Not to a non-native English speaker it won't be. Fine in a thread a regular started in say the DIY section, but it does help if you try and stick to the actual words where the O/P is obviously new to the subject.
Wonks wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:55 am
Not to a non-native English speaker it won't be. Fine in a thread a regular started in say the DIY section, but it does help if you try and stick to the actual words where the O/P is obviously new to the subject.
Ok but OP has been with us a year and has 70 posts under his belt. I also did not get any impression that his English was anything but 'native'?
I regularly contribute on an American forum and they seem to take my foibles in good part. Probably just think of me as that "quirky old limey"!
I shall try to be more po-f...I mean CORRECT in the future!
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Wonks wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 am
Dave, why can’t you just use proper names for things like other people? The O/P is in the Philippines, but even people in Peterborough would struggle with some of your nicknames.
+1 here I'm afraid Dave!
I'm sorry to say but I don't know what you're referring to half the time... and some of your 'shorthand' contains more characters than the standard spelling! (e.g "neg ten" for "-10" always raises a smile!)
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Wonks wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 am
Dave, why can’t you just use proper names for things like other people? The O/P is in the Philippines, but even people in Peterborough would struggle with some of your nicknames.
+1 here I'm afraid Dave!
I'm sorry to say but I don't know what you're referring to half the time... and some of your 'shorthand' contains more characters than the standard spelling! (e.g "neg ten" for "-10" always raises a smile!)
Well "neg X" comes from working with those dastardly guitar electronics guys! You know, the people that use the MUCH more logical dBVolts!
Still, I shall try not to type so much from the hip when here in the future but of course Hugh, You Can't Please Al.......
ef37a wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:29 pm
Still, I shall try not to type so much from the hip when here in the future but of course Hugh, You Can't Please Al.......
ef37a wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:29 pm
Still, I shall try not to type so much from the hip when here in the future but of course Hugh, You Can't Please Al.......