@someguy3@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoSo how are things in Iraq?message-square18fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareSo how are things in Iraq?@someguy3@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@shottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilink10•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-square@someguy3@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoI thought he was missing a word like “quite peaceful” or something like that.
minus-square@GBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•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.
Eh it’s direct but not objectively rude.
“I think you’re missing a word, idiot” would be obviously rude.