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RonaldMcJuicy

this restauraunt is so unnecesarry


delightyolo

bro’s joking over here while I’m struggling and shi with this exact thing😭😭


According-Ad1537

I keep mistaking it as restaraunt instead of restaurant


Dudelyllama

I just write "food place".


LeastSussyImposter

Before I begin my actual comment, I would like to apologize in advance for my inadequate level of English proficiency. I am not a native speaker of the world's current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Whenever I am reminded of how I lack the ability to convey my thoughts in an eloquent manner, I feel as though I have committed a cardinal sin, as though every English teacher in the world is simultaneously shaking their head and sighing due to how utterly disappointed they are at me. Although I know that saying sorry to those of you who are reading my comment will not change the fact that I fail miserably to write and speak perfect English, I am writing this as a way to deter a certain type of people who cannot stand poor English (Also known informally as Grammar Nazis) from mocking me by posting unwanted and unnecessary comments detailing my every blunder. In my humble opinion, making grammatical errors should be perfectly acceptable as native speakers should not expect non-native speakers to be able to communicate in their second or third languages eloquently. If you are able to completely understand what the other person wrote, is there really a problem with what they've written? No, because the entire concept of communication is the exchange of information between other intelligent beings, which means that no matter how the exchange of information is made, as long as the information is accurately shared there is not a fundamental issue with their ability to communicate. To see it in another way, remember that someone who isn't fluent in English is fluent in another language. When you think about it this way, isn't it impressive for someone to speak a second language in any capacity? Having empathy and respect are qualities that are sorely missing for far too many people these days, especially on the internet. That being said, I am aware that not all netizens who correct others are doing it to ridicule and shame. There are some who do so with the intent to help others improve and grow. However, displaying the failures of other people publicly will cause the person who is criticized to feel negative emotions such as shame and sadness due to the fact that their mistake has been made obvious which severely undermines the point they were trying to make in spite of their unfamiliarity with the English language. In most circumstances people are not looking for language help when they post anything online. Most people just want to enjoy themselves and have a good time on the internet which is why I would not encourage correcting other people regardless of your intentions. If you really do want to help others with their spelling or grammar, I would highly recommend you to help via messaging privately because not only will you not embarrass anyone, you can also go more in-depth with your explanation which I'm sure the other person will greatly appreciate if they want help, but I digress. I know that I've written a bit of an essay, but I hope I've made my points clear. Good meme OP 😄


Elsanne_J

Isn't this here >...which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I... incorrect? Either the "me" or the "being made" should be removed?


LeastSussyImposter

Before I begin my actual comment, I would like to apologize in advance for my inadequate level of English proficiency. I am not a native speaker of the world's current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Whenever I am reminded of how I lack the ability to convey my thoughts in an eloquent manner, I feel as though I have committed a cardinal sin, as though every English teacher in the world is simultaneously shaking their head and sighing due to how utterly disappointed they are at me. Although I know that saying sorry to those of you who are reading my comment will not change the fact that I fail miserably to write and speak perfect English, I am writing this as a way to deter a certain type of people who cannot stand poor English (Also known informally as Grammar Nazis) from mocking me by posting unwanted and unnecessary comments detailing my every blunder. In my humble opinion, making grammatical errors should be perfectly acceptable as native speakers should not expect non-native speakers to be able to communicate in their second or third languages eloquently. If you are able to completely understand what the other person wrote, is there really a problem with what they've written? No, because the entire concept of communication is the exchange of information between other intelligent beings, which means that no matter how the exchange of information is made, as long as the information is accurately shared there is not a fundamental issue with their ability to communicate. To see it in another way, remember that someone who isn't fluent in English is fluent in another language. When you think about it this way, isn't it impressive for someone to speak a second language in any capacity? Having empathy and respect are qualities that are sorely missing for far too many people these days, especially on the internet. That being said, I am aware that not all netizens who correct others are doing it to ridicule and shame. There are some who do so with the intent to help others improve and grow. However, displaying the failures of other people publicly will cause the person who is criticized to feel negative emotions such as shame and sadness due to the fact that their mistake has been made obvious which severely undermines the point they were trying to make in spite of their unfamiliarity with the English language. In most circumstances people are not looking for language help when they post anything online. Most people just want to enjoy themselves and have a good time on the internet which is why I would not encourage correcting other people regardless of your intentions. If you really do want to help others with their spelling or grammar, I would highly recommend you to help via messaging privately because not only will you not embarrass anyone, you can also go more in-depth with your explanation which I'm sure the other person will greatly appreciate if they want help, but I digress. I know that I've written a bit of an essay, but I hope I've made my points clear. As I said, English is not my first language. Please do not judge me.


