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re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
I think it's just the difference is language style. To give an example. In Finnish language, to an outsider, the way they talk could seem impolite. It's not, because their language is very complex. Tone and the words they use carry lots of meaning behind them. Finnish doesn't really translate well into English because it's so different. To give an example, there is no he/she or him/her in Finnish so lots of Finnish people will call women or girls him or he. There's many more but you get what I mean.
I'm a native English speaker and I read a lot and watch and see everything in English. So I'm used to a certain way of speaking. I've also lived in three different English speaking countries so I'm very familiar with the differences. When someone speaks English as a second language it's possible their cultural differences can come through and put people off because the way you naturally communicate is different than the way I would expect as an English speaker. The words and the tone and the meaning could come across differently which can upset people. You might not realise you're doing it. So it's not about me picking on you or even Chregu picking on you, we are trying to point out that maybe you're not communicating as you might think you are.
Hope that covers this topic.
Thank you, it's clear now
I think it's just the difference is language style. To give an example. In Finnish language, to an outsider, the way they talk could seem impolite. It's not, because their language is very complex. Tone and the words they use carry lots of meaning behind them. Finnish doesn't really translate well into English because it's so different. To give an example, there is no he/she or him/her in Finnish so lots of Finnish people will call women or girls him or he. There's many more but you get what I mean.
I'm a native English speaker and I read a lot and watch and see everything in English. So I'm used to a certain way of speaking. I've also lived in three different English speaking countries so I'm very familiar with the differences. When someone speaks English as a second language it's possible their cultural differences can come through and put people off because the way you naturally communicate is different than the way I would expect as an English speaker. The words and the tone and the meaning could come across differently which can upset people. You might not realise you're doing it. So it's not about me picking on you or even Chregu picking on you, we are trying to point out that maybe you're not communicating as you might think you are.
Hope that covers this topic.
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