- 05 Maj 2010, 03:41
#1858040
Speaking English on a Serbian forum?
Um, yeah, I'm just gonna go... over... there... (runs from the mad people)
Actually, just writing in English means nothing these days, no matter which country you're from and/or what is your native language. Modern web browsers (well, all except IE8) have an auto spell-checker, so its impossible to misspell a word unless its something really complicated; and even then, all you have to do is open a new tab and enter your possibly misspelled word into Google Search, which will automatically make a suggestion in the form of "Did you think: (correct spelling)" or in most cases, display tons of online dictionary links or even Wikipedia links that explain the spelling correction for a certain word. For example, "to travel" can be spelled as both traveling and travelling, the first one is American English, and the second is British English (if your browser has the auto spell-check feature, it will underline the "wrong" spelled word depending on the setup language you chose for the browser when installing it).
So I think that a much bigger challenge is to actually speak with a friend in English. I do it all the time and it often produces some painstakingly funny moments.
Um, yeah, I'm just gonna go... over... there... (runs from the mad people)
Actually, just writing in English means nothing these days, no matter which country you're from and/or what is your native language. Modern web browsers (well, all except IE8) have an auto spell-checker, so its impossible to misspell a word unless its something really complicated; and even then, all you have to do is open a new tab and enter your possibly misspelled word into Google Search, which will automatically make a suggestion in the form of "Did you think: (correct spelling)" or in most cases, display tons of online dictionary links or even Wikipedia links that explain the spelling correction for a certain word. For example, "to travel" can be spelled as both traveling and travelling, the first one is American English, and the second is British English (if your browser has the auto spell-check feature, it will underline the "wrong" spelled word depending on the setup language you chose for the browser when installing it).
So I think that a much bigger challenge is to actually speak with a friend in English. I do it all the time and it often produces some painstakingly funny moments.
That way, I prepare myself for future, and I'm also improving my English skills. As DarkStar had already said, there'll be a lot of funny moments (several of mine: testes, instead of tests; slimingness instead of slimness... can't remember any other right now) , but hey, it's the life that's making them 
ili .. glavno rukovodstvo?
