English is a wonderful language... you can upset people unknowingly or scold some people but yet they feel happy about it ... it all boils down to the puns, or idioms that you use to express yourself...
No brainer by definition, means...."Something so simple or easy as to require no thought" .... When I said that a report is a no brainer (meaning to say it's a good report that does not require further thought to decipher), a colleague from another department went crying thinking that I scolded her that she has no brains... Hahaha.. A compliment to the report turned sour...
And then, when I scolded someone Smart Alec, that person was HAPPY, thinking that I complimented him for being SMART... hahaha...
Such are the oxy morons of English... And just to be clear, I am not implying that anyone is a "moron"... An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines normally-contradictory terms (2 words with opposite meanings forming a meaningful word), such as pretty ugly, or deafening silence.
So, you can see, it is useful that you master English... it can be a very powerful communication tool indeed.
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris
No brainer by definition, means...."Something so simple or easy as to require no thought" .... When I said that a report is a no brainer (meaning to say it's a good report that does not require further thought to decipher), a colleague from another department went crying thinking that I scolded her that she has no brains... Hahaha.. A compliment to the report turned sour...
And then, when I scolded someone Smart Alec, that person was HAPPY, thinking that I complimented him for being SMART... hahaha...
Such are the oxy morons of English... And just to be clear, I am not implying that anyone is a "moron"... An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines normally-contradictory terms (2 words with opposite meanings forming a meaningful word), such as pretty ugly, or deafening silence.
So, you can see, it is useful that you master English... it can be a very powerful communication tool indeed.
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris
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Yea.. the power of a language is rather important... take for example how a DurianGirl would have become if there isn't any broomstick available for shim to poke shim own asshole? And shim nickname is DickyGal? LadyBoy? Might as well born as a Jackass.....!!! Just like 666..
Cheers....
Yes, agree with you that the power of mastering a language is rather important. That is why we should all try to increase our level of English by not being shy to use it more often... And try to learn from other's comments instead of being afraid of their feedbacks.
To those who are really interested in protecting the English Language should encourage its usage by giving positive encouraging feedbacks. We should avoid the types of comments a certain self-righteous Durian Gal likes to dish out.... i.e. by claiming that all our "England is not Powderful enough" to use it.
We are all trying to improve... so I'll take your feedback positively to try not "to murder the English Language", as you have so crudely put it, by continuing to use English bravely, even though it may be laced with mistakes occasionally. (By the way, English can only be murdered when everyone stops using it)
Peace.... :)
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