Jonik

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I'm a second-language speaker of what I believe is a fairly "neutral" flavour of English (if such a thing exists), mainly influenced by British and American varieties. I tend to prefer British spellings but I'm afraid I sound more American when I talk. :-)

I take an interest in languages, their evolution and history, and all those subtle variations between different dialects and registers. After secondary school I was actually close to going to study English Philology at university, but ended up taking Computer Science instead. Now I am a software developer by profession, and languages remain mainly a hobby for me. (Not only a hobby, as I think good prose writing skills are important in my field. For the last 7 years or so English has been the main written language I've used at work.)

Besides English and my native Finnish, I'm nowadays quite adept at Spanish too (it's my favourite language in a way, especially if spoken with a Cuban accent and when drunk). My Swedish and German are rusty, but re-learnable if need arises.

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Jan 10	revised	What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them? added 9 characters in body
Jan 5	comment	What are some expressions that can be used to end an email? Then again, are those mostly company internal emails? When emailing a customer, or a person you don't know well, it may, depending on circumstances, be better to err on the side of using some complimentary close (e.g. "best regards", nothing more formal than that).
Dec 23	comment	Using had twice Possible dupe of What does “had had” mean? How does this differ from “had”?
Dec 23	revised	Using had twice edited tags
Dec 23	answered	Using had twice
Dec 23	revised	Would you say “quote/end quote”? edited tags
Dec 19	awarded	Taxonomist
Dec 11	awarded	Quorum
Dec 4	comment	Is it true that the English have many words for hill? +1 for quoting Trask's book. I was vaguely reminded of that too when reading the question (or well, a very similar passage in his other book Language: The Basics).
Dec 2	accepted	Shorter way to say “split [user story] into tasks”
Nov 30	revised	Hardest tongue twister seen edited tags
Nov 30	comment	“Football” and “Soccer” @bev, I think it's usually called just that, "American football" (e.g. in Finnish "amerikkalainen jalkapallo" vs. just "jalkapallo"). Btw, I wouldn't be so sure about very popular... :-)
Nov 24	comment	What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them? I don't get it; “uf-old”? E.g. Wiktionary says threshold is pronounced /ˈθɹɛʃhəʊld/, just like I thought it would be.
Nov 24	revised	What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them? add IPA for the correct pronunciation
Nov 23	comment	Place of “often” in the sentence Sure; but with these phrases, looking at the results, I'm fairly sure it's not "random": both are used a lot, and the "wrong" option probably more than the other. And that was just one example, in search of a better authority to quote (other than just my "ear" or intuition). :)
Nov 23	comment	Is 'disabilitated' a real word? @Kyle: Why don't you correct it? That's how Wikipedia works; there's a big "Edit" button at the top.
Nov 23	answered	Place of “often” in the sentence
Nov 23	comment	Word meaning coincidence of reference to the unusual Great question. I've run into this phenomenon from time to time, and would love to know a word for it. Welcome to the site!
Nov 22	comment	What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them? When visiting London last summer, I was surprised to learn Tottenham is actually pronounced with two syllables, something like Tott'num.
Nov 22	awarded	Announcer