Dear huju,
I applaud your efforts. It’s unfortunate that you cannot read an Israeli menu or understand the labels. Perhaps there should be more information or comments on the correct use of Hebrew. I am fluent in English and modern Israeli Hebrew and will be happy to assist.
I respectfully disagree with ubiquitin. Poor use of any language fails to accurately convey the message. Due to the online nature of the Coffee Room, the written word is all we have. We lack intonation, body language, sound-based emphasis and all the other cues that help us understand each other. Often I read a post and have no idea what the writer means. Furthermore, mistakes such as here-hear, their-they’re and others force cause English speakers to pause and spend time “figuring it out”.
On a Torah level, the ability to write clearly and concisely often separates the scholars whose (not who’s) written works are studied from those whose works are ignored. Without names, compare some Teshuvos of certain Acharonim with the clarity of someone like the Noda B’yehudah. One reads a Noda B’yehudah and knows what he wants to say. That cannot be said of all.