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No, these are only the "entertaining ones":)
I agree with you. I am ok with myself making mistakes now and then and that's the only way to improve. However I am serious with the professional occasions, trying best not to make even tiny mistakes.
Most people are tolerant with the mistakes in daily life. I would be with a foreigner and amused by the cute mistakes, just as those made by a kid starting to talk.
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Are you sure ? only two mistakes so far ? C'mon ..., please don't be so shy/stingy. :)) BTW, your two samples are entertainingly hilarious!
FYI, your are not alone to experience the pains and bewilderedness coming with learning and mastering a foreign language. To pay sympathy, I've made tons of errors from the very beginning, some of them were epic ones. My worst ones were those bloopers I made with my dates, which I wish there were quicksand pits to gabble me down instantly, sparing me from my misery and embarrassment. :(. Nowadays, I still make mistakes time to time, the only difference between now and then is that my skin get“thicker”while“face value” goes the opposite direction.:)
To be fair, my experiences have been that Americans are, in general, reasonably generous and forgiven towards to people who don't communicate with their mother tongues. In fact, American girls are actually extra patient and sweeter when it comes to foreign guys. I suspect, born-in-other-country
may give me an edge to even the playing field and fend off my native opponents, advancing me in the most competitive sport ever invented in human history – dating. :).
I think, to control the damage caused by misusing of an English word or an idiom, having a sense of humor would do the trick. Sometimes, making an joke on yourself at your own expense can turn the tide, besides it can be fun as well. What's more, people see your confidence though a seeming spiral downward occurrence, and often they would laugh with you rather laugh at you.
Case in the point, it is those “sweating” mistakes that in the process make us better speakers and writers in second language. I bet you, you would think twice before throwing “boring” to a guy right on his face. Well, I take it back, I'd be willing to accept the word “boring” rather than the other one if you'd insult me with your two “master pieces". :)
