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Originally posted by DELTABRAT:
I have seen people write (on this thread alone) "When I talk." or "I talk this way because." The "proper" word would be speak. When I speak...
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Hello my sistas in Greekdom! And sisterfriends!
Ok, school me, Deltabrat!! I have never heard this one, before. I always thought that you could use the words speak and talk interchangably. That's not the case, huh? I'm telling you, you learn something new everyday. I was a Spanish major, so everytime I have a question about "proper" english, I translate what I'm trying to say into Spanish (is that not a mess??) and then back into English. Since I don't know how to speak improper Spanish (yet I speak "improper" English all day), I'm more sure that the translation back into English will be correct. And now that I think about it, there really isn't a translation for the word "talk," only for "speak" and "say," hablar y decir, respectively. Hmmmm.... makes you wonder. Anywho, Deltabrat, explain to me why you can't use these two words interchangably. Thanks!!
