Weird terms for non english speakers

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Garra

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There are some words that i dont know what they mean...
IMO
BTW


i will add some more, cause i dont remember the the whole list right know.

If i am stupid, dont know maybe.
 
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trmiv

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<< There are some words that i dont know what they mean...
IMO
BTW


i will add some more, cause i dont remember the the whole list right know.

If i am stupid, dont know maybe. >>




IMO= In My Opinion

BTW= By The Way
 
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GigaCluster

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Those are not weird terms for non-English speakers -- they're weird terms for non-computer geeks.

A truly weird term for non-English speakers is "What's up?"
I still cannot get over how dumb that phrase is, even after living in the U.S. for over five years and knowing the language better than anyone else in my English class.
 
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Beau

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<< Those are not weird terms for non-English speakers -- they're weird terms for non-computer geeks. A truly weird term for non-English speakers is "What's up?" I still cannot get over how dumb that phrase is, even after living in the U.S. for over five years and knowing the language better than anyone else in my English class. >>


It's not dumb, it's slang. All languages have it.
 
dullard

dullard

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Want to know a really funny thing I heard about non-English speakers?

A study of people who don't know any English shows that they rank 'diarrhea' as the prettiest sounding English word.

I find it so funny that English uses its prettiest sounding word for such a disgusting noun.
 
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GigaCluster

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<< A study of people who don't know any English shows that they rank 'diarrhea' as the prettiest sounding English word. >>


I don't like that word. One of my favorite ones, though, is "convalescence." It has a nice meaning, too.


edit: "queue" is also among my favorite English words.
 
BigSmooth

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<< Want to know a really funny thing I heard about non-English speakers?

A study of people who don't know any English shows that they rank 'diarrhea' as the prettiest sounding English word. >>


How would such a study even be possible? They play them a tape of every word in the English language, and they get to pick one?
 
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<< How would such a study even be possible? They play them a tape of every word in the English language, and they get to pick one? >>



Obvoiusly they cannot use every word. From what I read, they played a tape of common English words. Maybe there is some obscure English word that would be ranked higher, but if no one uses it then who cares.
 
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NoReMoRsE

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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeosis (source: Oxford Dictionary). It's a lung disorder.
 
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