One is wan

[nineveh_uk]

I have a stinking cold* and am looking what my father would describe as "pale and two". Which with my last post, requires a poll:

[Poll #2056140]


*Which at least has brought an end to the jaw/earache I was having last week that was beginning to make me have dark thoughts about wisdom teeth.

Comments

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I think you missed the option "pronounce won and wan with a v because my German accent is becoming more pronounced by the days" (aka the perils of working in an international team where English is the lingua franca, but most people are not native speakers...).

Hope you'll feel better soon! :)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

English is actually my second language though I was eight when we came to the US so for all intents and purposes it's the one I'm most comfortable with. But tbh there are definitely some very subtle v/w issues!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I nearly had that option, and then I thought "Nah, the ESL speakers on my flist are all (Swedish) miles better at English than I am at any other language, I won't stick in an option about a stereotypical error." Clearly I should embrace the fail option!

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

"Nah, the ESL speakers on my flist are all (Swedish) miles better at English than I am at any other language, I won't stick in an option about a stereotypical error."

Sadly enough, fluency in another language and stereotypical pronounciation errors aren't mutually exclusive, she said with a regretful sigh. (I am rather jealous of all people who are so much better at picking up accents than I am!)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I nearly had a won and wan with a v and the vampire option separate and then I just left the silly one. Clearly this was a mistake!