Respecting Opinions (Remember English is a second Language) (page 2)

cluless

Reading my post .

PLEASE iam SWEDISH(WRITTING IN ENGLISH). I read my post above . I DO NOT TOLERATE Naxism.

I HOPE MY POST DID NOT GIVE THAT IMPRESSION.

Merry Magdalene

If I understand your post correctly, I agree--

I chat with many friends for whom English is a second language and we often misunderstand each other. But as long as we continue respecting each other and giving each other the benefit of the doubt and asking each other for clarification, it all turns out good.

I try to do that in regard to religious beliefs also as religions and believers all also seem to have their own "languages."

And even as individuals we are this way. I think it is best not to jump to conclusions, not think the worst, not to assume we know what someone means too quickly or exactly, and not expect anyone to know exactly what we mean without clarification (that mind-reading thing that spouses sometimes expect of each other).

~Merry

cluless

jAGABUS

MY BIOGRAPHY IS ON MY TOPICS POSTED.

HOW YOU FIND IT ?

BUT THE HEADING WAS "ESCAPE FROM THE WOLVES THROWN TO THE LIONS"

Iam not proud oF what i wrote. IT came from the heart. I stand by it. But its a shame that it reads as a blanket comdenation on elders SOME ELDERS ARE people i would be proud to call my friend.

kifoy

Hei Clueless!
God jul!

Welcome to JWD! I'm a Scandinavian too (Norge), and I can relate to your "problem". Communicating in a language that's not your own can be demanding. I use my dictionary a lot, and I'm sure that it takes me more that twice the time to write a post than the average English speaking poster. But being on this forum have really improved my English the last year. And I don't feel bad about wrong spelling, not as long as there also are many errors among the native speakers

One thing that might be more difficult is the difference in culture. And as this is a written forum, spotting irony and humour (that's obvious for some members) is very difficult for others, unless the poster adds a smiley or something

I also learned that people are different and that while some tolerate almost anything, others feel deeply hurt by the smallest thoughtless comment. We also should keep in mind what many of us has gone through, and not jump to conclusions, and to give people the benefit of the doubt. JWD should not be a bad experience!

It really would be nice to have a forum for all us non-English speaking (e.g. Scandinavian), but I have not found a forum as active, supporting and informative as this one. Yes, people say and do stupid things, but we are just people.

Clueless, feel free to PM me at any time, and you're of course welcome to write in Swedish if you like

kifoy

kifoy

MY BIOGRAPHY IS ON MY TOPICS POSTED.
HOW YOU FIND IT ?

Click your name up to the left where it says "Welcome Clueless". Here's your profile, and here you can find all your previous posts. If you click "Topic History" you'll find the topic you started with your biography.

You can for example find my previous posts by holding your mouse over my name to the left of this post, and click "Post history" in the menu that appears.

I think you should not at all be ashamed of your biography post! Feel absolutely free to say anything here, as this also is a perfect place for venting (express things that's on your mind and that you really need to get out).

Looking forward to see more of your posts

kifoy

cluless

Kifoy

Thanks....

Why I lurked on this site was the informative knowledge I received... Minnimus, Blondie , Mouthy, Kvnof?20 0000 posts in 4 months) Not one reply from any . O theres Hillary ? and many I only remember from there Icons. A guitarist that got married a year or so back. And Elsewhwere......

THeres to much knowledge and good advice to get me of this site (Simon is the man)

Not one of these guys has said Hello.!!! This site is to big or my topics and posting SUCK!!!

kifoy

This site is to big or my topics and posting SUCK!!!

Nah. If you check my topic history, you'll se that only one of my topics reached to page two. And I'm sure this happens to everyone, more or less. And yes the topics do tend to disappear in all the other (partly fluffy) posts.
Sometimes I post a "bttt" (back to the top) to bring my topic back in focus, and that might help a little.

Even if the topic is really interesting, I don't always post a comment. It depends on how my English brain is feeling today, and if I really have something useful to say.

Just keep posting. In the top of this particular topic, you can se that it has already been viewed about 180 times. So people read, but not all choose to comment.

I don't know why it is that some newcomers grow in to "star posters" in no time, while others dwell in the shadows like us. We just need to be patient and keep posting and give useful, helpful, funny and interesting comments, and in time things might change.

kifoy

llbh

Welcome Cluless,

I hope you keep posting ,Doing it in another language is amazing.

Regards llbh

Hortensia

no problem - I'm just a crabby person - sorry to have been so abrupt and judgemental!

Hortensia

I think most threads receive little notice, it doesn't matter. Just say what you want to say and if no one wants to listen, well that's a kind of learning too. I think most of my posts get ignored - I don't take it personally. In fact it gives a kind of freedom to just say whatever I want to say.

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