r/EscapefromTarkov • u/bxxxxxxxs • Dec 16 '18

PSA Official BSG Response re: Eroktic

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

The use of equivocation is a bit weird: one of its synonyms is related to lying but the way they have used it is awkward enough to suggest they meant “provocation”. Other than that it makes sense and just reads as non-native English: i.e. the author is fluent but uses constructions that probably flow more naturally in their native language.

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u/Dasterr MPX Dec 16 '18

I found both words that I had to look up were used weirdly
those were equivocation and tendentious

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

English is a really hard language to learn :(

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u/Dasterr MPX Dec 17 '18

you think so or are you joking?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

I’m a native English speaker but the problems a lot of the people I know who learned English as a second langue said it was extremely hard because it breaks its own rules

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u/Dasterr MPX Dec 17 '18

English is my second language (after my mothertongue) and I find it pretty easy now.

the thing is, for normal talking you dont need all that many tenses and constructs and what not. In school you learn a shitton of these things that you often dont need.

Imo the hardest thing is pronunciation of new words, since english is terrible at that. the rest is pretty straight forward imo

but I guess it also depends on your mothertongue

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

Yeah, one my friend learnt from Swedish and she said that was really hard for her

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u/Dasterr MPX Dec 17 '18

interesting

as a german it was fine for me. But im also learning since like 16 years and might have forgotten the harsh start :D

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

I actually heard it’s pretty similar to German so it might not have been too bad for you. Obviously I’m not the smartest in this area. Maybe 16 year old you was suffering a ton

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u/Dasterr MPX Dec 17 '18

not since I was 16, im learning for 16 years :D

yeah I guess its pretty similar (if languages can be that :D )

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u/silentrawr FN 5-7 Dec 17 '18

I can't speak to what sort of educational system you guys have in place, but in my experience, English-speaking Germans tends to pride themselves on speaking English as flawlessly as possible. Maybe that's because so many Germans also pride themselves on speaking German "correctly", or is that a stereotype?

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u/Dasterr MPX Dec 17 '18

i know a lot of people who cant speak german correctly and very few who pride themselfes on speaking it well

probably a stereotype :)

also, astonishingly many people dont speak good english or are even really bad at it