When you post a discussion...

@Ashida (1370)
United States
January 26, 2007 8:41am CST
... do you take into consideration that many myLot users don't speak English as their native tongue?
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@7nicole1 (1633)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
No I don't because I figure enough english people will be able to read it and respond. This will sound rude but I dont mean it to but if you join a forum like this I think you should have to be able to speak good english because its really hard having a conversation where the person does'nt understand all the words your using. You know what I mean? Like I would'nt join up for a tokyo chat room unless I speaked good chinnese or whatever they speak or there.
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@Ashida (1370)
• United States
26 Jan 07
That's understandable. For some questions I don't worry about it, but for some I remove the more nuanced expressions, especially those questions I ask where I want a wide variety of answers from all over the world. I appreciate the response!
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• United States
26 Jan 07
I never really never thought about this. i guess i just thought that everyone on here speaks english...lol. my bad
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@Ashida (1370)
• United States
31 Jan 07
it's cool!
@Avichail (694)
• Indonesia
26 Jan 07
Yes I take into consideration in a sense that I try to understand these myLotters (like me) will sometimes find it difficult to express their thoughts sufficiently, thus if there is any unclear reply, I will try to get back to them for confirmation. I will highly appreciate those whose mother-tongue is not English yet try their best to carefully post quality discussions, a certain a plus is avalaible for them from me =)
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• Pakistan
26 Jan 07
i think u r right lets try urdu or hindi here? wat do u think?
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@Ashida (1370)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I think I would be lost completely since I do not speak either language. :)
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@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
I try to keep that fact in mind when I post but I don't have that great of a vocabulary so anything I say should be pretty easy to understand. I am so impressed with people that have a second language. My language is English and I have no others.
@Ashida (1370)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I know. I think it's amazing that so many non-native English users have such an excellent command of the language. Having said that though, I try to take into consideration that slang and other unconventional ways of writing and speaking may not have been taught, so I try to take that into consideration as well. i appreciate the thoughtful reply!
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@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
No, I did not really think about this. But when I read my replies I do take it into consideration and rate (+) because of the effort that my non english friends make in their answers. Many have good advice if you take the time to read between the lines alittle
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@lauriefnp (5111)
• United States
30 Jan 07
To be honest with you, I have never given this much thought. I know that sometimes the foreign users have trouble expressing their thoughts in English, but overall they do very well. I also assume that it easier for them to read and understand English than it may be to write a response; maybe this is a wrong assumption, but I haven't had much trouble with people responding appropriately.
@korek222 (701)
• Poland
29 Jan 07
Hmm really i never take that into consideration - English is a main language here so speaking it and posting in this language is the only way yo be understood here :) And if someone joins MyLot he agrees to speak and understadn ensligh and to use it all the time here :)
@tepe21 (11)
• Indonesia
31 Jan 07
i never think it. no matter where they come from and they native speaking, but in here in mylot we join togetherness.
• Philippines
31 Jan 07
id o. but sorry.. i think the universal launguage here in mylot is english. we just all need to be somehow fluent to respond:)