Serry... 01.05.2005 16:37 |
I've just thought about how it's probably sometimes hard/funny to understand what we, guys whose Enlgish is not so well, are trying to say something over here... So on behalf of my name I apologize to every English-speaking QueenZoner for my terrible English, hope I don't bother you too much with my attempts to say something on perfect English. |
KillerQueen840 01.05.2005 16:39 |
I wouldn't worry about it. Your English is great. :-) |
deleted user 01.05.2005 17:01 |
Loads of people tell me that their English is terrible, but to be honest, I always thought they were English anyway, so it can't be that bad!! :D |
agneepath! 11994 01.05.2005 17:01 |
Perfect English? Most "foreigners" speak better English than the locals! I've been very impressed with fans from all over the world and their use of English. Fourteen year old Dutch kids write better English than 14 year old English born and bred kids. |
iGSM 01.05.2005 19:08 |
That's because youse blokes don't know proper English, mate! *cracks open a Fosters, realises he's doing so and throws it away* heh, true dat. I am skeleton. |
Penetration_Guru 01.05.2005 19:16 |
I have no problems with anyone who's using English as their second language - as stated above it's usually those for whom it is supposed to be their first who massacre it most offensively. I would rather figure out what an Italian means, than try to figure out how to ask him in Italian... (for example) |
dragonzflame 02.05.2005 06:27 |
Making mistakes is the only way to get it right. |
deleted user 02.05.2005 06:54 |
No your English is gooood :) Don't worry about that. |
Hitman 02.05.2005 07:11 |
ok friends i'm in the poor-english-speakers-club! Don't laugh too much on my posts....and please send me a grammar book for my next birthday :) |
Mr.Jingles 02.05.2005 09:21 |
You foreigners should be proud of your english, because you speak it better than many people who have been living in America their whole lives. I still have to meet the first foreigner who says something as idiotic as: "Yous people..." or "You is OK?" |
Lisser 02.05.2005 10:30 |
Agneepath! wrote: Perfect English? Most "foreigners" speak better English than the locals! I've been very impressed with fans from all over the world and their use of English. Fourteen year old Dutch kids write better English than 14 year old English born and bred kids.That is THE truth!!! |
queeniefunster 02.05.2005 10:34 |
Don't worry about it! Your english is great! |
Sonia Doris 02.05.2005 11:30 |
i love english spoken with cool accents. :D |
deleted user 02.05.2005 12:59 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: You foreigners should be proud of your english, because you speak it better than many people who have been living in America their whole lives. I still have to meet the first foreigner who says something as idiotic as: "Yous people..." or "You is OK?"Well as a rule foreign people will learn to speak/write better English because they learn standard English. Whereas, especially in England, with accents and dialects, words get changed, so they may be written differently. I have noticed this since I moved from Bristol to Northern England. It has not, however, changed the way I write... :D |
My Melancholy Blues 02.05.2005 15:43 |
You don't neet to worry, though it's kind of odd for me to say so whose native tongue isn't English. Anyway even though English isn't your native tongue, yours is great! You make me feel that I need to make an effort... |
Teo_torriate04 03.05.2005 06:01 |
Agneepath! wrote: Perfect English? Most "foreigners" speak better English than the locals! I've been very impressed with fans from all over the world and their use of English. Fourteen year old Dutch kids write better English than 14 year old English born and bred kids.Hear hear (or should that be Here here)! I have nothing but admiration for people who visit an English forum and post in what to them is a foreign language. It puts the English to shame. After all, we think that to be understood abroad all we have to do is to speak very slowly and very loudly! If that doesn't work then we give up, and walk away muttering under our breaths about thick foreigners. Hats off to you all, and please, don't feel the need to apologise, the majority of English speaking people on this board wouldn't last two minutes if the rolls were reversed! |
Sonia Doris 03.05.2005 13:37 |
add me on the list too: really sorry if i make any mistakes - in any language that is not my mother tongue and i "speak" it here: english, spanish, japanese, whateva... |
Wombat 07.06.2005 09:30 |
haha! learn english serry before joining on this board! link we kicked him out :) |
inu-liger 07.06.2005 18:40 |
As a person who speaks perfect English, which is my native tongue (not counting the little German I apparently spoke when I was a little kid in Germany), I myself don't like it when people take words and twist them around, making them sound improper. The English language, believe it or not, is a language I hate. There are so many rules that it doesn't follow, which makes it hard for a lot of people to learn because of that. For example, the sentence "I don't owe anybody nothin'" SHOULD technically mean that you DO owe some people something, but we take it as what the person implies, that they don't owe anyone anything. That just bugs me. I'm amazed that an Aspergic person like me can understand English perfectly, because many people who are more disabled than me cannot learn to speak (or even understand) as well as a lot of people do. That's just my two cents. |
