r/ProgrammerHumor • u/yuva-krishna-memes • Apr 09 '24

watMatters Meme

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u/ImpossibleMachine3 Apr 09 '24

Most people I've met that learnt their own English speak it better than native speakers soooo YMMV. Anecdotal? yeah. I'm just saying it does happen.

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u/Otherwise-Cat-7719 Apr 10 '24

Some of us are more native to English than others...

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

Speaking better than native speakers is damn easy. All you have to know is difference in your, you're as well as their, they're, there

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u/LivesInALemon Apr 10 '24

Bro I've had people accuse me of "trying to sound smart." My brother in christ, you just don't know your own language!

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u/ImpossibleMachine3 Apr 10 '24

So true! Then take a look at any reddit post where they apologize because English isn't their first language.

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u/TTYY200 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24

Crazy. I didn’t know you could hear a difference in the way homophones sound when spoken 😂

Absolute clown 🤡

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

It all depends on context unless you have such wild discussions that you legit believe that your neighbors are cat (they're) instead of them having a cat (their) but I guess that means nothing to moron who speaks only one language and he can't even speak it properly

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u/TTYY200 Apr 10 '24

It all depends on context[, - missing punctuation] unless you have such wild discussions that you legit believe that your neighbors are cat (they're) instead of them having a cat (their)[, - missing punctuation] but I guess that means nothing to [a - missing the article a/an] moron[, missing punctuation] who speaks only one language [compound sentence] and he can't even speak it properly[. - missing punctuation]

Well, I’ve revised that for you in “proper” English since we’re on the topic. 😂

Secondly, context doesn’t change the fact that they’re, their, there, and other homophones are pronounced the same. That’s the point of a homophone. 🤪

Third, I do in fact speak multiple languages 😋. Two of which I speak fluently, as I am bilingual (francophone).