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In my experience (as a dyslectic non-native English speaker) people are not so prone to correct spelling and minor grammar error on LW, but rather fastidious about choice of words and phrasing and that I guess can be a problem even for people who consider themselves as fluent in English, but I consider that a necessarily evil, cause one of the things I really like about LW is that you are encouraged to express yourself as precise as possible.
I wonder if our habit of dissecting the meanings of the terms we use has any impact on the readability of our more "intuitionally distant" (unfamiliar / obscure / highly-technical ) concepts for people such as yourself.
Well that depends on what you mean by readability, you (I) have to put in a lot more effort to understand some arguments, but since people usually refer to other posts it's often possible to follow someones reasoning to a greater degree in comparison to other forums/blogs I have encountered. But doesn't that go for native English speakers as well?
I think expressing yourself in proper LW-lingo is a bigger problem for non-native English speakers than actually fully grasp the arguments. Edit: That might go without saying, writing a good book is harder than reading one.