Intent of meaning, the first priority, spelling and grammar when required, is purposeful. The folk here whom speak many languages, the charm in oft the case, an accent which can be irresistible to the native speakers, especially the females. May Laverdalothar be our written equivalent, have no problem with his English, quite impressive to my eye.
Upon one incarnation of myself, working in an all Italian video shop in Sydney, and learning Italian at TAFE ( College ) my pronunciation of numbers was, according to fluent Italian speakers, a neutral "Roman or Rome " delivery. Dealing with numbers all day, as for the rest of my conversation it made for much amusement in company. At the local fruit shop, ordering a kilo of stamps had the checkout gal in fits.... no harm done. Could do the "tourist Italian" if pressed, even have an Italian Grammar text book on the shelf here... also the complete 20 volume of the OED in Compact 2 vol, 13 of the 20 volume and the Compact Oxford Thesaurus to hand and a OED 1911 Concise for travel duties, hated English classes at school, then conquering the actual language was a revelation.
Fellow Engineering teachers at TAFE, would be wary of a challenging distortion for meaning ( etymology ) in my company, worked hard for that knowledge, dare suggest Laverdalothar has worked hard in his time for written and spoken English, am well happy of his wisdom and experience on the tools, and the pen or keyboard.... j.
