Non-primary English Speakers (EASL)

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Originally posted by lut

I don't think kids get lots of geography at school in the US (I mean international geography) . Here , it is a tough subject at school . In my school , it was even required to know where EVERY country in the world was situated , its capital , etc..

I was required to take a Geography class (in 9th grade) and also a World History/World Cultures class (in 10th grade). Yes, we were required to know where every country is and it's capital. And I DID know.....I'm sorry, I don't try to be "ignorant"...you can classify it is more stupidity......as I'm not intelligent enough to remember everything after 3 + years.

I tried to learn a foreign language. I took German for 2 years. I think part of it was my crappy teacher, but after 2 years I could barely speak a sentence of german, and write maybe a couple of paragraphs. I hardly remember anything now. I'm sorry that I'm too "ignorant" to learn a foreign language.

Originally posted by Twisterdog

And I agree - poor grammar, sentence structure and very bad spelling drive me crazy! I have to bite my tongue (or cross my fingers, whichever the case may be) to keep from constantly correcting them! I always wonder how these people manage to get through school without even learning the basics!! I know I make some errors, everyone does ... but some people's speech and writing are simply horrible!

I graduated from high school with a 3.9 average...I make spelling errors. In fact, I'm horrible at spelling. Once I get out of school I just well....forget. I hope my grammar isn't TOO awful, as I always hated grammar in school. I hear things people say that drive me crazy too....like double negatives, and misprouncing words like "Nucular" for "Nuclear" (I had a biology teacher who said "Nuculus" for the entire year! This was a teacher!!)

Sometimes part of the way people speak is the way they grew up. Part of this mispronunciation local. I know many people around here say "crick" for "creek," "fark" for "fork," "simular" for "similar," etc. I drive my parents nuts correcting them for "crick"....they KNOW it is wrong, that's just how they were raised saying it, so it's hard to change.

Sorry, I'm getting off of the original subject.........