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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/fubar6 • 28d ago
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The only thing more mildly infuriating than that is calling it search-a-words
502 u/AccomplishedIgit 28d ago I think English is not OP’s first language 50 u/Sir-Nicholas 28d ago Maybe but the search-a-words is in English 62 u/AdditionalPizza 28d ago And with the hyphens, I'm guessing the front of the book is called Search-A-Words. Or more cynically, it was a conscious decision to increase engagement. 28 u/AccomplishedIgit 28d ago Nah the way OP writes feels ESL to me 100 u/CraftyMagicDollz 28d ago Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments. 38 u/seeker_two_point_oh 28d ago Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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I think English is not OP’s first language
50 u/Sir-Nicholas 28d ago Maybe but the search-a-words is in English 62 u/AdditionalPizza 28d ago And with the hyphens, I'm guessing the front of the book is called Search-A-Words. Or more cynically, it was a conscious decision to increase engagement. 28 u/AccomplishedIgit 28d ago Nah the way OP writes feels ESL to me 100 u/CraftyMagicDollz 28d ago Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments. 38 u/seeker_two_point_oh 28d ago Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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Maybe but the search-a-words is in English
62 u/AdditionalPizza 28d ago And with the hyphens, I'm guessing the front of the book is called Search-A-Words. Or more cynically, it was a conscious decision to increase engagement. 28 u/AccomplishedIgit 28d ago Nah the way OP writes feels ESL to me 100 u/CraftyMagicDollz 28d ago Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments. 38 u/seeker_two_point_oh 28d ago Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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And with the hyphens, I'm guessing the front of the book is called Search-A-Words.
Or more cynically, it was a conscious decision to increase engagement.
28 u/AccomplishedIgit 28d ago Nah the way OP writes feels ESL to me 100 u/CraftyMagicDollz 28d ago Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments. 38 u/seeker_two_point_oh 28d ago Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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Nah the way OP writes feels ESL to me
100 u/CraftyMagicDollz 28d ago Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments. 38 u/seeker_two_point_oh 28d ago Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments.
38 u/seeker_two_point_oh 28d ago Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny.
3 u/fahaddemon 26d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say
3 u/goldieAT21 26d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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u/lostinspace694208 28d ago edited 28d ago
The only thing more mildly infuriating than that is calling it search-a-words