My moms brothers and dad say “six of one, half a dozen the other.” When I was a kid I was like “what is this code of numbers!?” Then I figured it out when I was like 15. I remember thinking “this is stupid, just say, ‘it doesn’t matter,’ it is less words.”
I've always wondered what language an ESL person's inner voice speaks. Thank you for answering the question before I had to work up the courage to ask. Reading your posts, I would never guess that your first language is not English. You write better than a lot of native English speakers.
That's high praise right there. Sometimes I feel like that meme from Gloria from Modern Family, the one where she says: "Do you know how smart I am in Spanish!?" But this validates me. Thank you.
I'm a self-proclaimed grammar nerd, so I'll add to that validation haha. You most definitely have an advanced mastery of the English language—as I said above, you write better than many native English speakers these days.
My moms brothers and dad say “six of one, half a dozen the other.” When I was a kid I was like “what is this code of numbers!?” Then I figured it out when I was like 15. I remember thinking “this is stupid, just say, ‘it doesn’t matter,’ it is less words.”
Some people like to make their lives complicated, Ben. Not everyone can be pragmatic, say what they mean and mean what they say like us.
I've always wondered what language an ESL person's inner voice speaks. Thank you for answering the question before I had to work up the courage to ask. Reading your posts, I would never guess that your first language is not English. You write better than a lot of native English speakers.
That's high praise right there. Sometimes I feel like that meme from Gloria from Modern Family, the one where she says: "Do you know how smart I am in Spanish!?" But this validates me. Thank you.
I'm a self-proclaimed grammar nerd, so I'll add to that validation haha. You most definitely have an advanced mastery of the English language—as I said above, you write better than many native English speakers these days.
Well you know big words better than this native English speaker. I just had to look up what pragmatic means...