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by ewiewi 2885 days ago
I agree with your overall comment, but could you elaborate on the link between

> [Immigrants] are hitting the job market, and now, their children too.

and

> the overall quality of English texts is noticably decreasing, from ALL of our customers

?

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I am not trying to start a culture war or to pity the general English skills of recent immigrants and their family, far from it. They do their best, and we can only congratulate them for their efforts. I am not here to spew out racist generalisations, let's all stay very calm.

What I am saying is that we are seeing more and more locally produced Engrish, Chinaglish, RussianGlish, Penjabi-glish or who-knows-what-glish! And when I look at the name of the submitter of those texts, it's usually a typical recent immigrant name. But OF COURSE, we have Wilson's and Taylor's who write in horrendous English too.

I also am not saying all immigrants are idiots and cannot write in English, some are truly excellent, just as much as your typical "native".

What I am saying, is that with volume, that very occurrence of bad English is increasing. That's it. I can see how very unorthodox English style could be a challenge for AI.

> hitting the job market, and now, their children too.

The immigrants are in play.

> the overall quality of English texts is noticably decreasing

and they are changing the landscape beyond just economy.