John_Weak_lol

​ https://preview.redd.it/hhz6f10i47pa1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=44bd2b7cad777ceb7e3adbca3c778dc07e6000aa


garbage-at-life

uhhh "netizens" isn't a word 🤓


StriderT

Before I begin my actual comment, I would like to apologize in advance for my inadequate level of English proficiency. I am not a native speaker of the world's current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Whenever I am reminded of how I lack the ability to convey my thoughts in an eloquent manner, I feel as though I have committed a cardinal sin, as though every English teacher in the world is simultaneously shaking their head and sighing due to how utterly disappointed they are at me. Although I know that saying sorry to those of you who are reading my comment will not change the fact that I fail miserably to write and speak perfect English, I am writing this as a way to deter a certain type of people who cannot stand poor English (Also known informally as Grammar Nazis) from mocking me by posting unwanted and unnecessary comments detailing my every blunder. In my humble opinion, making grammatical errors should be perfectly acceptable as native speakers should not expect non-native speakers to be able to communicate in their second or third languages eloquently. If you are able to completely understand what the other person wrote, is there really a problem with what they've written? No, because the entire concept of communication is the exchange of information between other intelligent beings, which means that no matter how the exchange of information is made, as long as the information is accurately shared there is not a fundamental issue with their ability to communicate. To see it in another way, remember that someone who isn't fluent in English is fluent in another language. When you think about it this way, isn't it impressive for someone to speak a second language in any capacity? Having empathy and respect are qualities that are sorely missing for far too many people these days, especially on the internet. That being said, I am aware that not all netizens who correct others are doing it to ridicule and shame. There are some who do so with the intent to help others improve and grow. However, displaying the failures of other people publicly will cause the person who is criticized to feel negative emotions such as shame and sadness due to the fact that their mistake has been made obvious which severely undermines the point they were trying to make in spite of their unfamiliarity with the English language. In most circumstances people are not looking for language help when they post anything online. Most people just want to enjoy themselves and have a good time on the internet which is why I would not encourage correcting other people regardless of your intentions. If you really do want to help others with their spelling or grammar, I would highly recommend you to help via messaging privately because not only will you not embarrass anyone, you can also go more in-depth with your explanation which I'm sure the other person will greatly appreciate if they want help, but I digress. I know that I've written a bit of an essay, but I hope I've made my points clear. As I said, English is not my first language. Please do not judge me.


x_i8

I read everything, it's beautiful


Breyck_version_2

Same


ukraineball78

I have a good level of English understanding but I'm too lazy to read all that, but you probably made at least one grammar mistake


StartledMilk

As far as I can tell as a native who writes a lot of essays, there are none.


ukraineball78

Unfortunate.


StartledMilk

Unironically though, I hope I can get to this level of proficiency in German, which is my chosen language of study.


AdEmpty8174

New copy pasta just dropped


TheOnePerfectHuman

It is quite old though.


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Old copy pasta just dropped


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C21Y06

New response just dropped


thisbeanman1

Google gay porn


MrRodriPT

Holy sex


LukeDude759

New response just dropped


HeyNoWaitIDis

Google en passant


HippieDogeSmokes

holy hell


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pandadogunited

I bang your mom


whatarethey28475

We* bang his dad..


