false friends, jgbb12317 Mar 2020 11:28
Dear JGBB123
I apologise for my late response to your tirade about my personality, due to an exceptional situation that has developed with my work because of the virus issue causing the complete shutdown of my workplace, while trying to sort out an alternative way of working. I think you misunderstood why I gave a detailed explanation to DW about his post. Perhaps you did not see DW's following comment to Notes asking what was wrong with his English. I wasn't being facetious, and wanted to be helpful to him. I wanted to point out to him the confusion he was causing by using "Ginglish" ( a mix of German and English) in his posts. I am sure he understands the meaning of the expression "false friends" in languages. These are words which have similar spellings or sounds, but have completely different meanings in the other language. This has nothing to do with spelling mistakes in normal language, though there were normal spelling mistakes too, which are normally overlooked on bbs as long as the meaning is clear.
Maybe what you think of me is true! But I do not enjoy doing nasty things. I try to help others however I can. And in any case, what we accuse others of are usually our own faults too!
Best regards, Larryh