@letdown427
You mean "dying" don't you (and it's not the only one)

But yes, I do agree with your point.

Quote from NotAnIllusion :

@letdown427
You mean "dying" don't you (and it's not the only one)

But yes, I do agree with your point.

Ah, touchez. When I typed it, I thought to myself it can't be dying, thinking that was how dyeing would be spelt.

There's more? I noticed the too lol, that was just a typo, I know how to use to and too!

Quote from deggis :

Another joke about Finnish rally drivers' bad English:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/nakkitar/rallyshit/makinentommi.avi

-Race has been, aaaa, very good, but aa front suspenders were broken ...

...

-How about the tyres?
-Race was good and road was slippery!

Quote from letdown427 :

If someone learns English as a second language though, then I think they're more likely to learn it properly, in so far as they are less likely to be constantly subjected to colloquial speech/slang.

I beg to differ. For young people on the continent, the main sources for English may very well be American telly, gangsta rap, and l33tsp33k on the web. U go figger.

Quote from afastest :

-Race has been, aaaa, very good, but aa front suspenders were broken ...

...

-How about the tyres?
-Race was good and road was slippery!

Kummeli is teh shizniz!

Quote from spankmeyer :

Kummeli is teh shizniz!

Amen to that.

Quote from Phill :

ROFL! that made no sence at all. i understood 3 words:

Tyres, Race, and Weather..

i understood it all

Quote from StanleyCarter :

here in Malaysia we've been taught that English is very important during our education days, that is why most Malaysians are pretty good in english (since early age). I'm glad that I can type, write and spell properly in english, though I should work more on my accent and pronounciation as it needs a little bit more work hehe...

oh wait, what's this thread about?

Thank god for that, I'll be there at the end of the month.

Quote from SamH :

There are still English speakers who take pride in speaking and typing correctly, but the kids.. the kids.. SMS and MSN have done more "damage" to the English WRITTEN word than I think any teacher or education regime could ever counter.

Do you think this only happens with the English language? I don't know what's wrong with young people in the world of today, but their knowledge of their own native language seems to be on an all time low. I know it's wrong to generalize like this: There are still quite a few youngsters taking pride in knowing their language, but the tendency is obvious. People don't care...

I read several Dutch speaking websites and forums (Dutch is my native language) and each day I find myself horrified by the raping of our language. It's not only the SMS, MSN, 1337 h4x0r, whatever... style they practice, but the fact they just don't know the correct spelling and grammar. If a word somewhat looks like how it's pronounced, it's fine for them.

Ok, there are parts in the world where education isn't a common thing as it is for us, but these people all have/had good education. I'm not saying punctuation, spelling and grammar errors should not be tolerated - everyone makes mistakes and it's not a big deal. But the things I read today are way beyond what one could call an occasional error. When you speak these people about their language, the standard reply is either they have a form of dyslexia or something in the way of "who cares". I never knew laziness is also a form of dislexia...

i find the RAC is also a very good car. balanced very well.

Quote from WGooden :

the most underrated drift car... definately the uf1 (with the top down of course) Nothing like jerking that handbrake into the turns and laying down some serious black marks.

same feeling here

I think te Brits are OK typing and speaking nad come close to proper English.l Americans though... I'll loose no words there, not worth it.

BTW, XRT FTW!!!!