidified our respect to the U.S. but those days are long gone unfortunately...
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the_of_and_a_to@lemmy.world · 150 pts · 2y
occhionaut@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Perfect parry
emptiestplace@lemmy.ml · 98 pts · 2y
Who is using a computer with such fucked up font rendering in 2023?
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee · 72 pts · 2y
The CEO of JPEG
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 2y
anton2492@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 2y
More 'browses' = more engagement metrics = more $?
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Emerald@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Linux has pretty nice font rendering in my experience. Not as good as Mac though
fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 2y
They're probably using arch and forgot to install fonts
Dlayknee@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
No, if they're using Arch they would've told us in the OP
Kanda@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 2y
I used to use Arch, but now I use opensuse btw
arin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Photoshopping ain't easy
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 88 pts · 2y
Murdered by words
MajesticSloth@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 2y
I love this. I recently had someone from Indonesia apologize for their English which, as often is the case was fantastic. I always tell people like that, I know one language, and you know more than one, never apologize for that.
EatYouWell@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
Wasn't there a soccer/football player that called out a crowd for laughing at a fan trying to talk to him in the player's native language?
thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de · 36 pts · 2y
Cristiano Ronaldo
samus12345@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Most of the time I'd never have known they weren't native English writers if they didn't say so.
stackPeek@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The coolest thing about Indonesian is that if that person can speak English, it's possible that they can speak three or more languages, as Indonesian people usually speak Bahasa Indonesia and their local language
MajesticSloth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Her native tongue was a smaller Chinese dialect. So, yeah she knew 3 or more languages. I think there was a 4th, but I'm forgetting what it was. Probably is Bahasa like you mention.
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 46 pts · 2y
lol that's good
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 30 pts · 2y
When I see fucked up English in a post, I'm split between assuming they don't use English as their primary language or that they're just fellow Americans.
And009@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
"Why would you learn English. It's the language you speak"
Mechanite@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
It's a shower comeback come true
ironeagl@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
It took 40 minutes, but they got there in the end.
Emerald@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
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sour@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
ya
why ask
...
when can make internet great again
miridius@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 306d
Ruf den Krankenwagen, jemand muss in die Verbrennungsklinik
MidRomney@lemmy.world · -66 pts · 2y
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say the OP speaks English because that's the language the knowledge is stored in?
RockAndGnome@lemmy.world · 96 pts · 2y
Language is stored in the balls
Enzy@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
No that's pee you idiot
Sentau@feddit.de · 19 pts · 2y
What knowledge¿? If you mean all knowledge, do you think people who don't speak English possess no knowledge¿?
emptiestplace@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y
Yes, that's why they are unable to communicate with us.
Sentau@feddit.de · -2 pts · 2y
Wild claim to say that day that people who can't communicate with you possess no knowledge. Does a person who has become dumb due to damage to their vocal cords suddenly lose all their knowledge because they can no longer speak¿?
Also why are they the ones to blame. There is some liability on you as well because if you know their native language, you could speak with them.
TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I'm guessing they mean that people usually think in their native tongue, so if they are native English speakers, their knowledge is English.
Another guess is that English is often a lingua franca, so society's knowledge is primarily in English.
Beyond that, no clue.
MidRomney@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y
It was obviously about the knowledge that OP was specifically seeking. OP is communicating in English because the knowledge that OP wants is in English. OP could ask for that knowledge in their native language instead, but the knowledge that they specifically want is in English, so it wouldn't help them any.
Sentau@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y
I disagree. The reason OP asks in English is because the person with the knowledge is only able communicate and transmit that knowledge in English. Knowledge itself has is it restricted to languages. A multi lingual person can express the same fact in several different languages
Mcdolan@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Isn't most knowledge these days stored in ones and zeros?
MidRomney@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 2y
You speak binary, my guy?
sour@kbin.social · 20 pts · 2y
1
samus12345@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
01001110 01101111 00101110
emptiestplace@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
011100110111010001100110011101010010110000100000011011010111100100100000011001110111010101111001
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
01010011 01110000 01100001 01100011 01100101 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 00100001
Syrus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
English evolved as an amalgamation of Germanic and Roman languages which made it easier for western europeans to learn.
I'm pretty sure the popularity of American movies had a huge part in it aswell because that's how myself and most of the people i know learned english.
You guys helping to end WWII is also a fact that can't be ignored as it solidified our respect to the U.S. but those days are long gone unfortunately...
samus12345@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
US: helped to end WWII
Yay!
is now helping to start WWIII
ಠ_ಠ
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 6 pts · 2y
Can't let the Germans start it every time