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Where do you come from?

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Asia
6.78%
 31 6.78%
Antarctica
0.88%
 4 0.88%
The Arctic
0.88%
 4 0.88%
Australia
5.25%
 24 5.25%
North America
56.24%
 257 56.24%
South America
0.44%
 2 0.44%
Europe
25.38%
 116 25.38%
Africa
1.53%
 7 1.53%
Other
2.63%
 12 2.63%
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Jericho Offline Donators
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:27 am
I am quite the Grammar Nazi sometimes. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people misuse 'me vs I'.
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:29 am
(May 6, 2015 at 7:27 am)Jericho Wrote: I am quite the Grammar Nazi sometimes.  One of my biggest pet peeves is when people misuse 'me vs I'.

That's kind of a subtle thing though, no?
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:31 am
It is, in a way. But for some reason, it annoys me.
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:39 am
(May 6, 2015 at 7:27 am)Jericho Wrote: I am quite the Grammar Nazi sometimes.  One of my biggest pet peeves is when people misuse 'me vs I'.

I hope you would never correct I.  Me thinks that sometime shit happens, e-special-e with mine typping!
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:41 am
I can forgive you for that. I don't really correct people as much online as I do in the real world.
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:45 am
I have extra buttons which would allow me to correct such things. Every day is an exercise in willpower.

Although since dyresand is on break, it has been easier... Tongue
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:46 am
(May 6, 2015 at 7:45 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Although since dyresand is on break, it has been easier... Tongue

I take it that he/she has some poor grammar/spelling? Big Grin
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:55 am
There's a thread around here called 'So you when to hell now what?' that murders my brain every time I see it. Smile
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 7:56 am
(May 6, 2015 at 7:55 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: There's a thread around here called 'So you when to hell now what?' that murders my brain every time I see it. Smile

I'd rather not see it. Tongue
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RE: Where do you come from?
May 6, 2015 at 11:05 am (This post was last modified: May 6, 2015 at 11:06 am by dahrling.)
(May 6, 2015 at 4:52 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(May 5, 2015 at 8:20 pm)dahrling Wrote: Now after listening to some TV in EU-PT I can understand it naturally. Even though sometimes the manner in which they speak still makes me cringe. Some of it just sounds so formal and antiquated.  But I'm sure they think we butcher their language with our peasant accents Tongue 

Formal and antiquated?!
Well, the antiquated part is.. err.. supposed to be, huh. It is the mother tongue and must have changed little in the past 500 years...
Brazilian, however, had other influences which corrupted the original purity of the language! Tongue

As for formal... well, you're the people who treat everyone, including your own kids, with the formal second person "você", which then requires the third person of the verb that follows. That's messed up. The informal second person is "tu" which always uses the second person of the verbs... And spanish always use "tu", even in formal venues, like the english use "you". This usage of "você" must be some leftover from colonial times (or should I say slaving times), where everyone wanted to be treated as a noble.
Of course, brazilian usage of mainly first and third person of verbs, makes it easier to memorize the verbal forms to use.... for plural, just add an -s and you're safe most of the time.

Then, some of us can still properly use the second person plural - that's antiquated as hell, but it sounds good when properly applied (it's awesome for sarcastic formality Wink )

Yes, except in the south. In the south they like to use "tu" for some reason  Huh 
I think you're forgetting about Argentina when it comes to Spanish and formality and tango Tongue

(May 6, 2015 at 7:24 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: It's vs its is one that got me for the longest! 
Its is a possessive, it should have an apostrophe! But that simple rule, if you would say 'it is' or 'it has,' then it's 'it's.' I say that shit internally. A lot.

When I was still in the ESL (English as a second language) program something that bothered me was how most of my friends had trouble knowing when to use "than" and "then", "you're" and "your", so they'd always ask me and sometimes I'd give them the wrong answer because I worked really hard and they didn't. Looking back, it was such a mean and nerdy thing to do. But I don't regret it, I was always the teacher's favorite.  Tongue

(May 6, 2015 at 7:27 am)Jericho Wrote: I am quite the Grammar Nazi sometimes.  One of my biggest pet peeves is when people misuse 'me vs I'.

Whenever I'm in doubt, I always check with Google  Tongue 
and as it turns out, Google can be wrong

I hope I haven't summoned your inner Nazi yet  Razz

(May 6, 2015 at 7:45 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I have extra buttons which would allow me to correct such things. Every day is an exercise in willpower.

Although since dyresand is on break, it has been easier... Tongue

Do you really edit other people's post just to correct their grammar? 
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