The thing about languages
Feb. 9th, 2026 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asphaltcowgrrlis that they're so much fun.
The thing I love the most about Spanish is that it's very phonetic. If you know how the letters are pronounced, you have about an 80% chance of sounding out the word and pronouncing it correctly. Or, if you hear it, you can spell it by sound. Phonics works my friends.
Which brings me to this post. A large number of our employees are Hispanic and learned English on the jobsite. So, their spelling and grammar are not always the best. However, they are bilingual and I will never, ever tell them their grammar is awful. Honestly, I'm lucky to speak English most days.
So, I'm working on a writeup from one of hour Hispanic foremen. He wrote: Dug a 6x10' hole using a mini scabator. I did a double take and suddenly realized he meant an EXCAVATOR. I absolutely lost it. A mini scabator is just fun, you know? And if you say the words together quickly it does come out sounding like mini excavator. Reminded me of the time one of our (native English speaker) guys wrote something about 'concrete steaks' on a ticket. Dave had no excuse.
Anyway, as you were. 😂
The thing I love the most about Spanish is that it's very phonetic. If you know how the letters are pronounced, you have about an 80% chance of sounding out the word and pronouncing it correctly. Or, if you hear it, you can spell it by sound. Phonics works my friends.
Which brings me to this post. A large number of our employees are Hispanic and learned English on the jobsite. So, their spelling and grammar are not always the best. However, they are bilingual and I will never, ever tell them their grammar is awful. Honestly, I'm lucky to speak English most days.
So, I'm working on a writeup from one of hour Hispanic foremen. He wrote: Dug a 6x10' hole using a mini scabator. I did a double take and suddenly realized he meant an EXCAVATOR. I absolutely lost it. A mini scabator is just fun, you know? And if you say the words together quickly it does come out sounding like mini excavator. Reminded me of the time one of our (native English speaker) guys wrote something about 'concrete steaks' on a ticket. Dave had no excuse.
Anyway, as you were. 😂
