June 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Florian Reischl (6/30/2009)
...I read this "ES(e)L" but I've not been sure if I'm the only guy who felt like a donkey... :hehe:
Well, since it's an official abbr. do I now have to call myself "Language Donkey" when using double translation with a tiny typo in there? :crying:
@Gus:
ESL pronounced as the separate letters would be "EeSeL", right? One "e" too much versus one "e" missing to get "Esel" in both cases. Close enough to try to make a joke out of it...
Since at least one other person (Flo) could get a tiny laugh out of it I'd call it a success but wouldn't stress it any further...
June 30, 2009 at 2:36 pm
lmu92 (6/30/2009)
Florian Reischl (6/30/2009)
...I read this "ES(e)L" but I've not been sure if I'm the only guy who felt like a donkey... :hehe:Well, since it's an official abbr. do I now have to call myself "Language Donkey" when using double translation with a tiny typo in there? :crying:
@Gus:
ESL pronounced as the separate letters would be "EeSeL", right? One "e" too much versus one "e" missing to get "Esel" in both cases. Close enough to try to make a joke out of it...
Since at least one other person (Flo) could get a tiny laugh out of it I'd call it a success but wouldn't stress it any further...
Works by me. If I'd been pressed to pronounce it as a single vocable, I'd have tended towards the English "easel" (as in a tripod used to display something, usually writing on a suported surface), but "esel" is certainly close enough phonetically. I wouldn't use that, as per what I've already written about respecting people who tackle ESL, but you go right ahead.
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June 30, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Of course, this conversation is only transitively dependent on the original question....
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June 30, 2009 at 2:52 pm
GSquared (6/30/2009)
If I'd been pressed to pronounce it as a single vocable, I'd have tended towards the English "easel" (as in a tripod used to display something, usually writing on a suported surface), but "esel" is certainly close enough phonetically. I wouldn't use that, as per what I've already written about respecting people who tackle ESL, but you go right ahead.
Looks like I need to clarify my previous posts:
Since I'm an ESL too (sometimes more "Esel" than "ESL") I did consider the joke being self directed rather than trying to offend anybody. If I have left the impression of the latter I'm truly sorry and I do apologize!
June 30, 2009 at 3:06 pm
lmu92 (6/30/2009)
GSquared (6/30/2009)
If I'd been pressed to pronounce it as a single vocable, I'd have tended towards the English "easel" (as in a tripod used to display something, usually writing on a suported surface), but "esel" is certainly close enough phonetically. I wouldn't use that, as per what I've already written about respecting people who tackle ESL, but you go right ahead.Looks like I need to clarify my previous posts:
Since I'm an ESL too (sometimes more "Esel" than "ESL") I did consider the joke being self directed rather than trying to offend anybody. If I have left the impression of the latter I'm truly sorry and I do apologize!
Nope. You expressed yourself perfectly, and since it's self-directed, it's even PC. Just wouldn't be PC for me to say something like that.
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July 2, 2009 at 7:37 pm
lmu92 (6/30/2009)
Florian Reischl (6/30/2009)
...I read this "ES(e)L" but I've not been sure if I'm the only guy who felt like a donkey... :hehe:Well, since it's an official abbr. do I now have to call myself "Language Donkey" when using double translation with a tiny typo in there? :crying:
@Gus:
ESL pronounced as the separate letters would be "EeSeL", right? One "e" too much versus one "e" missing to get "Esel" in both cases. Close enough to try to make a joke out of it...
Since at least one other person (Flo) could get a tiny laugh out of it I'd call it a success but wouldn't stress it any further...
Yeah, I thought "Esel" was pronounced more like "Aa-sel"
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