OP you can completely salvage this by posting something like this:
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Was I out of line posting this meme?
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OP you can completely salvage this by posting something like this:
I think the whole problem is that it just wasn't funny enough to pull off the playful jab. If you're gonna playfully jab, you gotta make sure they're gonna laugh about it. And this is weak material.
I get it, and I wouldn't be offended. It's...marginally amusing. But it's not even exhale out your nose level. Not enough to win over the more stuffy types of people. Especially when it's so niche to require them to interpret it in such a specific way. And if it's not humorous enough to feel playful to them, then they may just interpret the tone as a plain old jab instead.
I'd like one beef wellington ensemble with lettuce and a choco chip bicky wicky.
I get it, and I wouldn't be offended. It's...marginally amusing. But it's not even exhale out your nose level. Not enough to win over the more stuffy types of people. Especially when it's so niche to require them to interpret it in such a specific way. And if it's not humorous enough to feel playful to them, then they may just interpret the tone as a plain old jab instead.
Now much of this is funny.
I'd like one beef wellington ensemble with lettuce and a choco chip bicky wicky.
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As someone who loves Frasier I want to reassure you at least that the converse is in fact not true. As I see someone has already posted to the effect of stating!
I don't know. George knew the 4th Earl of Sandwich, i doubt he would call the british invention a breaddystack.
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You explained the club activities one, but context on how 'let's enjoy' is wrong would be appreciated.
Stating British English is as wrong as Japanese English really confused me. One is an accepted way of speaking, the other sounds like people trying to use a non-native language and sometimes failing, yet probably still understandable. Unless this is like an American-British, pointless, "who has the correct English?" thing.
The biggest issue as a joke is it elicited no humorous response, just confusion.
Stating British English is as wrong as Japanese English really confused me. One is an accepted way of speaking, the other sounds like people trying to use a non-native language and sometimes failing, yet probably still understandable. Unless this is like an American-British, pointless, "who has the correct English?" thing.
The biggest issue as a joke is it elicited no humorous response, just confusion.
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Good idea because simply deleting ur meme might give the impression you are condescending but actually hiding it by simply removing the obviously "offending" meme.
This way you make it clear that you were trying to be funny.
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Oh, when we're about to do an activity, instead of "let's do our best" or "let's do it" they say "let's enjoy" which is... again, understandable, but not something we say in native English.
its just the same thing as when you dinosaurs stood around and quoted Ace Ventura at each other but with phones.
I feel like people are missing the fact that it puts the poster in the position of Sponge Bob, an abject if somewhat lovable idiot. Poster is taking a bit of a shot at themselves as well.
Self deprecating humor is always a good way out of a faux pas. Hasn't failed me yet
Yeah this is why I'm not getting on the it wasn't offensive train because, well, exactly that
I agree with the above.
Also jokes are subjective. I could see why some people would find this condescending or arrogant.
The problem is that if you are showing it to people learning English ASL it comes off as elitist and douchy. There are jokes to be had in the right place and time. But part of the meme game is finding the right time and place. Also it's gotta be funny
Lmao. This goes in places I did not expect
Lmao. This goes in places I did not expect
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No, I was showing it to ALTs, who are assistants to the Japanese English teachers. Not the people learning the language.
Smart to just delete it and move on. For what it's worth, "club activities" seems totally fine in every regard to me (whether in the specific context of your follow up post or otherwise). I don't understand what's wrong with let's enjoy either.
Webster would have changed the spelling to dafq. Man was a fraud that tried to change the spelling of tongue to tung.
Dr Johnson will forever be the superior lexicographer.
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Weirdly, even though British English has the "correct" English, England has the wrong accents. The California accent should, like, totally be the default accent.
"Brexit means Brexit" lacks an aggressively xenophobic tone when spoken in a California accent, so you must be wrong.
I think you should be able to figure out the tone when it's a joke in meme form. It's not like he typed out that they speak wrong, he shared an obvious (and dumb) joke.
The part "sorry i dont speak wrong" is offensive, because it mocks non-native English speakers as if they were extremely stupid. It is troubling that you are surprised by the reactions: of course, this is interpreted as arrogance.
However, after you explain your intent, I take it more lightly. Sometimes, all we need is a little bit of context to understand the tone.
However, after you explain your intent, I take it more lightly. Sometimes, all we need is a little bit of context to understand the tone.
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This really makes me happy for some reason.OP you can completely salvage this by posting something like this: