What do you do if you are kicked out of your favourite forum? 25th February 2013 12:26 AM
Really?
Ejected for a random silly question, in the 'Take a break' section.
Not that it changes the way my coffee tastes as I sit here taking a break, I was confused that Roxy was asking the question from the point of view of 'How do you feel when you are kicked out of your favorite forum?'
I'm not the syntax police, logic brought me to presume that in different languages when translated verbs nouns and adverbs etc can all be in a completely different order to 'traditional English language' Take German for example, when translated verbatim the sentences can become quite disorientating in English language, and with that surely I must be reading the question not as it was intended. With that in mind I decided that without being rude and while maintaining a focus on the take a break section atmosphere I concluded my question was valid, flexible in its interpretation and a non-offensive way of gaining more information while allowing everyone involved to save face, not be embarrassed or not to appear rude myself.
“why else would anyone ask such a question?....unless they're simply posting random silly questions for the fun of it....a few of those and they would get kicked off here too
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*FYI - I have many many foreign speaking friends and colleagues and they really don't get inferential sarcasm in the same way that us Brits have perfected over decades of brow beating, they much prefer it if your straight with them, and so do I, it makes perfect sense.