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0 pointsskrebbel7y ago0 comments

I feel very stupid but what is "flooring"? Is it just a different spelling of "flour"? I didn't manage to Google it.

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flooring as in the floor under your feet. flooring, especially wood, is sold in "panels". therefore you get wood flooring panels. no idea why the guy spelled 'flour' like 'floor'.

littlestymaar7y ago

Since they commented about a French recipe, they're probably French (like me) and this is a really easy mistake to make as a French person. (Keep in mind that here on HN, foreigners are used to speak English about computers and other technical topics but not especially about cooking or other common-life stuff)

danharaj7y ago

Autocorrect?

p4rsec7y ago

I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose it's possible if he was on mobile. However his unusual use of Either twice also makes me wonder if maybe he's foreign and is as confused by English as native speakers are. This language is crazy

zhte4157y ago

> his unusual use of Either twice also makes me wonder if maybe he's foreign and is as confused by English as native speakers are

Non native speaking can be terrible. It's as if American's don't have the letter 'u' on a keyboard.

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laumars7y ago

English is my first language and I barely manage to string together a coherent sentence. It honestly impresses me when people learn English as a second / third / whatever language.

But then on the other hand I can code in more than a dozen different computer languages; so I guess my parents didn't compile me to communicate with other humans.

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p4rsec7y ago

flooring as in the floor under your feet. flooring, especially wood, is sold in "panels". therefore you get wood flooring panels. no idea why the guy spelled 'flour' like 'floor'.

littlestymaar7y ago

danharaj7y ago

Autocorrect?

p4rsec7y ago

zhte4157y ago

> his unusual use of Either twice also makes me wonder if maybe he's foreign and is as confused by English as native speakers are

Non native speaking can be terrible. It's as if American's don't have the letter 'u' on a keyboard.

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laumars7y ago

English is my first language and I barely manage to string together a coherent sentence. It honestly impresses me when people learn English as a second / third / whatever language.

But then on the other hand I can code in more than a dozen different computer languages; so I guess my parents didn't compile me to communicate with other humans.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse