BarqsHasBite to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoSo how are things in Iraq?message-square19fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1message-squareSo how are things in Iraq?BarqsHasBite to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@shottymcblink10•10 months agoThat’s not a very polite way to correct a non-native speaker for a minor misspelling. When you ask Iraqis a question and then correct their English it comes off a bit dickish.
minus-squareBarqsHasBiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglish10•10 months agoI thought he was missing a word like “quite peaceful” or something like that.
minus-square@shottymcblink1•10 months agoAh, my mistake then. Some people use that phrase as a passive aggressive correction rather than an honest question.
minus-square@GBU_28linkEnglish4•10 months agoEh it’s direct but not objectively rude. “I think you’re missing a word, idiot” would be obviously rude.
That’s not a very polite way to correct a non-native speaker for a minor misspelling. When you ask Iraqis a question and then correct their English it comes off a bit dickish.
I thought he was missing a word like “quite peaceful” or something like that.
Ah, my mistake then. Some people use that phrase as a passive aggressive correction rather than an honest question.
Eh it’s direct but not objectively rude.
“I think you’re missing a word, idiot” would be obviously rude.