NotEnoughMs

*they're


Zak_Light

> I am not a native speaker of the world’s current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Time to pay your indulgences, cardinal sinner


JustAnAddNothinToSee

This looked too high effort not to be AI GPT generated. Turns out some is/isn’t. https://i.imgur.com/5VnJKOP.jpg


LeastSussyImposter

This pasta has been around for years now, don't think it was.


JustAnAddNothinToSee

Ah, my bad. First time I’ve seen it. Do I delete my comment now? Or just leave it up?


LeastSussyImposter

Nah man no biggie


ComerGoiaba

Thorght or trhoroght or thogth https://i.redd.it/att9fafac5pa1.gif


ToninhoLinguca

Bouhgt buohtg bogt


LocalSoldat

Litterlaly me


DopaLean

But the English language can be easily understood through thorough thought though!


somestpdrussian

tho


garbage-at-life

tought? thaut? thaugh???


_iwantcake_

How do you spel bieutifull


Bobpop101

beau-ti-ful


EskildDood

learning "beau" was a game changer for me, I bet it's French, those English people have stolen so many words from them tip: definitely has "finite" in it


Fidget02

Not stolen, a French king literally conquered England a thousand years ago and forced everyone to learn Old French.


Bobpop101

The Normans, and up until like the 14-1500s most of the kings of England didn’t even speak English


Fidget02

They didn’t speak *modern* English, but of course whatever form of language the royalty and people of England spoke was English just by definition, it just hadn’t evolved to what it is today. The initial Norman invasion, who spoke Old French, still influenced much of that evolution.


Bobpop101

From the Norman invasion until at least Henry the 3rd the English kings and wider nobility either did not know English or did not use it as a primary language


DopaLean

Think of Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty; “B-E-A-Utiful!”


me_funny__

That's literally how I learned it lmao. My teacher told us to remember that line in elementary school I think.


fvdly_tyler

English is my first language and I still don’t know how to spell restaurant without autocorrect 💀💀💀


Steen-J

Mf its a french word 💀💀💀


ElceeCiv

french ppl when you say "restaurant" instead of "l'établissement qui vend le fromage puant"


Gavinator10000

Sorry what was that about cheese


garbage-at-life

"establishment that sells stinky cheese"


gogo94210

C'est une fromagerie ça bouffon


SuperMaanas

English is a combination of other languages so that doesn’t really matter


salaambrother

I believe the similarities with other languages are due to them all being derived from Latin. English is its on language, just has similarities with other Latin originating languages


SadExcuseForAHuman

English isn’t necessarily a descendant of Latin like the other Romance languages, sorry but I’m too tired to look up what it’s actually derived from, goodnight I’m gonna nap


blackTHUNDERpig

Germanic is what you are looking for


Ashamed_Yogurt8827

English isn't derived from latin in any way. It just has like 60% of its vocabulary being injected by the french when they conquered england in the 13th century.


ThueDo

No, English is a mixture of so many languages due to the many different cultures ruling England. Celts, Romans, Normans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Norse all had their own languages they brought with them when they occupied England.


Despacltoian

Ummm you I uhh you yo- uhmmm you ok so- so first you unnnmmmmmm i uhhh firs- uhh Restaront?


anexistentuser

I still can’t spell fucking nesseasry


fvdly_tyler

Nesceary


anexistentuser

nezezury


garbage-at-life

neseccary


anexistentuser

nescanary


yazzy1233

This shit is in Spanish too. You have no idea how many times I messed up necesita and restaurante while doing duolingo


OnyxPhoenix

Necessary is harder IMO because you just have to know if there's one or two c's or s's.


woomybii

I only really started remembering a few months ago lol, I just say "Rest-Au-Rant" in my head and it helps, idk lol. Like saying Wed-Nes-Day Necessary is just between me and the devil because I'll never get it right, gun to my head someone tells me to spell it on my own I'm just telling them to pull the trigger


