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How would you interpret the following?
"I appreciate that my questions are probably far too theoretical for your standards"
This is from someone with whose mother tongue is not English.
- without any context it sounds a bit like "sorry if i've come across as rude, i haven't meant to"hans_glib
- of course it could just mean "stop try to be so clever and just cut my stuff, laserboy1"hans_glib
- I figured it was meant good-naturedly, as it's a first contact with basic questions.
It just sounds like I should be a touch insulted...Nairn - "my intellectual advice is useless a minion such as yourself... And don't forget to empty my piss bucket on your way out!"robotron3k
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yeah, that's more how I read it..Nairn - In Canadian English this would be: "Sorry my questions are so theoretical. English is not my native tongue".monNom
- reply with:shapesalad
- "I appreciate that my questions are probably far too practical for your theoretical standards."shapesalad
- *answers* (not questions)shapesalad
- @monnom - the last line was mine :) makes me wonder though - in what fashion do you mean 'theoretical' in this context?Nairn
- some words, when translated directly, don't have the same intended meaning as in the original language.Gnash
- he may have been trying to say that his questions aren't specific enough -- that they are too general in scope.Gnash
- Like saying, 'Can you make it pop more" instead of, "increase the type's contrast with the background colour"Gnash
- flol gnash
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My last email to her finished
"Until then, everything is a bit.. theoretical :)"Nairn - I should probably stop using smileys in client emails. Although my recent hair cut DOES make me look like a teenage girl.Nairn
- c'mon, haircut pics!renderedred
- I hate myself for occasionally throwing in an emoji on a client email, but i'm not a gifted enough wordsmith to do otherwiseGnash