Do you look like the 'wrong' nationality?

[Conchita]

[Pamela]

Hi Jamie(K),
That would be nice to see one of your masterpieces!

[Foah]

Hi Jamie!

A brasilian hero jesus! :lol: Come on, Jamie! You?re kidding. What color of hair does Jesus have? I mean, when I was 19, had long blonde hair and a vulominous red beard I?ve erected a machine in Italy (Tetifrancesi di Rivalta di Torino). One day we decided to have a sight seeing tour in Torino guided by the hotelmanager. Now, everywhere we appeared :wink: people stood stand whispering. Asking our guider he explained that the people were calling me Jesus! Since we all know there is one Jesus only, why do you swindle........? :wink:

Michael

P.S. Look what is kept left from the one and only Jesus!
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[Kalasulentic]

Everytime people see me they either think I am mixed as in Spanish or italian. Its funny because people greet me in italian or spanish. People always tell me to go on jersey shore cus they think I am italian and I am not. Also people sometimes change my information on a job application because once they see me they think i am spanish and need "diversity". Truth is I am Polish like 90 %. My grandfatehr lived in poland and came over to America in like 1950 and had my mother. I am like 5% yugoslvakian (slavik) and croatian, which overpowered my 90% polish lol. what do you think? the last picture is of me my brother and my mother, my mother looks polish.
kala

[Jamie (K)]

Welcome, Kala!

Although you say your grandfather settled in New York, it's pretty clear from your writing that you have been learning English for only about four or five years. Where were you born, and what is your native language?

[Alan]

Hi Kala,

Whoever you look like, all I can say is that seeing your pictures as I opened my computer this morning was indeed a very pleasant experience.

Best wishes,

Alan
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[Kalasulentic]

[Jamie (K)]

I apologize, Kala, but when I looked at the way you wrote, I really wasn't sure if you were a native English speaker or not.

So, in that regard, I have a request: English-Test is a website for foreigners who are trying to learn good English. For this reason, native speakers who post here should write in correct English -- not in texting language -- so that the people who are learning English have a good example to follow and don't pick up bad habits.

Most native English speakers don't realize this, but having texting language and other bad language as influences can cause foreign learners serious problems when they try to go to college or work at jobs. It can mean the difference between their failing their classes, never getting into college, not getting promoted on their jobs, or even never getting a good job. I have seen all of these things happen to people who followed the examples of Americans and British people who wrote the way you did.

So, out of consideration for the people who are just learning, please use your AP English, not your texting English, because they need you to help them improve their English, not help them ruin their English.

And the name of the language is "English", not "english".

[Ralf]

[Jamie (K)]

Yes, Ralf, that's "AP English". When I was in high school, it was called "English".

"AP" means "advanced placement". It means that if you learn English in high school, they don't make you take it again at the university. When I was that age, we just took "English" and then a test for credit and exemption when we got to university.