<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=526241" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Pardon My English</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please pardon my English <br>sorry I did not understand? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not your English <br>which is not at fault.<br>These native speakers <br>are speaking in idioms.<br>Idioms are fixed expressions <br>with nonliteral meanings.<br>A natural way of using language.<br>A natural way for native speakers to speak.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your problem arises <br>because a fixed <br>distinctive expression <br>whose meaning <br>cannot be deduced <br>from the combined <br>meanings of its <br>actual spoken words </div><div style="margin:10px 0">is not directly translatable.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jargon and accents <br>betray speakers <br>places of origins <br>social background <br>and educational <br>class privileges<br>intonation inflection <br>betray mood character.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Note a <br>greater stress <br>emphasis <br>in pronouncing <br>a syllable <br>within a word <br>or a word <br>within a phrase.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An aspect <br>of situation <br>or issue <br>that is <br>emphasized<br>reveals<br>each speakers<br>main emphasis.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The best<br>speakers<br>are employing<br>contrasting<br>detail because <br>contrasting <br>decorative <br>features used<br> <br>adds interest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However <br>the most <br>persuasive<br>speakers<br>weight <br>their argument<br>with <br>lateral thinking</div><div style="margin:10px 0">outside <br>the box<br>revealing <br>themselves <br>to be <br>master <br>orators <br>par excellent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terence+George+Craddock">Terence George Craddock</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=526241" data-title="Pardon My English de Terence George Craddock" data-description="Please pardon my English sorry I did not understand? It is not your English which is not at fault. These native speakers are speaking in idioms. Idioms are fixed expressions with nonliteral meanings. A natural way of using language. A natura..."></div> </div> </div>

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