Actually really I think more often we think "I SHOULD have said that!". It's like we know so so many words until a native comes to talk to us and then all our words go hiding somewhere.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Should have said 'this."

Why is the usage of 'this" and "that" so arbitrary in English?

[–] Afghaniscran@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, little bit of this, little bit of that.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

None of those, though.

[–] tilcica@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

just some of those :D

[–] Afghaniscran@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Some of these maybe

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I find it cool that in my company’s cultural tolerance / unconscious bias course, they kind of call out how everyone’s going to have their initial struggles of possibly saying the wrong thing, and just accept that it’s a part of learning something new.

If you’re visiting an African family and end up saying something insensitive, you can apologize while still continuing to engage; as long as your hosts are good people they’ll likely accept common flubs as long as you show signs of improvement.

[–] plague_sapiens@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Me every time I say something dark and sarcastically xD

[–] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Use your powers wisely, you must

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

5 minutes? Pfff, max i can do is 30 s

[–] tilcica@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

DU DU DU DUUUUU

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You tried to talk about cats in spanish, didn't you

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Arbitrary usage of "in" versus "on" in various expressions.