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## English

I'm monolingual. I got just enough Spanish in high school to graduate and never looked back. Unfortunately, for those that don't speak English as a first language, the internet has developed in such a way that English is basically the go-to language online.
Unfortunately, for those that don't speak English as a first language, the internet has developed in such a way that English is basically the go-to language online. <a class="ptr">(1)</a>

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I'm not going to pretend to be able to teach you English - especially not in a guide that claims to be about Engineering - but I do think communicating effectively is massively important, so I'd recommend watching some of these videos and reading these links which go over some of the nuance of communication:

Okay, so, some context is necessary here. Historically, England sorta gave the whole "World Domination" thing a shot as colonialism and in the process spread English to, well, everywhere? This has also had the side effect of quite a few languages becoming [endangered](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_endangered_languages). So, you might want to balance in what languages you write online for the sake of preserving your culture. Regardless, the internet will still *expect* you to communicate in English in most places, and this will often be *enforced* by moderation only allowing languages that they can easily read- Often strictly English. For better or worse, English is becoming the world's universal language.

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[TODO]
* [Don't be Spooky (Adam Keys)](https://therealadam.com/2021/11/01/dont-be-spooky/)

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https://www.marginchronicles.com/site/style/index.html
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[What if English were Phonetically Consistent? (YouTube - Aaron Alon)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zWWp0akUU)
And for some fun,

* [What if English were Phonetically Consistent? (YouTube - Aaron Alon)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zWWp0akUU)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The importance of proper italicized word placement. <a href="https://t.co/fQT5AuYn5W">pic.twitter.com/fQT5AuYn5W</a></p>&mdash; C.S. Ratliff (@cs_ratliff) <a href="https://twitter.com/cs_ratliff/status/1423082813264367617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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There's also this gallery of bad volume controls:
There's also this gallery of bad volume controls:</ol>



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<li>Okay, so, some context is necessary here. Historically, England sorta gave the whole "World Domination" thing a shot as colonialism and in the process spread English to, well, everywhere? This has also had the side effect of quite a few languages becoming [endangered](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_endangered_languages). So, you might want to balance in what languages you write online for the sake of preserving your culture. Regardless, the internet will still *expect* you to communicate in English in most places, and this will often be *enforced* by moderation only allowing languages that they can easily read- Often strictly English. For better or worse, English is becoming the world's universal language.</li>
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<blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/eWbBK" ><a href="//imgur.com/a/eWbBK">Volume &quot;control&quot;.</a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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