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[Owl]

(04-12-2018, 03:06 AM)Squirrel Wrote:

(04-11-2018, 09:06 PM)Nuke Wrote: Your English is perfect but, the excessive use of caps... UHGGGG

tHiS iS mE tRyInG tO bE sUpEr aNnOyInG...

i ReMeMbEr A sHoRt tImE wHeN LoTs oF YoUnG pEoPlE tYpEd LiKe ThIs aNd iT dRoVe ThE pErFeCtIoNiSt iN mE bAnAnAs!!!

(You have no idea how long that took to type. We have to realize that capitalization, spelling, punctuation and grammar, are all integral parts of a language.

And just as I commented recently on how accents can grate on people (think of the Indian accent, and their proper English, yet with completely butchered grammar. Lots of people hate talking to an Indian tech support person, for example, because that is irritating...  It's an example of a difference between how we speak/write a language, and how they choose to do it.

In the end, I think Owl is right... you suck it up while talking to them. And if they are employed with a company, complain to the company, if you want. If there's a lot more who have similar opinions, then I think you'll find that the company finds a way to fix it. (Maybe they stop outsourcing? Maybe instead they give those people special training, so they talk exactly as we expect them to.)

But there's no company involved here... It's just a bunch of people from around the world, here talking with us.

I think it's our job to appreciate the English that they DO know, so they can talk to us!

That feeling that irritates you, is probably a sign that your brain would be annoyed if YOU did that. But part of culture and politics, is not offending the way someone speaks a language that they wouldn't normally.

(If I were forced to speak only German or French, and most of you had that as your native tongue, you would probably wish that I died, secretly! lol Or completely stop reading my posts. I bet you would choose the 2nd option.)

Agreed