Lester Burnham 07.06.2005 19:27 |
Wombat wrote: haha! learn english serry before joining on this board! link we kicked him out :)And yet a lot more people liked Serry than they like you. Wish you'd learn to just shut the fuck up already. Christ almighty people, is this what the board is coming to? Kicking off people for not speaking perfect English? Personally, I would never dare going on a Spanish-speaking or Dutch-speaking board and try to speak their respective languages on there. This board is for everyone to use, and I respect and applaud people from other nations who come here, some who can even speak better English than most English-speaking people, and try to communicate with other Queen fans. Sure, it may not be the best English, but is it that hard for the native English-speakers to understand? I personally think that Serry is one of the better posters on this board, as he is always around to provide information or a link to information. And then for an asshole like Wombat, who I haven't even seen around these parts previously - and, I might had, who has worse English skills than Serry - to come around here and gloat about Serry leaving... well, that's just pathetic and sad. Everyone who criticizes someone for attempting to learn the English language and not succeeding to your expectations should really be ashamed of yourselves. I'd rather see some broken English than some teenage AOL speak. |
doremi 07.06.2005 20:11 |
Lester Burnham wrote:Well said Lester. I am AMAZED and have always wanted to say how VERY much I respect, admire and applaud, Sergey..and all of the other Qzoners from around the globe who come to QZ and speak, from what I can see, wonderful English. Yet in my own USA neighborhood, I can't get through a day without hearing Latino, Spanish, Russian, 20 kinds of Oriental. You wouldn't believe how many foreign languages I heard just at McDonalds for breakfast this morning. Does ANYONE in the USA speak and understand English anymore, Cripes!Wombat wrote: haha! learn english serry before joining on this board! link we kicked him out :)And yet a lot more people liked Serry than they like you. Wish you'd learn to just shut the fuck up already. Christ almighty people, is this what the board is coming to? Kicking off people for not speaking perfect English? Personally, I would never dare going on a Spanish-speaking or Dutch-speaking board and try to speak their respective languages on there. This board is for everyone to use, and I respect and applaud people from other nations who come here, some who can even speak better English than most English-speaking people, and try to communicate with other Queen fans. Sure, it may not be the best English, but is it that hard for the native English-speakers to understand? I personally think that Serry is one of the better posters on this board, as he is always around to provide information or a link to information. And then for an asshole like Wombat, who I haven't even seen around these parts previously - and, I might had, who has worse English skills than Serry - to come around here and gloat about Serry leaving... well, that's just pathetic and sad. Everyone who criticizes someone for attempting to learn the English language and not succeeding to your expectations should really be ashamed of yourselves. I'd rather see some broken English than some teenage AOL speak. Mr.Jingles79 wrote: You foreigners should be proud of your english, because you speak it better than many people who have been living in America their whole lives. I still have to meet the first foreigner who says something as idiotic as: "Yous people..." or "You is OK?"That's another thing here in the USA. The few people who "speak" English, I hear this same crap too. Or "axe me a question, yous alls about the specific ocean". Really!!!! Humph! |
Fenderek 08.06.2005 04:23 |
Lester Burnham wrote:Good post, Lester. With you on that one. Especially as English is my second language and I do some mistakes from time to time (sometimes less, sometimes more...). As I wrote in that thread Wombat pointed out- is it because of English or is it because Serry is Russian and Wombat is Ukrainian...? I refuse to believe is only language-based...Wombat wrote: haha! learn english serry before joining on this board! link we kicked him out :)And yet a lot more people liked Serry than they like you. Wish you'd learn to just shut the fuck up already. Christ almighty people, is this what the board is coming to? Kicking off people for not speaking perfect English? Personally, I would never dare going on a Spanish-speaking or Dutch-speaking board and try to speak their respective languages on there. This board is for everyone to use, and I respect and applaud people from other nations who come here, some who can even speak better English than most English-speaking people, and try to communicate with other Queen fans. Sure, it may not be the best English, but is it that hard for the native English-speakers to understand? I personally think that Serry is one of the better posters on this board, as he is always around to provide information or a link to information. And then for an asshole like Wombat, who I haven't even seen around these parts previously - and, I might had, who has worse English skills than Serry - to come around here and gloat about Serry leaving... well, that's just pathetic and sad. Everyone who criticizes someone for attempting to learn the English language and not succeeding to your expectations should really be ashamed of yourselves. I'd rather see some broken English than some teenage AOL speak. |
