BarqsHasBite to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 1 year agoSo how are things in Iraq?message-square19fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareSo how are things in Iraq?BarqsHasBite to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year 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-squareBarqsHasBiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoI thought he was missing a word like “quite peaceful” or something like that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year 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.
Eh it’s direct but not objectively rude.
“I think you’re missing a word, idiot” would be obviously rude.