Originally Posted by
bruceveld
All of us natie speakers are experts at the English language. Our usage level is Native and completely fluent. And if we have any kind of decent education we should be able to spell and string together a sentence or two. Believe it or not, we are experts in English language compared to the rest of the world.
I have to disagree; I am native english speaking and many times Thais have asked me to speak slower or clearer regarding my use of the English language. I'm certainly not an expert as you suggest that we all are.
Being a UK native (or any other native English speaking country for that matter) results with many different accents and dialects; I for one am extremely lazy sometimes when speaking English. Although I make a different effort when speaking to Thais than Farang I will still have shortcuts in my dialogue.
Simple things like "Bottle of Water" I easily say without pronouncing the T's and therefore misunderstood. Though I have never sat in an international English lecture I'm sure that the standard of English is far superior than most
native English speakers. There are posters on here who's second language is English and they consistently write posts with a high standard of English not tainted by regional accents, slang and laziness.
Originally Posted by
bruceveld
if you look in a dictionary (its a big book with lots of words) you might find there is a difference between TYPO and MISSPELLING. Oh when trolls resport to typo flames.....
There is a difference but there is also effort to be considered.