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Originally Posted by DerChef
German from my side as well (native speaker..)
I could throw in some italian but I am much better in understanding than speaking left alone writing it
btw: I like your idea Klondike as it shows a different attitude to languages than other forums on the web I have been visiting lately. My command of the english language is fairly good so I do not have a problem expressing myself in english. But there are millions of web users out there who do not speak or understand english properly. This being so it makes me really sick when some adminstrators in other forums keep harrasing non-english speakers when they speak their native language and force them to write in english as "users come from all over the world". I heard this argument frequently over the last months and what really annoys me is that those guys simply ignore the fact that are more humans on this planet who cannot speak english than those who do. We could get into politics here and frankly I think some of global problems with have with terrorism and all that are rooted in an arrogant attitude against foreign cultures.
Having said all this I am more than happy to help with the languages I speak.
Sorry guys if you just come here to see naked women and you'll come across my comments and you think "what the hell is this weirdo talking about" that's fine by me but some things have to be said.
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What I usually see is more subtle but just as sad. I mean, mods have a right to ask that posts be written in English. So its not technically harassment for them to simply request that posters comply. But what is sad is when users get harassed because their poor command of Engish makes them come across as "dumb". In fact, it can be very hard to tell if someone is in fact uneducated, or just not very fluent in English. It takes practice. Heavy use of slang implies to me that the poster is American but probably not well educated. On the other hand, problems with verb tense and sentence structure more likely means the poster's native language is not English. For example:
"yo could ya pls post sum fine ass granny Fantasy Fest titties?" OK, I'll say an American wrote that
on the other hand:
"Please do have you some Fantasy Fest pics?" More likely educated but non-English speaking.
Anyway, I spend a lot of time on foreign sites trying to pic up the language as well as pics. The fact that OCC is international is very important to me and I want to get to know you guys where ever you live. If anyone on this forum has treated any of you like a second class citizen, I'd like to know so that steps can be taken to prevent it in the future. A few weeks back, I joined the Dutch forum nudisten.com and ran into some communication issues over there. Its a different culture than OCC and its been an adjustment for me trying to fit in. Anyway, I really appreciate everyone that has taken the time to respond to this thread, and you are all very valuable members of this forum. And it would be great if you could post in your own language here but then I wouldn't know what the heck you were talking about so I'd have to pm you anyway just to find out....
So thanks, DerChef, for your insights and hopefully others will read them too. I encourage others to speak up too if they have any issues at all with regards to their being a "foreigner" at OCC.
Cheers,
Klondike