• expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    english is my second language and i feel it has wasted a lot of brain memory, because i have to learn the spelling and pronunciation of each word separately and the link them together, when i could just learn one of those and know the other

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      Same and in most situations I can pass as an English first speaker.

      I was at IKEA buying a bed frame and asked the person at the counter if she had put the slats on the bill… But I pronounced it like slates because I was sure I had seen an “e” at the end of the word and there went the illusion 🤷