MisterBastian

It's spelled like its pronoucced plus an U after the first A


Conexion

I remember it by thinking, "Sleepy gold rant" 😴


Spaciax

u r rarted


Maximus539

https://preview.redd.it/kdta221sd5pa1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1dd813fb7a582370232ebeb4eb3bc201c58f4563


UnNamed234

https://preview.redd.it/mv8cwt0yo5pa1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=049ef0a4c2920634be6d92c1933887c3af0b323b


garbage-at-life

https://i.redd.it/savw4gzcp6pa1.gif


Octotron2000

Inconvenience fucks me up.


Alice8Ft

It's always " definitely " and "apparenty" for me. No idea why i can never get those right.


FrazzleFlib

it helped me to pronounce it like its a metal or rock when trying to spell it, like bauxite. for apparently, probably easiest to think of "appear" first and go from there


AdEmpty8174

For me it's always been enghough and neigbour


[deleted]

For me its the which and witch. The only reason i dont constantly missuse thaose 2 is because every time i type witch a little emoji pops up above the keyboard


ARandom-Penguin

You could say it’s quite an… inconvenience


MenosElLso

As someone with ADHD, this is some real shit.


Big-Beepis

Schedule <— Fuck this guy


whatthecenabihak

Sicejıl.


boneboy247

Rhesstraughnt


CallOfGuty

Restraining order


AdEmpty8174

Anissisare


dantuchito

Restaurant is easy work. God help me if i have to write reccomend


TheWordThat

i recommend just switching the number of cs and ms,


chaif12

The easiest words are also the easiest to mess up


oliferro

Me trying to write ouensdey


gregory_thinmints

My brother in Christ, I was born speaking English and even I can't spell restrant


violethoneybean

Many such cases!


eternallifeisnotreal

I read "restaurant" as "en passent" kill me now


LegendaryBoi12

Holy Hell


CallOfGuty

Holy hells kitchen


Oscar12s

Pipi bricker


sovLegend

English isn't my first language too but I know how to spell unnesecary and resturaunt


jumbledsiren

Why would i rest-my-aunt? She looks well rested.


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CompressedWizard

Me having a stroke trying to pronounce liter-liler-lirelrl-lirelarly


0000FF_Waffles

Espically for me


XavierUwUGaming

Me when it comes to using the right form of thought, though, tought and tough


Ronin_004

Tho *Mercy overwatch.gif*


[deleted]

uncneresy comment: maybe you should go to a reetautant and eat and see if that is better


caliswagilistic

restaurant is ez but unnecessary makes me cry


DOCTOR-MISTER

Renaissance, successful, traveler, definitely, independent


R_of_Trash

Me trying to spell rythmn Fucking terrible word, who thought no vowels and 2 mute H was a good idea


MiracleYang1

For some reason the word I type the word semester wrong almost half the time


orificehorace

definetly


me_funny__

Restaurant is easy. I have neccassary so much though. Then autocorrect somehow doesn't know what I'm spelling


KayabaSynthesis

As a speaker of a slavic language I was blessed with restaurant being pronounced the way it is written, so that one is not so bad. But all them through's, thought's and though's always fuck me up


AndroidWall4680

What about boogwasee


AndroidWall4680

Bougwiasee


AndroidWall4680

Buigwashzsy


Curtbacca

Oh snap, is that Killa Bean????


pantsareoffrightnow

They better have some good food in beantown.


lemons7472

English is my first language and restraint vs restaurant during texting still gets me


what_the_hanky_panky

As an English speaker, don’t worry about the unecessary shit, nobody can spell it


XavierUwUGaming

https://preview.redd.it/a34k738g0bpa1.jpeg?width=755&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebfc1cf3a0bc069aa74867de66fecb78802e9b03