Serry... 08.06.2005 05:57 |
Thank you guys! I appreciate your good replies about me, thanks! I'm not going to leave this board because of Wombat, it was someone else who wrote that my English is far away from perfect - and yes, that's right, I know, but... Umm... I have never learned English in my life, I don't have any Russian-English dictionary around me when I'm near my PC. Therefore if I make mistakes or write something meaningless - I'm sorry about that. Russian and English languages are TOO different - we don't have articles 'a', 'the' for instance, nor 'am', 'are' - if you wanna say "I'm going to kick your ass" on Russian it would be "I going to kick your ass" :) So again, sorry! |
Serry... 08.06.2005 06:13 |
About Wombat... Well, I didn't want to talk about it, but since he doesn't want to say himself his reasons why he hates me - I'll tell you. Few years ago this guy wrote me letter about my former web-site (there were short snippets from rare stuff, like "Green" before it was released on Freddie's solo box set etc.) and asked me if I could burn CD-Rs with Freddie's Solo Box Set for him. For money. My answer was no, since the box set was available in the markets (shops? I don't know what's the difference actually) and I'm not a trader by the way. Later we've met on one Queen fans' (from ex-USSR countries) convention and he again asked me to sell something for him from my collection (some copies of different documents like Brian's handwritten message for Russian fans what he wrote in Germany in 1998) but I wasn't owner of the original paper and owner of the original paper asked me not show my copy to anyone else, since he was going to post it on his web-site soon. Few weeks ago I posted on QZ snippets from the after-party video (October 2004 with Brian and Roger playing live in Kremlin), this video is selling by some guys and wasn't supposed to be uploaded for free (this is how they thought, since if it's available for free - who's gonna buy it then?!) and Wombat wrote me again that I've ruined his plans about his 'bussiness'! And by the way Wombat is bad trader as I know - and he DOESN'T have South Africa '84 show, so be aware before you'd get contact with him. I respect all collectors but I'm collector too and if I want to share something rare I guess I don't need permissions from other collectors... That's it! Sorry for the long story and (for some guys) for my bad English! |
doremi 08.06.2005 11:28 |
Serry... wrote: Thank you guys! I appreciate your good replies about me, thanks! I'm not going to leave this board because of Wombat, it was someone else who wrote that my English is far away from perfect - and yes, that's right, I know, but... Umm... I have never learned English in my life, I don't have any Russian-English dictionary around me when I'm near my PC. Therefore if I make mistakes or write something meaningless - I'm sorry about that. Russian and English languages are TOO different - we don't have articles 'a', 'the' for instance, nor 'am', 'are' - if you wanna say "I'm going to kick your ass" on Russian it would be "I going to kick your ass" :) So again, sorry!Sergey...sweetie, I am again..amazed and highly respect you for tackling the English language..and like I said, people in my own neighborhood here in the USA don't even bother to learn to read, write, or speak the language..and they are USA Citizens. You're English is fine and you always offer very intelligent, helpful information to us very fortunate people on QZ who appreciate your time & effort. :) |
Fenderek 09.06.2005 04:23 |
Serry... wrote: About Wombat... Well, I didn't want to talk about it, but since he doesn't want to say himself his reasons why he hates me - I'll tell you. Few years ago this guy wrote me letter about my former web-site (there were short snippets from rare stuff, like "Green" before it was released on Freddie's solo box set etc.) and asked me if I could burn CD-Rs with Freddie's Solo Box Set for him. For money. My answer was no, since the box set was available in the markets (shops? I don't know what's the difference actually) and I'm not a trader by the way. Later we've met on one Queen fans' (from ex-USSR countries) convention and he again asked me to sell something for him from my collection (some copies of different documents like Brian's handwritten message for Russian fans what he wrote in Germany in 1998) but I wasn't owner of the original paper and owner of the original paper asked me not show my copy to anyone else, since he was going to post it on his web-site soon. Few weeks ago I posted on QZ snippets from the after-party video (October 2004 with Brian and Roger playing live in Kremlin), this video is selling by some guys and wasn't supposed to be uploaded for free (this is how they thought, since if it's available for free - who's gonna buy it then?!) and Wombat wrote me again that I've ruined his plans about his 'bussiness'! And by the way Wombat is bad trader as I know - and he DOESN'T have South Africa '84 show, so be aware before you'd get contact with him. I respect all collectors but I'm collector too and if I want to share something rare I guess I don't need permissions from other collectors... That's it! Sorry for the long story and (for some guys) for my bad English!So I was right not to believe that it's because of the language :) |
Wombat 11.06.2005 10:00 |
