META Steemit: writing English posts as a non-native English speaker
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Ahahahahaha. Broncofan 99 and I did a small collaboration. We had a fairly exhaustive commentary on what English form we would use. We compromised on English English which means I had to put too many consonants in some words and too many vowels in others. Thank you God Lieutenant was not in the mix :) I think I'd have had to put my foot down.
I know and respect that it can be a huge problem for non native speakers. I wish there were a way to easily change it. There is not, to my knowledge.
For the record, your English is wonderful. I never think of you as a non native speaker.
LOL! That's cool! Do you have something of that still visible on the blockchain @bigtom13?! I love the 'English-English' idea :')
Thanks for your support and compliments on my English, I'm replying to you after I've done a few edits to my post... Again. Still saw a few mistakes :') Maybe I should let go of that a bit, but you know, after 7 days all I write is forever engraved on the blockchain... Scary thought, right?!
Your English is great :) I admire people who learn the language just from school and tv shows. I'm not sure I would have been able to do it!
English is my first language although the definition of 'native' and the credibility that a native speaker holds in terms of writing/speaking better than a 'non-native' is something debatable.
I, unfortunaltely, write only in English. I could write in French but my spoken French is too urban for it to translate into a well written post.
Ahhh, THANKS! You're lucky English is your first language, it's so widely spoken, very very useful! I'm doing okay but always need a bit of a 'transition period' when speaking English, after a half hour I'm getting more comfortable with it :')
And yes, not all 'natives' are perfect writers in English, I notice that too! Would be interesting to hear you speak urban French, I can understand a bit of French when spoken slow enough, but once it's faster or 'urban' I might lose all understanding :-)
Yes, I understand that transition period very well! Whenever I visit or move back to the North of India, I have to remember my Hindi and at first it takes a while.
My french is a 'jeune francais' - wrong, full of slang and spoken too fast :P It took me a LONG time to understand it and I would constantly complain about the slang but once you pick it up, it's impossible to not use it!
I always have my PC set at British English and I was pretty sure 'mesmerising' is spelt with an S and and not a Z, but Steemit kept on underlining 'mesmerising' in red in my post today so I thought I was wrong. Now I think that's because Steemit uses US English as its telling me off for writing 'spelt' 😏
Am I missing something, what's the difference below:
Behaviour (British English) instead of behaviour (American English)
LOL, I fixed that indeed, the mistake I purposely made got corrected after I fixed a REAL mistake, can you still follow me?! :')
It's interesting to see the spelling correcting software fight among one another, right?! I do sort of suspect the browsers might prefer US English in general since there's simply more 'traffic' in US English? Good luck on deciding which direction you'll go with 'mesmerizing' :')
You know my writing style in Dutch. And you know my writing style in English. Over time, I have become more "aligned" with the English language that I feel my English texts represent ME better than earlier. But it will never be a true reflection of what I can show when writing in my own language.
I PM-ed you the mistake you need to correct ;)
You are my ROCK if it comes to getting a few mistakes out of my texts :') Really couldn't do Steemit without you, you know that right?!
(And yes, I feel you, I often want to reflect something more closely to ME, but it's harder in English. Glad to hear you feel you're getting closer though!)
by the time you are as old as I am, you'll be super comfortable ;) haha
and...awww ❤️
Yeah you kick butt in english!
I'd have a hard time writing a single post any of the other 4 languages I speak.
AH, thanks! Well, I'm chatting in Spanish with a few people on Discord, and I'm okay with that, but I would not be able to write a post in Spanish... Yet. Maybe I should make it my goal to write 1 post in Spanish just to see how hard it is :D
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Interesting subject!
I can only write in English and to my native language which is Greek, so I didn’t have a lot of choices. The thing is that I was never fluent in English and on top of that it has been twenty years since the last time I wrote in that language! So my writing in steemit is a real challenge!
First of all it takes a lot of time and second I always have this feeling that I am making a lot of mistakes or that my writing sounds silly. Unfortunately I don’t have any friends that English is their mother tongue, to give me some feedback but I have often thought that I should find, at least one :)
That's a very relatable experience @fotostef! I'm super proud of you to take on the challenge of writing in English after 20 (!) years!
It takes more time and it sucks to publish a piece you feel 'could have been better' if it were written in your own language... Although English is my second language, feel free to contact me if you need feedback on a piece you REALLY want to be corrected before publishing! I'll see what I can do and/or find someone to look at it for you :D
Oh, by the way, is there a Greek writing community on Steemit @fotostef?
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your super kind offer :)
I don’t really know about Greek writing community, my interest in steemit was in photography from day one so it never crossed my mind to look for a Greek community.
Hey man I would write in English because my dream is to talk with more people, my dream is to communicate with a lot of people with my passion for movies, NBA, tv series and other many things.
I waste a lot of time to write an arcticle in english,
I wish to have a translator believe me!
I am Italian by the way
Yes, I could write in my own language but there's simply less people who I then can talk to! So I understand your 'problem' @serialfiller. It's simply easier to find people reading your posts if you write in English...
I love your name! :D
I think your English is great, and I say that as a native English speaker (okay, it's the only language I know).
Despite being a native speaker, I also very strongly prefer having subtitles in the shows and movies I watch. It's just too hard to pick up on everything without them.
I'm not a native English speaker myself ... But I do think your English is great. And your posting in English is also great.
And yes I do write in English too because you simply reach so much more people when you write in English.