someguy3 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSo how are things in Iraq?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareSo how are things in Iraq?someguy3 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years 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-squaresomeguy3OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoI thought he was missing a word like “quite peaceful” or something like that.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAh, my mistake then. Some people use that phrase as a passive aggressive correction rather than an honest question.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years 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.