Now that I feel a bit more at ease with English in general, I am starting to pay less attention to what I am writing.
It is a shame: most of my toots contains typos and dumb mistakes. I am very sorry about that, I will try to be more careful in the future.
@lthms I don't think you should feel a shame for that. — One of the main appeals of #English to me is that no matter how bad you are at it, the listeners (mot counting some far-right assholes) will still try to understand you, and not condemn/ridicule/make fun of you, maybe even adopt your unusual expressions to become a norm.
So it is indeed in your best interests to become better at the language as quick as possible, to express yourself easier, but there is no place for shame.
@lthms OTOH, #bilingual world looks like a much healthier place (than #monolingual). Where (most of) the people use two languages simultaneously:
• one common, and understood by (almost) everyone, but somewhat less expressive
- one local to each (smaller) group, but having some unique/experimental features
To achieve that, non-native #English speakers learn it, while the native — learn the other languages. And that's pretty cool, IMO! But goes against the cold war propaganda…
@amiloradovsky @lthms I wouldn't call english a less expressive language. It mostly depends on one's proficiency.
@newt
Modern #English is what it is because it absorbed lots and lots of features from lots and lots of languages. And the process is still continuing.
But, of course, there is a room for discussion about what #expressiveness actually means.
@lthms
@amiloradovsky I also like the idea. Being able to speak several languages (that starts with two) is a good thing. I heard it makes people more tolerant, too.