Friendly English Learning Thread

>>77495262
>Brit trying to teach English

That's like asking a Frenchman to teach you how to shower

How do I tell if someone says Finnegans Wake or Finnegan's Wake in a covnersation?

>>77495329
That's gay so are all non french speakers gay?
I think so.

>>77495262
Good thread

>>77495370
>British reading comprehension

Case in point

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>>77495425

>>77495262
would you kindly give me a good list of common british slang words?
I want to expand my vocabulary.

>>77495357
You can tell by context, but if you drop those two words it'd be difficult to say. Could you give an example?

>>77495410
>it was a typo I swear I'm not a paki
ain't no black in the union jack
you must go back

>>77495357
Finnegan is a name. In writing it will always be followed by an apostrophe + s so any other rendition of it would be wrong.

>>77496033
really. what about the Finnegans as in the family?

>>77496191
In this case Finnegans' would be correct. (Plural possessive) Not sure why you're asking me this in light of your flag.

>>77495567
just browse /brit/
>>77495785

>>77495741
>>77496033
What if it is Finnegans Wake, but someone say Finnegan's Wake instead?

>>77496866
In spoken English there is no difference in pronunciation. It would be a difference in context.

Ex. That is Finnegen's wake. (It belongs to Finnegen) (nobody would ever say this in day to day life.)

Ex. That is Finnegans wake. (The name of a specific wake which would just as likely be spelled Finnegan's wake.)

Hope this has helped austro-bro I often ask similarly bizarre questions about my second language.

>>77498180
Tbqh I was just rusing people about the Joyce's book lmao.
But that was helpful, thanks for taking your time.

What is the difference between:
>You wanna ... ?
and
>Do you wanna ... ?

>>77501783
one is lazier than the other
both work fine

>>77495262
How am I supposed to read the proper names like Khabarovsk or Khrushchev? As a native Russian speaker I obviously know how to make the kh-sound or the shch-sound but would I be understood or have I to make the same approximation as /k/ and /shch/?

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>>77495262
My autocorrect keeps removing my (u)s. How do I fix.

>>77502600
Make sure your browser spellchecker has UK English set.

none as I quickly realized English language is nowadays a bastard of french latin and whatever its locale is and the "native speakers" in various parts of the world might have problem understanding each other

it's a whateverworks language with barebones grammar and no nuance

>>77502890
>says speaker of bastardized Russian with retarded orthography
Sosi chuj, bydlo.

>>77502976
we share common root but our languages evolved differently
the Latin obsession of 1500-1700s played large part of it as well

though I'll agree on retarded orthography lol

>>77503109
What a surprisingly civilized response to my crude comment. My apologies, good sir. You're undeniably a szlachcic.

>>77502600
Use American English

>>77503317
no dont
use UK english