Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Why do some foreign english speakers preface people's names with the definite article "the?"


I work with people from various nationalities and I've noticed over the years that they use The when referencing someone by name, for example



Today I was talking to THE Bob about lunch.



Has anyone noticed this? It's curios and wondered if it might have something to do with their native language.


I work with Hindus and east Asians.





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