Asking questions...

SilimSayo

I have a few Arab and Indian friends and this is I have heard them ask questions: Indian friends: "How to send e-mail?" Arab friends: "You send the e-mail how?" Initially it used to mess with my mind but now, I find myself asking questions the same way. NB.I am not a native speaker myself.

M dHatter

and then?

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Nagy Vilmos

A jedi would ask "e-mail send it how?" [it's a joke everyone knows that jedis use the CP forums]

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hairy_hats

That is not the syntax you are looking for.

Daniel Scott

These "how to do x" questions really confused me at first .. now they just annoy me.

Foothill

Hmm,the inbox in, your e-mail is. :)

Slacker007

What do you do with this thing you call e-mail? Do I eat it?

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S Houghtelin

Canadian friends: "How do you send e-mail Eh?"

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Dalek Dave

What is this 'e-mail' of which you speak?

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Michael Dunn

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SilimSayo

Try speaking to the french people in Canada.... it becomes even more interesting... a mix of French/English... they call it Franglaise. :)

SilimSayo

There are road signs that say, "Share the road. It is the law" ... and I am left thinking, "The road is the law".. i.e ask yourself what the "it" is?

S Houghtelin

E said e mail it yesterday.

It was broke so I fixed it.

SilimSayo

Y'all know how we do.

SilimSayo

The proper way of asking is, "The e-mail, you do with it what?"

JimmyRopes

Daniel Scott wrote:

These "how to do x" questions really confused me at first .. now they just annoy me.

You petty idiot! People are just trying to communicate with you in English and you are acting like you are French! :doh:

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Alan Burkhart

SilimSayo wrote:

Try speaking to the french people in Canada.... it becomes even more interesting... a mix of French/English... they call it Franglaise.

I used to spend a good bit of time in Quebec. When they started talking French to me, I'd either just stand there and look stupid, or tell them I wasn't from Louisiana.

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Alan Burkhart

SilimSayo wrote:

There are road signs that say, "Share the road. It is the law" ... and I am left thinking, "The road is the law".. i.e ask yourself what the "it" is?

I was approaching the I-45 access road in Ennis, TX one day, on a side street. There was a sign post. The top sign on the post was a "One Way" sign pointing to the right. Below it was a yellow sign with a double arrow indicating 2-way traffic. I hate getting mixed messages.

If Barney Frank eats a fruitcake, is it cannibalism?