11.11.2008

Wide spread English mistakes made by Turkish people

Not like I have any room to talk but these are just observations. When you are in a foreign country by yourself, you have a lot of time to think about and disect the English language. This will be an on going list.
-"I like it too much" instead of so much
-"This is Kelly" instead of my name is Kelly when introducing yourself.
-When you ask someone how they are doing they say "thank you"
-"Why you didn't like the movie?"
-Saying "he" instead of "she" or vice versa. In Turkish there is just "O" which is both he, she and it so this is a very common mistake.
-"I come here every time" instead of all the time. This mistake comes from a direct translation from Turkish.
-They spell things out that don't need to be spelled. When Hayri goes to the gym he says he did cardio and A-B-S. My client today said she was going swimming at the S-P-A.

1 comment:

Leslie said...

Hey there..I'm a follower Ezra..can you find out what my Turkish name is?