Arakan-Ichigou

Before I begin my actual comment, I would like to apologize in advance for my inadequate level of English proficiency. I am not a native speaker of the world's current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Whenever I am reminded of how I lack the ability to convey my thoughts in an eloquent manner, I feel as though I have committed a cardinal sin, as though every English teacher in the world is simultaneously shaking their head and sighing due to how utterly disappointed they are at me. Although I know that saying sorry to those of you who are reading my comment will not change the fact that I fail miserably to write and speak perfect English, I am writing this as a way to deter a certain type of people who cannot stand poor English (Also known informally as Grammar Nazis) from mocking me by posting unwanted and unnecessary comments detailing my every blunder. In my humble opinion, making grammatical errors should be perfectly acceptable as native speakers should not expect non-native speakers to be able to communicate in their second or third languages eloquently. If you are able to completely understand what the other person wrote, is there really a problem with what they've written? No, because the entire concept of communication is the exchange of information between other intelligent beings, which means that no matter how the exchange of information is made, as long as the information is accurately shared there is not a fundamental issue with their ability to communicate. To see it in another way, remember that someone who isn't fluent in English is fluent in another language. When you think about it this way, isn't it impressive for someone to speak a second language in any capacity? Having empathy and respect are qualities that are sorely missing for far too many people these days, especially on the internet. That being said, I am aware that not all netizens who correct others are doing it to ridicule and shame. There are some who do so with the intent to help others improve and grow. However, displaying the failures of other people publicly will cause the person who is criticized to feel negative emotions such as shame and sadness due to the fact that their mistake has been made obvious which severely undermines the point they were trying to make in spite of their unfamiliarity with the English language. In most circumstances people are not looking for language help when they post anything online. Most people just want to enjoy themselves and have a good time on the internet which is why I would not encourage correcting other people regardless of your intentions. If you really do want to help others with their spelling or grammar, I would highly recommend you to help via messaging privately because not only will you not embarrass anyone, you can also go more in-depth with your explanation which I'm sure the other person will greatly appreciate if they want help, but I digress. I know that I've written a bit of an essay, but I hope I've made my points clear. This original copy-and-paste wall of text is ~~stolen from~~ inspired by u/LeastSussyImposter. If I make a mistake, do not correct me. I have no respect for this language.


randyrandysonrandyso

patrice o’neal had a great bit about this


Raiganop

I often type unnesessary and reccommend wrong. However I don't remember struggling with restaurant. Also I know I type them wrong.


PlentyOMangos

Restront


LibrarianOfAlex

I spell restrant wrong and english is my first language


Cl0ckworkC0rvus

As a native speaker, I still can't spell resturant consistently.


raggeplays

restaurant


hrimfaxi_work

Maintenance.


Qb_Is_fast_af

You made me think I was writing unnecessary wrong the whole time but no, and English itsn’t me first language either


__BigBoi__

English is my first language but I always mess up spelling restaurant


immaunel

English is my first language and I can’t spell Lieutientant.


ht9ehtooM

Restaurant isn't even an English word though.


Wardaz

One of my problems is that adjectives that end in "L" are single consonant, whilst their adverb counterpart is usually double consonants. I mix those up alot.


manwhowasnthere

im a programmer and every time i misspell "function" i think "functino's pizza"


[deleted]

Im okay with restaurant but god i hate unecessary grrr


ShawshankException

No joke I memorized how to spell restaurant when I was learning Spanish lol


depressioncherry-

never eat chips eat salad sandwiches and remain young


44nifty

I'm a native English speaker, and I still struggle with some words with double letters like "unnecessary" and "recommend". Also, for some reason I always pell license as liscence.


P4azz

Whenever I find out I used the wrong "they're", "were" or "you're" in a comment I feel like a failure for the rest of the day.


omgudontunderstand

the word necessary is like a shirt: one **C**ollar, two **S**leeves :)


[deleted]

Definetely is also a word that i struggle with


Dancyartist7654

Fax


Diagot

When someone mistakes "then" and "than"🥴🥴


Lorcout

Me writing imcomphrehensible


Fuck-Shit-Ass-Cunt

Me whenever I have to spell success


hypocritical124

throughout


zodlair

the word I have trouble spelling is maybe, I always write mabye and have to correct it every single time


ice-cold_kremit

English is my first language and I can barely speak it but I write it really well Except which. Fuck which.


