Whats the difference between "English is not my first language" bad grammar, and "The only language I speak jmis english" bad grammar?

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Its a shame, I would of sworn I had a list of all native speakers and there annoying errors, because that list would of been longer then big ben.

I'm gonna swap the question around: Are native English speakers having an easier time reading this, than non-native speakers?

Personally, as a non-native speaker, I feel like having a stroke in trying to decipher it. It's like my brain sees regular words, but not the one it expects to follow on the previous ones.

As a native speaker, it's easy to understand (because it's phonetic) but painful to read because the grammar is so terrible.

Yeah, I didn't have a problem reading it. The most awkward part was the weird comparison to Big Ben. The wrong "there" was the first thing to make me pause and then I saw the joke.

It's easy to read, but it also reads like the written equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.

because that list would of been longer then big ben.

You usually don't compare bells by their length, weight is much more common. Anyway, Big Ben wouldn't be a particular heavy one.

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