Do you all not english people use an dictionary?

[Yorick]

Originally posted by WillowIX: quote: Originally posted by Yorick: Haven't people told you before?? V E R Y, not w. V. The english W is an ooah sound, whereas V is the voiced F. (F with a note from your vocal chords)

Ooh phonetics. But "ooah"? [img]tongue.gif[/img] LOL *cough* English *cough*

Megabot, if you worry about your spelling then install IeSpell. [img]smile.gif[/img] You will be able to check your spelling, not your grammar though, before you post. [/QUOTE]Originally the double u (w) was more OOh. Think two "U"s. In Welsh, names like Pwyl carry on that sound. Pooill.

The "wah" sound is the effect of ending the ooh. Think "ooat is that?" Shortening the ooh sound leaves us with just the wah.

*******NB: How hard is it writing phonetics!!!!!!!!!!

[Stratos]

Originally posted by slicer15: Yeah, people who learn English as a second language learn all the rules of grammar, whereas most people who learn English as a second language don't. I know I have no idea about the names of certain words and the basic structure of a sentence, yet I simply know how to write one. It's the same with my German - I can speak and write it fine (though I have a little difficulty with the grammar) but I have no clue on the rules of how to structure a German sentence.

The meaning of terms like noun, adjective, past present etc. is universal to all lanuages. A noun is always a noun, so if you know what it means in one language you can then apply it to others. It pays of to learn these terms in the long run.

[mistral4543]

Well, we have been using English over here both as the medium for imparting knowledge in the education system, as well as the official language in the workplace. Due to the emphasis on the use of English, I have become more comfortable with English than with my mother tongue, and this rather saddens me.

I generally do not use the dictionary unless I am writing a report in which I do not wish to repeat the use of the same word. In such instances, I refer to the thesaurus for synonyms.

[Megabot]

Originally posted by Yorick: Megabot... if you write wery instead of Very one more time, I think I'm going to completely lose it. Haven't people told you before?? V E R Y, not w. V. The english W is an ooah sound, whereas V is the voiced F. (F with a note from your vocal chords) Think Ferry with a voiced F. VERY. The way you're writing it, wery sounds like ooerry.

Thanks Yorick now i know that it shall be written "VERY" and not WERY!

[Loudhy]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.I don't use a dictionary to write words correctly.I believe, I do not make many mistakes ( I have more problems with grammar ).
I use a dictionary,if I need to translate words from german to english I rarely use in normal life ( my schoolyard days are LONG gone [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img] ).
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[Kakero]

me genius, me no use dictioneri.

[Ar-Cunin]

English is my second language - and I do have a Danish-English dictionary at hand.

I just rarely need to use it [img]smile.gif[/img]

[dplax]

I never use a dictionary, but I guess that is normal since one of my parents is english.

[ 12-08-2003, 01:18 PM: Message edited by: dplax ]

[NiceWorg]

Ahh.. the topic hits me like a dart in my back. Since my laziness and the holes in Finnish educational system, I haven´t been teached any English for 5 years. I am forgetting words, and since I began using an online-dictionary, my memory has became lazier and doesn´t even try to search the right words.

I tell you, it´s dangerous. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Luvian]

www.dictionary.com is probably my most visited page.