("European English?" wtf? I hope by this you mean the UK and not continental Europe. But I'm worried because you don't usually acknowledge the UK as "Europe." Hm... Good concept though. Whenever I mess up French grammar, I will call it, "American French." hahahaha)
It does seem charming, though. Probably someone who says "maths" would say this... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
If you want to hear the conventional wisdom from sufferers of Anglo disease, this is a good way to get it. These guys are well coached, well-dressed, and of course, have perfect Oxbridge accents and grammar. They are also, with very few exceptions, brain-dead and clownishly ugly. Cleese made a living out of mocking such twits on Monty Python.
So as for me, I actually appreciate a few English-as-a-second-language mistakes from someone I don't know personally. It means the speaker / writer is MUCH less likely to be suffering from acute Angle disease. This is important for me because I consider Anglo disease about 1000 times more lethal than even our esteemed Jerome. "Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"
This is important for me because I consider Anglo disease about 1000 times more lethal than even our esteemed Jerome.
Now I am having a grammar panic of my own. I meant to say that even thought Jerome is absolutely correct about his assessment of the danger of the Anglo disease, there are times when he understates the effects because he only watches it happen from the relative safety of Paris whereas I have been living in the middle of the plague for 35 years.
I HOPE that this sentence is more clear and accurate. "Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"
Probably someone who says "maths" would say this...
No, someone who says maths wouldn't.
It's not correct English. Probably not even in Europe.
Smells like... victory. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