fenderek do you know history of your country poland? do you remember what these bloody russians did with poland when it was part of russia? you must hate them too. ukrainians and polish men are brothers! and serry is an arrogant and greedy moron. it was not a big problem to him to share freddies box set. fucking 'expert' with links instead of real answers. |
bitesthedust 11.06.2005 10:02 |
Teo_torriate04 wrote:quite right !! Everyone learns English anyway, even if you're English !!Agneepath! wrote: Perfect English? Most "foreigners" speak better English than the locals! I've been very impressed with fans from all over the world and their use of English. Fourteen year old Dutch kids write better English than 14 year old English born and bred kids.Hear hear (or should that be Here here)! I have nothing but admiration for people who visit an English forum and post in what to them is a foreign language. It puts the English to shame. After all, we think that to be understood abroad all we have to do is to speak very slowly and very loudly! If that doesn't work then we give up, and walk away muttering under our breaths about thick foreigners. Hats off to you all, and please, don't feel the need to apologise, the majority of English speaking people on this board wouldn't last two minutes if the rolls were reversed! |
Megamike The GREAT 11.06.2005 10:16 |
Serry... wrote: I've just thought about how it's probably sometimes hard/funny to understand what we, guys whose Enlgish is not so well, are trying to say something over here... So on behalf of my name I apologize to every English-speaking QueenZoner for my terrible English, hope I don't bother you too much with my attempts to say something on perfect English.Apology accepted... ;-) Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it... if people can't take a couple of extra seconds to try to THINK what you mean, well.. you know.. Fudge em. |
Erin 11.06.2005 10:33 |
Rabid Wolverine wrote: and believe me you speak it better than a lot of Americans who can barley form a sentence much less put together anything plausable that one can understand, just visit the south,Pardon me, but please refrain from assuming all Southerns cannot speak properly. EVERY area of the country has its own slang, even MN, which I lived in for a year...YA YOU BETCHA. |
*3*Playful as a pussycat 11.06.2005 13:11 |
alink all good, don't worry about it. |
Megamike The GREAT 11.06.2005 21:24 |
<font color=lime>KillerKing840 wrote: I hope my little lack of vocabulary isn't really annoying...Well, yeah.. it is... ;-P |
BEF 11.06.2005 22:18 |
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Serry... 12.06.2005 04:26 |
Thanks! I promise to learn English anyway... Though it's not so easy language for Russian-speaking men. I'd never thought that there's big difference between, for instance, "a coat was made OF fur" and "a coat was made FROM fur" - on Russian it's similar. So sorry again if something goes wrong with posts... |
Sonia Doris 12.06.2005 06:08 |
Wombat wrote: fenderek do you know history of your country poland? do you remember what these bloody russians did with poland when it was part of russia? you must hate them too. ukrainians and polish men are brothers! and serry is an arrogant and greedy moron. it was not a big problem to him to share freddies box set. fucking 'expert' with links instead of real answers.ok, let's all hate each other because of our nationalities... uhm... let's think about history... romanians have to hate: italians (the roman empire came and conquered our ancestors - definetely bastards) austrians - the habsburg and then austro-hungarian empire took transilvania from romania (again, bastards!!!) hungarians - never been friends, so why should we be now? turks - the otoman empire kept trying to conquer us!!! other imperial bastards!!! russians - the empire and the USSR kept getting their nose into our business - other imperial bastards ukranians - the danube delta is ours, and only ours!!! americans - because they didnt save us from communism bulgarians - for the simple reason of being there etc. so, wombat dear, i have taken your point of view. isn't it nice? ^_^ |
Serry... 12.06.2005 06:16 |
the_hero wrote: I don't know how to type Russian in the western alphabet. Paka? Strawtoetje :S Dasvidanja glasnost :PWow! You know 'glasnost' even! :) |
siljeoen 12.06.2005 15:08 |
.."they should be shot so as to do the whole world a favor." LOL!! |
Fenderek 13.06.2005 06:24 |
Wombat wrote: fenderek do you know history of your country poland? do you remember what these bloody russians did with poland when it was part of russia? you must hate them too. ukrainians and polish men are brothers! and serry is an arrogant and greedy moron. it was not a big problem to him to share freddies box set. fucking 'expert' with links instead of real answers.Ukrainian my brother? Only if he has a brain in his head. Sorry- but about history I simply don't give a fuck. Yes, teh history between Poland and Russia is terrible, not only when Poland was part of Russia (before 1st World War) but also during WWII and after it, the Warsaw Risisng 1944 and stuff. Hell, that's a lot to be angry about... But it's a fucking history!!! If I meet a Russian guy all I'm interested is is he intelligent or is he an asshole. If he's intelligent he doesn't give a shit about something that happened 50 years ago and we can get on just like normal people. I don't care if someone is russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian or Dutch, Just don't give a fuck. All taht maters is- is the guy thick? or maybe can we talk about something? All I care is a person, not nationality or history |
The Mir@cle 13.06.2005 07:07 |
Well said Fenderek. |