I'm ITALIAN!!!

[reviews_and_ramblings]

I'm Italian, my first language is Italian not English, in my profile there is the evidence that I live in Italy, I have never said that I studied English in a professional way, I always alert my English friends when I have to meet them that I don't speak fluently in English...

so please could you stop to leave nasty comments about my foreign languages skill?

IF you want to comment to help me, to warn me about a grammar error, to alert me if my sentence was bad phrased so much that what I want to say is not clear, you are welcome to do so.

BUT if you only want to be offensive, than go in another blog. First I didn't ask you to come here, if you did, it was your choice. Second, how many foreign languages do you know? When I was in school, I had 10/10 in Italian, literature and grammar, plus above the average vote in History. I graduated in Economics with 103/110 in 3,5 years when the time lapse was 4, and when the average in my University (one of the best Economics facutly in Italy) was 7...

Do you have the same results as me? If so, you are allowed to leave nasty comments, IN ITALIAN, on my LJ. We can play at the same level.

Comments

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

I love your 'accent' you have when you write. It's very dear, and I think it makes you unique. If someone can't take the time to find out more about you before they criticize, they're obviously not worth bothering with. Whether it's ESL or dyslexia or any other issue, having perfect grammar & spelling is not a prerequisite for being able to appreciate and even critique fiction. I can't believe after all this time, people are STILL getting on your case about this.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you. You are not the first to say that I have an "accent" when I write, and I now am proud of that. And yes, also I thought that, after all this time, people would have in the end stopped to bother but not, unfortunately it's not yet the case. Thank you, Elisa

[amielove1.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU! I'm dyslexic and I have exactly the same problems. I had a huge rant about this a couple of months ago and nobody got what I was trying to say. You said it beautifully! It's the shallow that don't look at content and ideas, only the surface gloss.

Just ignore them Elisa, those sort tend to settle to their own level, down in the muck at the bottom. For a religious reference, wasn't there something about removing the beam from your own eye before you look at the mote in another's? People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones; the last time I looked, we all live in a glass house!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you Amie. I'm probably more sensible since I know my English is not so good, and I have always thanked people who help me, but I hate who criticizes without pointing out the error, it's like making fun of you. And that I don't like at all! Elisa

[amielove1.livejournal.com]

My husband always says "never underestimate the power of human stupidity". I have to agree. AND I don't like people who try to bully others either! I enjoy your writing and wouldn't have you change a thing!

-Amie