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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 21:57 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Jamie,

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You wouldn't say that 'natives' sounds somewhat old-fashioned and offensive in that sentence?

No.

Well, that's your opinion. Other experts have told me they disagree with you,
and I believe these experts in English know the language at least as well as you do.

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And for that reason you're prone to making embarrassing cultural errors in English. Just because a person likes to do it and is indulging a personal fetish for royalty, that doesn't make it any less improper.

Please do not make this personal again.

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Also, you improperly capitalized the word "sovereign". It's not to be capitalized when used generically.

That's correct.

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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 21:58 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Englishuser,

Don't you think that the days of royalty are numbered? Why would anyone apart from historians be interested in those titles?
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:00 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
TD

That's the QEII, I think.

Ol' Liz must be upset that it wasn't named appropriately:

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Ruler of the Seas, Head of the Realm, Conqueror of France, Scourge of Evil, Founder of Bliss, Suppressor of Strife, Mother of Britannia II.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:05 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Tom,

Do you mean that QEII herself is the person most likely to be interested in preserving those old fashioned and award titles? Maybe Englishuser is a member of the royal family too?
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:07 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
no, I was just poking a little fun.

I bet she's down-to-earth enough not to mind being abbreviated to QEII.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:10 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
...or Elizabeth, or Queen, or Your/Her Majesty.

I would imagine she doesn't require her secretary to say, "Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth The Second's office. How may we help you?" upon answering the phone.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:15 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Englishuser wrote:
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You wouldn't say that 'natives' sounds somewhat old-fashioned and offensive in that sentence?

No.

Well, that's your opinion. Other experts have told me they disagree with you,
and I believe these experts in English know the language at least as well as you do.

Excuse me, but I'm trained as an English expert. Just because someone is hypersensitive and attaches meanings and connotations to a word that aren't really there, it doesn't mean they're right.

Remember the last time you hauled out "experts" as big guns to shoot my argument down. I was on an English experts' list with some of the very people whose books you quoted, I contacted them personally, and they backed up my judgment.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:17 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi prezbucky,

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I would imagine she doesn't require her secretary to say, "Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth The Second's office. How may we help you?" upon answering the phone.

You could give BP a ring... Smile

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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:20 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Jamie,

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Excuse me, but I'm trained as an English expert. Just because someone is hypersensitive and attaches meanings and connotations to a word that aren't really there, it doesn't mean they're right.

Of course it doesn't. How did you become an English expert?

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Remember the last time you hauled out "experts" as big guns to shoot my argument down. I was on an English experts' list with some of the very people whose books you quoted, I contacted them personally, and they backed up my judgment.

Is Queen Elizabeth II on your list?

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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:24 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Englishuser,

What makes you think the Queen is "an expert of the English language"? How do you define "English expert" anyway? Do you think there is a difference between an "English expert" and an "English language expert"?
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:28 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Torsten,

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What makes you think the Queen is "an expert of the English language"?

What do you think?

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How do you define "English expert" anyway?

Perhaps a native speaker of English or a non-native speaker of English with an overall IELTS Band Score of 9 who studied the English language at university up to a post-doctoral level?

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Do you think there is a difference between an "English expert" and an "English language expert"?

Yes.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Thu May 31, 2007 22:29 pm  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Englishuser wrote:
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Excuse me, but I'm trained as an English expert. Just because someone is hypersensitive and attaches meanings and connotations to a word that aren't really there, it doesn't mean they're right.

Of course it doesn't. How did you become an English expert?

Years of hard work in graduate school.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:46 am  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
English is not my native language but i am fluent.. i hate it when people pronounce "the" as "zzze" .. i emphasized on the "z" as i hate that sound... "the = ze" grr.. and anything,, like these, that, those.. lol.. dunno if you understand what i'm saying.
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:49 am  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Hi Gronny,

What about capitalizing the personal pronoun I -- is that something you like doing?
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What mistake bugs you the most in your language? Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:14 am  What mistake bugs you the most in your language?		  
Smile Ok... I will make sure the I capitalize the personal pronoun "I" as from now.. Smile no offense meant.. sorry. [ Do you have hate me or something or was it just a comment?]
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