tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post5661895319118805854..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Björk: DebutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-38447590035526613972014-08-28T00:25:23.839+04:002014-08-28T00:25:23.839+04:00"On that note, your English is impeccable. Yo..."On that note, your English is impeccable. You write it better than most native English speakers I know. "<br /><br />That's because ESL speakers learn to write first, speak second. With native speakers it's the other way round.Josenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-91625025533014133102014-08-23T19:03:59.734+04:002014-08-23T19:03:59.734+04:00>Maybe English is her second language, and thou...>Maybe English is her second language, and though she speaks it well and with good grammar, she still gets confused with some consonant sounds? -shrug-<br /><br />"Ghetto" is actually an Italian word, and it's a loanword in Icelandic just as much as it is in English (and countless other languages besides, including Russian and Chinese). Regardless, Icelandic uses the same Roman alphabet as Italian and English anyway. She just screwed up; her native language had nothing to do with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-28249802768254623902014-08-23T08:03:29.864+04:002014-08-23T08:03:29.864+04:00"(A question for the street savants out there..."(A question for the street savants out there: why in the world does she pronounce ghetto blaster as jetto blaster? That h does not just stand there for nothing, now does it?)"<br /><br />Maybe English is her second language, and though she speaks it well and with good grammar, she still gets confused with some consonant sounds? -shrug-<br /><br />On that note, your English is impeccable. You write it better than most native English speakers I know. What other languages do you speak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com