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[–] riskable@programming.dev 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Finally proving to the world that even the French can't write French properly.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Native Germans don't care about declensions.

Native Dutch people can't do -d or -t in their verbs.

Native English speakers can't keep "their" and "they're" apart.

We all just suck

Maybe we don’t all suck and language and grammar are arbitrary social constructs and treating them as immutable rules forgets the main point which is to convey meaning, not stick to traditions.

[–] Obelix@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah - you can spot people who learned german as a second language mostly by their totally correct usage of the german language. Nobody who grew up speaking german would ever think about speaking like that.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Amusingly, I'm a native English speaker who can keep their and they're apart. I'm not English though. I'm American.

Fuck you Brits. I can say "y'all" and while also properly separating "there", "their" and "they're" (it's a subtle difference but I can feel the difference in the way I pronounce them).

Git rekt.

Edit: I'm being a silly, dumbass USAmeri-cunt because it helps me cope with reality (please help ;~;). That said, I absolutely do occasionally seperate the pronunciation of there, their, and they're; but it also tends to be context-sensitive.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, where from America are you? Argentina? Bolivia? Canada?

Jokes aside, I met enough 'muricans online who can't differentiate between "there", "their" and "they're". And even worse, every single person I read "would of" from was from the US.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 0 points 23 hours ago

The US (please help, I'm being a silly, dumbass americunt to cope ;~;)

God, I fucking love "would of". It's so horrid.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

Le suq le coq

See? Easy.

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 6 points 23 hours ago

back to l'Γ©cole for everyone!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The written part here should have much less weight and the oral part be prioritised. Just as the lady said a lot of people don't have time to learn in such a manner.

On a different note our country recently lowered these language requirements and the results are horrendous. People barely being able to communicate the simplest concepts getting in and similarly.