LatinaCarmen1980
Love and laughter
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Okay, here's my perspective on this.It's depressing when supposed English speakers have lame excuses for basic English mistakes.
It's the internet, so there's a lot that's excusable, but "I just got up" isn't an excuse for using words wrong, especially when it's clear the words are misused because they are mispronouncing them in reality.
I just witnessed someone talking about "stalking" shelves at work instead of stocking shelves.
They tried to tell me it's because English is dumb and has multiple definitions.
No, this isn't a multiple definition thing, this is a two different words thing.
Clearly they failed to ever comprehend the spoken different between stalk and stock.
Also, it's not a matter of you just getting up because you obviously have misunderstood the words for a while now.
I could only just walk away.
English is my second language. Even though I was born here in the US, my parents, like many Mexican-American parents wanted me to learn Spanish first. Hell, I was in ESL until about 5th grade. Talk about being embarrassed! But now? I mean I try my best but I know I fudge some words or use words in the wrong context.
However, if I fuck up and someone corrects me on a word, I take it as a learning experience. I don't try to defend my horrible use of [insert word]. I just take it and run with it.
I put too much effort on this response, didn't I?