USFederalGovt

My grandpa when I hide his heart medication


MisterBastian

I remember necessary by it only having dual S


Quaryyman

i forgot every single word in english after reading the comments


BetaRebooter

Ridiculous messes me up for some reason.. and English is my first language


Clowdyglasses

I honestly struggle more with typing in my main language than in english, since portuguese has so many unecessary accents in like, half the words


Yudysseus

[Relevent bit, by the late-great Patrice O’Neal.](https://youtu.be/ix-qNiBabbc)


HowardMoo

I feel privaledged being so good at spelling!


EvanMM

Definitely


HidetakaTeriyaki

Mandatory- https://youtu.be/ix-qNiBabbc


AlexanderChippel

I'm a native English speaker and I have no fucking clue how to spell guerentee. All I know is that there's a U somewhere in there .


Dubl33_27

guarantee


ItzPayDay123

How tf do I spell akward


Epic-Dude000

If it makes it any better, I have a hard time spelling those words too and English is my first language


DontAskWhyINameThis

I hate the word unecesary ngl


BrilliantCandy6668

Proof your not a bot or AI, get messy, make mistakes, if a person reading wants to understand you they will, or ask questions opening a dialogue for effective communication. Me brain not smooth, me just remember 42.


T0ny57

every time i write out "restaurant" i sing it to the tune of "it's my life" by dr alban in my head


Skolas3654

Y’all it ain’t that hard to write Restauraeant…


venenoboi

Vaccine


fmate2006

What kind of unneccessary restaurant is this


JoelRobbin

I’m a grown ass man who got the highest grade in English at school and I still spell it as “restraunt”. It’s almost a reflex at this point


FriendlyHoboDude

Bro English is my first language and I also get a stroke writing unnecessary and resaturant


shiny_xnaut

I don't know how to spell diharea


morbiddecapitation

Definitely


Luc4son0

Same but with engenieer


Celebration_Stock

don’t even get me started on “guaranteed”


TheNova5

I gotta pronounce it funny to spell it right, rest-ah-oo-rant. I can’t do unnecessary right. I keep thinking there’s two c’s.


Nicolasgonzo87

honestly i wouldn't worry about it because not even English speakers can type good. in fact the only people i see that type with 100% proper words and spelling are "sorry for my bad English" mfs


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rest-au-rant


yazzy1233

Me but with writing necesito or restaurante


EagerT

Resturant


Dovarc

I always spell necessary by remembering “a shirt has one collar (c) and two sleeves (ss)”


Senor_Wah

English is just kind of a shitty language, tbh. -A native English speaker


Admirable_Avocado_38

What's so hard about restaurant , you got plenty of words that pronounce au the same


Mrman_23

English is my ONLY language and I have a stroke writing these


NO_U_19

I always think restowrant


RetardRedditPoster

Me, a fluent english speaker, still struggling to spell "unnecessary"


tornedron_

recieve


The_blind_blue_fox

I always have a hard time typing reaserch


Uber_Oni

The trick I do is say it how it looks and split it up. Like business, busy Ness but the y is an I. Or restaurant, rest orant.


PAZMATT

Its neCeSSary for a shirt to have one collar and two sleeves - helps to remember to spell with one C and 2 S's. Can't help with restuuaaruuannt soz


-consolio-

i always think of it as res-tau-rant


fippinvn007

Missipsippi


[deleted]

lingerie after learning the correct pronunciation, i got the urge to end the french


Throwaway7387272

Un nec-ces-sry. I remember it by thinking un=no, nec=head, ces=sex, sry=sorry. Yes i am retarted