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Originally Posted by Wake
Wow man, Cefai is right; you definitely have a way with words,
I have always been a numbers guy with a logical and engineering mind, but my literacy and English skills are appalling. I always find my self trying to impress a set with big and colourful words or any other way to portray intelligence but I usually find that my mind just blanks and I end up looking a fucking idiot.
Do you find being so literate an advantage in the field? And how important is pronunciation?
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Firstly, don't be harsh on yourself Wake. Your literacy is ten times better than most people I know - the very fact you can spell "literacy" and use it in a coherent sentence puts you in the top 10% of people for spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Secondly, literacy and pronunciation matter not one jot in the field. If you don't make a big deal out of the fact you're "appalling" with eloquency, other people won't either. It's your life man, your personality. Don't change it for the sake of other peoples' opinions. Besides, most people don't have a clue what they like and don't like - if you show confidence in yourself and your own ways, they will follow and assume it's fine.
Look at X-Factor Chris here. An excellently written report, but do you think he does that for our benefit? Of course not. He writes in his own style which happens to be funny, articulate and enthralling. If that's not your forte, don't worry about it. You can't be amazing at everything. As soon as you learn to accept and take steps to address your shortcomings rather than worrying how people will judge you because of them, you're going in the right direction.