Lern too Englistch!!!

[donavannj]

^^^^
That reminds me, it's also really annoying when I spot a mistake in a book. For one, being someone that writes books, shouldn't you know how to write properly! And yeah, some mistakes may slip by, but isn't that what editors are paid for! No excuses..... >_<

Editors are lazy and use Office/Publisher spellcheck, which won't catch everything.

Perhaps, English is just not given too much priority outside the commonwealth countries? That might be the reason behind the fact that the people of countries like Japan and China just don't bother about it.

I'd say it gets more priority in larger, non-English-speaking countries than most English-speaking countries give to other languages, as English is pretty commonly used by tourists, and money usually is attached to tourists. The French are a different story entirely, however. They were rated as the worst tourists in the world, and one of their biggest offenses was not bothering to learn a language (such as the local language or English) that the locals would understand.

 

[Numbers]

I hate it when people expect EVERYONE to use perfect grammar all the time. Look at me, I don't use perfect grammar all the time but I don't care. I also don't care when other people don't use perfect grammar. As long as it looks like they tried then I'm fine with it.

tz whn thy strt tlkn lyk ths tht gts meh annyd.

 

[Tinhead Bruce]

Hahahah, the irony in some of these posts is incredible. You guys are using terrible grammar while trying to wag your finger at those who use incorrect grammar. I'm not sure if you're doing it on purpose, but I really couldn't care less. I love it!

 

[Shake]

Once I was ranting at a guy and he said "sperk portuguese" <--- just like that!!!
It ruined my day.

 

[The Corrupt Plague]

Want to see something really funny? Take a look at this guy's fanfics. They were so full of engrish that I nearly fell out of my chair the first time I read them because they are so bad they are good: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1730364/Hans_von_Hozel

 

[mehappy]

Yeah, I usually just laugh too.
It shows how much more sophisticated I am.

 

[Deleted member 215091]

In the case of foreigners with bad grammer, it can't be helped. If english is not the first language of who you are talking to, you shouldn't expect them to be flawless. However, my concern is the national standard of english is failing... badly. If you go back a mere one hundred years ago, the quality of english is vastly superior in writing to what it is now. Just look at some of the letters written in the trenches during the first world war. I personally believe it falls down to the ability to read and write being viewed more as a privelage back then. The further back you go, the less common people were able to read and write. But those who could, treated it with a higher respect.

That's my thoughts on the matter anyway.

 

[Åzurε]

Want to see something really funny? Take a look at this guy's fanfics. They were so full of engrish that I nearly fell out of my chair the first time I read them because they are so bad they are good: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1730364/Hans_von_Hozel

Oh, don't get me started on fanfics. the Troll Fic article on TvTropes has some, but at least those guys were doing it on purpose.

Not to say a word about Topless Robot... *shiver*

 

[Amaruuk]

If it's something I'm supposed to take seriously (like an article, a textbook, or a post) I'd prefer if it wasn't riddled with grammatical errors. "Engrish" when used just for lulz is pretty funny, and so are those foreign signs. X3

Shortened chatspeak words like "ur" or "plz" or words that extremely lazy people just took out vowels from like "dnt" or "ppl" piss me off though. I can't take anyone seriously if they type like that. :/

 

[Shanghai Alice]

It's "Learn to Speak English." Geez. [/CompletelyMissingThePoint]

 

[TheAppleFreak]

Oh, don't get me started on fanfics. the Troll Fic article on TvTropes has some, but at least those guys were doing it on purpose.

Not to say a word about Topless Robot... *shiver*

Oh God, you linked us to TV Tropes? We're all DOOMED!

If it's a person's second language, then I'm cool with that; the person simply doesn't have a full comprehension of the language yet. If it's a native-born speaker, though... then I get a little irritated. It irks me to no end seeing native-speakers speak as if they never took an English class in their life (that sentence was a little awkward, I know).

 

[Fox♠]

What gets me is when people assume the rest of the world should speak fluent English.

 

[Esper]

The only thing about Engrish that bothers me is that, in Japan at least, English is taught to everyone in high school and basically pushed by everyone as a great skill they should have yet so few people there have anything more than an introductory understanding of it. People aren't taking serious steps to improve this or they just don't care, but they still put English everywhere.