Non-native English speaker writers

Non-native English speaker writers

One need not be alone in the struggle to master the barabaric tongue of the Anglo-Saxons:)

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  • Created Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:50 pm

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  • Ary
    Ary · Aug 1, 2013
    English...a lovely language indeed. I only lived one year in the US when I was a kid but it was enough for me to memorize the language. It is much easier than my native language, so I use it more than usual.

  • Hannah replied · Jun 22, 2013

    <3


  • swissgirl
    swissgirl · Apr 21, 2013
    Hey,I'm a non-native English speaker, but English has become almost second nature to me and I even write all my stories in English now...I just love this language with all it's little quirks

  • canislupis
    canislupis · Mar 6, 2011
    "Beware of heard, an awful word, that's spelled like beard but sounds like bird,
    Or dead, it sounds like head not bead, so for goodness sake, don't call it deed." I'm a native speaker, but a friend told me that one and I thought it was funny. I agree with MMM--more people should follow this.

  • MeanMrMustard
    MeanMrMustard · Nov 14, 2010
    This is actually a cool idea. This should try and get more followers. I guarantee native English speakers, myself included kind of (I'm obsessed with my language), do not realize the nooks and crannies of the tongue.
    I even gave you some there. :D

  • Jenthura
    Jenthura · Nov 9, 2010
    I speak English very fluently, having grown up with it, but it is a second language for me.
  • Club
    Non-native English speaker writers Club Update · Nov 6, 2010
    Come one come all! The awkward title of the club says it all: a dire need of brushing up this tangle of dialects which the British, Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Hindus, South Africans and everyone else and his aunt insist on calling "English".

    Observation 1: English is an anthropocentric language. Human characteristics are projected without any consideration for divisions between the categories of nature. Thus we get not the base, but the 'foot' of the hill or the mountain. Likewise, roads have 'shoulders', as do mountains; tunnels have 'lips', 'mouths', as do caves; waves 'lap'; flames 'lick'; etc.

    Observation 2: Modern English is still based to a large extent on pre-industrial and early industrial Britain which was concentrating on making wool related products among other things. Thus we get 'tangled' situations, 'unravelling' of plots, the 'thread' of the conversation, or of thoughts, and stuffski.


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