Lingua Franca

There are threads with scripts that resemble bats hanging from a cave. Those are threads people like me dare not venture into because I know it is not in a language I can understand. Pretty sure there are areas in IL that cater to regional members in their local language and I have no problems with those because I know better not to attempt to read that.

However when it is a sub forum where it is understood that the common language is English and people post stuff in English but in their own language which comes across as gibberish to people like me. Translations are always good for people who cannot understand the language.

Well, I'll tell you what. I can understand bad or broken English and make sense out of it better than local language stuff typed in English LOL However bad the grammar or spelling maybe, it is still in a language I can make sense out of and I am not going to complain about people's poor spelling and bad grammar as long as it is in English.

 

Yes, like I can really tell the difference between Telugu and Kannada and Tamil :rotfl It looked similar to what you typed there in that buckwheat thread. I am assuming that is Tamil, since you are from Madras?

 

Oy, that script for Telugu and Kannada look the same to me :rotfl What is with all the squares? They all have the exact same pattern (either that or I need my eyes checked LOL).

I think its Tamil I am talking about. I am somewhat familiar with how that script looks and even how its spoken ( I may have even picked up to say a sentence or two in it when I was young but its all forgotten now LOL)

 

LOL what was that all about?

 

Btw, you never told me why all the alphabets in Telugu and Kannada look exactly the same. How do people distinguish it?