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Jose Caceres
Перу
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| Non natives are in a better position | Jan 6, 2010 |
I am a Peruvian in Peru and my mother language is Spanish. Now we all know Spanish, and Italian and Portuguese and other Latin languages are fairly consistent in spelling/pronunciation. So when we learn English our advantage is enormous with regards to natives. Nightmares for natives such as "enough" are easy for us, we say it is written (pronounced as if it were Spanish) "eh noh oo g", but is pronounced "inof" (approximately but it's practical for making yourself understood);
some sim... See more I am a Peruvian in Peru and my mother language is Spanish. Now we all know Spanish, and Italian and Portuguese and other Latin languages are fairly consistent in spelling/pronunciation. So when we learn English our advantage is enormous with regards to natives. Nightmares for natives such as "enough" are easy for us, we say it is written (pronounced as if it were Spanish) "eh noh oo g", but is pronounced "inof" (approximately but it's practical for making yourself understood);
some simple verb like "take" , we say, it is written "tah keh" but is pronounced "teik"). The English normally have no other language to compare. Likewise, we had to study our own grammar at school and English grammar later. So we have two grammars to compare. An average English speaker has probably forgotten his school grammar and is not keenly aware as we are of things such as its and it's, or there and their, as for them they sound the same. (for us there and their would be read "tere" and "teir" so they are quite different. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jose Caceres
Перу
Local time: 17:34
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| Spanish dictionaries don't have pronunciation | Jan 6, 2010 |
In addition I would mention that Spanish dictionaries do not have the pronunciation of the words. It is unnecessary (except in very rare cases) because of the Spanish "wysiwyp" (what you see is what you pronounce). Spanish is one step ahead.
| | | | Trudy Peters 
США
Local time: 17:34
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| Lose vs loose | Jan 6, 2010 |
One of my English teachers in Germany made us remember the difference by saying,
"Lose hat ein o verloren."
Also, throw "seperately" into the mix.
| | | | Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Local time: 04:04
немецкий => английский
| Your (you're) welcome | Jan 6, 2010 |
One of the most common mix-ups with "your" and "you're" is when people (including native speakers) write "you're welcome" (you are welcome) as "your welcome."
I also agree with Jack and Amy that the confusion between "lose" and "loose" is one of the most bugging ones!
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Krzysztof Kajetanowicz (X)
Польша
Local time: 23:34
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Jose Caceres wrote:
In addition I would mention that Spanish dictionaries do not have the pronunciation of the words. It is unnecessary (except in very rare cases) because of the Spanish "wysiwyp" (what you see is what you pronounce). Spanish is one step ahead.
Not to question what you said but does your first name attest?
| | | | sarandor
США
Local time: 17:34
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| Forty or fourty | Jan 6, 2010 |
Trudy Peters wrote:
Also, throw "seperately" into the mix.
Here is another one: "fourty".
| | | | | Another one - How to use an apostrophe | Jan 6, 2010 |
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
Amy, thanks for posting this. Lots of great stuff at that site. I just about spit my green tea at the screen after reading "How Twilight Works"!
| | | | Amy Duncan (X)
Бразилия
Local time: 19:34
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Автор темы | Didn't see the "Tiwlight" one yet... | Jan 6, 2010 |
Daina Jauntirans wrote:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
Amy, thanks for posting this. Lots of great stuff at that site. I just about spit my green tea at the screen after reading "How Twilight Works"!
...but be sure you check out the one about calling customer service -- it's hilarious!
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Dhiraj Khati
Непал
Local time: 04:19
Член ProZ.com c 2009
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Nice finding with illustration.
| | | | Paul Stevens
Local time: 22:34
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| Fuddy-duddy club | Jan 6, 2010 |
Amy Duncan wrote:
Just like you, Paul, when I see these mistakes in newspapers or magazines, it makes me livid! So, can I join the fuddy-duddy club? Oops, I mean MAY I join the fuddy-duddy club?
By all means, Amy! Oh, and I'll let you off the subscription fee for the first year....:wink:
| | | | Amy Duncan (X)
Бразилия
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Автор темы | Long live the fuddy-duddies! | Jan 6, 2010 |
Paul Stevens wrote:
Amy Duncan wrote:
Just like you, Paul, when I see these mistakes in newspapers or magazines, it makes me livid! So, can I join the fuddy-duddy club? Oops, I mean MAY I join the fuddy-duddy club?
By all means, Amy! Oh, and I'll let you off the subscription fee for the first year....:wink:
Maybe we can get a thing going here....Jack, Jack, are you there?
| | | | Jack Doughty
Великобритания
Local time: 22:34
русский => английский
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Памяти | Yes, Amy, I'm here | Jan 6, 2010 |
Enrol me in the Fuddy-Duddies' Club too!
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| Dissapointment | Jan 6, 2010 |
as opposed to "disappointment" is my pet peeve! Thanks for the list Amy - they are all examples I see so often in forums that I wonder when they're going to make it into the Oxford English Disctionary...
| | | | Lingua 5B
Босния и Герцеговина
Local time: 23:34
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| Believe and receive? | Jan 6, 2010 |
Beleive and recieve are not on this list, and they are also common spelling errors.
As for me, I used to misspell "truly" , as most English adverbs are normally composed of full adj. form + suffix -ly, so I'd always be mislead by it and spell it "truely" ( true + ly).
| | | | John Walsh
Италия
Local time: 23:34
итальянский => английский
| Hints on English Pronunciation :-) | Jan 6, 2010 |
I take it you already know
Of tough and bought and cough and dough
Others may stumble but not you,
On thorough, plough, enough and through
Well done! And now you wish perhaps
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard: a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bírd.
And dead: it’s said like bed not bead
For goodness sake don’t call it deed.
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and s... See more I take it you already know
Of tough and bought and cough and dough
Others may stumble but not you,
On thorough, plough, enough and through
Well done! And now you wish perhaps
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard: a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bírd.
And dead: it’s said like bed not bead
For goodness sake don’t call it deed.
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
And here is not a match for there.
Nor dear and fear, for bear and pear.
And then there’s dose and rose and lose —
just look them up — and goose and choose
And cork and work and card and ward
And font and front and word and sword
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come! I’ve hardly rnade a start.
A dreadful language? Why man alive!
I'd mastered it when I was five.
And yet to write, the more I tried,
I hadn't learned at fifty-five. ▲ Collapse
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