Why do immigrants overuse quotation marks?

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: dighn
why would it be rude? it's obviously incorrect usage in english. since she's studying in an english-speaking country, she should fix the problem. you'd be doing her a favour. i don't know why a person would take offense to that.

You're right but I always feel that it's arrogant to point out someone's poor grammar, especially since I'm a wanna-be writer/english minor... I know that it's helpful but I hate that confrontation - you know, handing her an edited paper is one thing but going over her paper with a red pen and then talking to her about it feels odd to me.. Yeah, I'd be a terrible english teacher (though a good friend of mine is a high-school english teacher and I proofread her work)

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Ameesh
are you lumping all immigrants together because of your experience with just a few examples?

hey pol pot killed a bunch of people and he was cambodian, how come all cambodian's are mass murderers?

Chill with the P.C. bullsh1t.. Should every post have a disclaimer? I've noticed that a few immigrants from many different lands- Russians, Indians, Chinese, Taiwanese (to be fair, she's the only Taiwanese person that I know) misuse quotation marks.. Am I saying that EVERY immigrant misuses quotation marks? Of course not! I even said that my father does while my mother does NOT... Some immigrants have a better grasp of the english language than mallrat punks who spout the word "like" 156 times an hour.. But.. sigh.. too tired to fulfill your quest for political correctness..

EDIT: I was going to edit my original post and the title to say "Why do SOME immigrants...." but why should I let the P.C. police win???

but how much did ya score in GRE b*tch? did the immigrant whop ur @ss :beer:

 

[Brutuskend]

"I" don't "know"

 

[LS20]

well that'd be the first immigrant ever that i've heard about overusing quotation marks

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: kalster

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Ameesh
are you lumping all immigrants together because of your experience with just a few examples?

hey pol pot killed a bunch of people and he was cambodian, how come all cambodian's are mass murderers?

Chill with the P.C. bullsh1t.. Should every post have a disclaimer? I've noticed that a few immigrants from many different lands- Russians, Indians, Chinese, Taiwanese (to be fair, she's the only Taiwanese person that I know) misuse quotation marks.. Am I saying that EVERY immigrant misuses quotation marks? Of course not! I even said that my father does while my mother does NOT... Some immigrants have a better grasp of the english language than mallrat punks who spout the word "like" 156 times an hour.. But.. sigh.. too tired to fulfill your quest for political correctness..

EDIT: I was going to edit my original post and the title to say "Why do SOME immigrants...." but why should I let the P.C. police win???

but how much did ya score in GRE b*tch? did the immigrant whop ur @ss :beer:

I didn't take my GRE.. She probably would kick my ass though - she's insanely smart... And it's because she's a hard worker and brilliant, not because she's an immigrant ... She can load a 16mm movie camera in like 5 min. flat in TOTAL DARKNESS.. and she took me out for dim sum - she rocks.. I didn't mean to put down immigrants at all and apologize for implying anything like that..

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: kalster

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Ameesh
are you lumping all immigrants together because of your experience with just a few examples?

hey pol pot killed a bunch of people and he was cambodian, how come all cambodian's are mass murderers?

Chill with the P.C. bullsh1t.. Should every post have a disclaimer? I've noticed that a few immigrants from many different lands- Russians, Indians, Chinese, Taiwanese (to be fair, she's the only Taiwanese person that I know) misuse quotation marks.. Am I saying that EVERY immigrant misuses quotation marks? Of course not! I even said that my father does while my mother does NOT... Some immigrants have a better grasp of the english language than mallrat punks who spout the word "like" 156 times an hour.. But.. sigh.. too tired to fulfill your quest for political correctness..

EDIT: I was going to edit my original post and the title to say "Why do SOME immigrants...." but why should I let the P.C. police win???

but how much did ya score in GRE b*tch? did the immigrant whop ur @ss :beer:

I didn't take my GRE.. She probably would kick my ass though - she's insanely smart... And it's because she's a hard worker and brilliant, not because she's an immigrant ... She can load a 16mm movie camera in like 5 min. flat in TOTAL DARKNESS.. and she took me out for dim sum - she rocks.. I didn't mean to put down immigrants at all and apologize for implying anything like that..

i was just kidding man , have a :beer:

 

[dighn]

dim sum is tasty

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: dighn
dim sum is tasty

Yeah, it was awesome.. And she was a former travel tv-show host in TW. so I had a cool cultural tour of sorts while I had dinner.. She knew the history of every item and some of the stuff was very interesting (and delicious to boot)..

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: dighn
dim sum is tasty

Yeah, it was awesome.. And she was a former travel tv-show host in TW. so I had a cool cultural tour of sorts while I had dinner.. She knew the history of every item and some of the stuff was very interesting (and delicious to boot)..

pics?

 

[NoReMoRsE]

I don't use "quotes" when writing.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: kalster

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: dighn
dim sum is tasty

Yeah, it was awesome.. And she was a former travel tv-show host in TW. so I had a cool cultural tour of sorts while I had dinner.. She knew the history of every item and some of the stuff was very interesting (and delicious to boot)..

pics?

here's a bad one from a shoot that she helped out on.. She's on the far left- she was very tired that day so she looks a little out of it..

 

[kranky]

Every once in a while I run into someone who uses quotation marks way too much. A friend sent me an email once from somebody he works with and it was full of quotation marks, exclamations, and misused possessives.

Something like this:

Thank you for "all" of your help with the setup for yesterday's event's!!! Our group is "the best"!!!! Please remember to pick up your container's before Friday because we don't want to have anyone's "get lost".

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: kranky
Every once in a while I run into someone who uses quotation marks way too much. A friend sent me an email once from somebody he works with and it was full of quotation marks, exclamations, and misused possessives.

Something like this:

Thank you for "all" of your help with the setup for yesterday's event's!!! Our group is "the best"!!!! Please remember to pick up your container's before Friday because we don't want to have anyone's "get lost".

That's exactly what I mean!

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: kranky
Every once in a while I run into someone who uses quotation marks way too much. A friend sent me an email once from somebody he works with and it was full of quotation marks, exclamations, and misused possessives.

Something like this:

Thank you for "all" of your help with the setup for yesterday's event's!!! Our group is "the best"!!!! Please remember to pick up your container's before Friday because we don't want to have anyone's "get lost".

That's exactly what I mean!

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: kranky
Every once in a while I run into someone who uses quotation marks way too much. A friend sent me an email once from somebody he works with and it was full of quotation marks, exclamations, and misused possessives.

Something like this:

Thank you for "all" of your help with the setup for yesterday's event's!!! Our group is "the best"!!!! Please remember to pick up your container's before Friday because we don't want to have anyone's "get lost".

That's exactly what I mean!

Both of you seem to use a lot of exclamation points. What's up with that?

 

[hans007]

i dont think immigrants in general use quotes anymore than most uneducated americans who can't properly grasp grammar rules.


since i'd say half of america can barely master english, i'm figuring you could just say why do most americans not have a decent understanding of how to express themselves in writing?

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
are you lumping all immigrants together because of your experience with just a few examples?

hey pol pot killed a bunch of people and he was cambodian, how come all cambodian's are mass murderers?

Yes, they all are. We should nuke them before they come eat us.