Can we please use simple language, I don’t know what the fuck exhort means, I mean I do now (strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something) but I didn’t. Why are you trying to make me learn!?!
Edit: TIL everyone on lemmy are fucking English majors.
My partner is English as second language and I never dumb down anything I say to her. She asks me the words she doesn’t know and I explain them as best I can or we look them up on my phone when I’m not certain I can articulate the meaning accurately enough to provide a good example. I think reducing the vocab that I use with her vs english-native friends and family would be insulting to her. Same as how I wouldn’t dumb it down speaking to a 10yo (it’s different for toddlers and those not much older, obviously).
Can we please use simple language, I don’t know what the fuck exhort means, I mean I do now (strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something) but I didn’t. Why are you trying to make me learn!?!
Edit: TIL everyone on lemmy are fucking English majors.
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My partner is English as second language and I never dumb down anything I say to her. She asks me the words she doesn’t know and I explain them as best I can or we look them up on my phone when I’m not certain I can articulate the meaning accurately enough to provide a good example. I think reducing the vocab that I use with her vs english-native friends and family would be insulting to her. Same as how I wouldn’t dumb it down speaking to a 10yo (it’s different for toddlers and those not much older, obviously).
Nah, everyone’s shitting on you cause you’re just the only one that doesn’t know how to take ten seconds for a Google search.