Dear Caio and Fellow Listers,
Please, my post was not meant to criticize or be rude to an internationally based list.. I apologize, then. I wanted to make an observation, and did it badly. I had no idea that the list was mostly international. I guess I needed more information, which I should have gotten.
If most of you have English as a Second Language, then I would revise my observation. I think, then, that those on this list, without English as mother tongue, write extremely well. As a teacher, I would be impressed with this level of writing. Having taught English as a Second Language, as a second career when not singing, I recognize a much higher language competence. My observation was, of course, out of line.
My second language is German, and I believe I write German as well as I do English, but only because I lived in Germany and Austria for twelve years, and my first college degree was in German Language education. I have taught German and German diction for singers for many years.
I am contrite and seek forgiveness. May I please have a second chance?
Chris
<< The ability to 'fully express ideas and concepts' in writing is a problem most people have in any language and increase due to the 'chatting' nature of a list like this. People, when writing here, will not be aware of every single word they write, but that is the very nature of a list like this, mostly being an international list. >> Furthermore, Christopher, are you as articulate in your second language as Caio is in English?
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