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Brits don't speak foreign languages
On 2011-12-03 07:20:41 -0600, S Viemeister said:
On 12/3/2011 7:44 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2011-11-29 18:13:19 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 11/29/2011 6:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote: On 29/11/2011 11:21 AM, Markku Grönroos wrote: A recently published study tells that 64% of all the Britons can speak only English. And the rest of them are immigrants? Some of them are Welsh. Have you seen written Scots? That is some good stuff. Do you mean Scots? Or Gaelic? I mean the way English is written so that when phonetically pronounced, creates a Scottish accent. http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe...lin_an_grammar -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Brits don't speak foreign languages
"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2011120311443085062-stephedanospam@maccom... On 2011-12-03 07:20:41 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 12/3/2011 7:44 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2011-11-29 18:13:19 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 11/29/2011 6:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote: On 29/11/2011 11:21 AM, Markku Grönroos wrote: A recently published study tells that 64% of all the Britons can speak only English. And the rest of them are immigrants? Some of them are Welsh. Have you seen written Scots? That is some good stuff. Do you mean Scots? Or Gaelic? I mean the way English is written so that when phonetically pronounced, creates a Scottish accent. http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe...lin_an_grammar You are aware that Scots are Geordies who have had their brains knocked oot? -- JohnT |
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Brits don't speak foreign languages
On 12/3/2011 12:44 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2011-12-03 07:20:41 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 12/3/2011 7:44 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2011-11-29 18:13:19 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 11/29/2011 6:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote: On 29/11/2011 11:21 AM, Markku Grönroos wrote: A recently published study tells that 64% of all the Britons can speak only English. And the rest of them are immigrants? Some of them are Welsh. Have you seen written Scots? That is some good stuff. Do you mean Scots? Or Gaelic? I mean the way English is written so that when phonetically pronounced, creates a Scottish accent. http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe...lin_an_grammar Thon isnae Inglis. |
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Brits don't speak foreign languages
On 12/3/2011 2:46 PM, JohnT wrote:
"Dan Stephenson" wrote. On 2011-12-03 07:20:41 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 12/3/2011 7:44 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2011-11-29 18:13:19 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 11/29/2011 6:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote: On 29/11/2011 11:21 AM, Markku Grönroos wrote: A recently published study tells that 64% of all the Britons can speak only English. And the rest of them are immigrants? Some of them are Welsh. Have you seen written Scots? That is some good stuff. Do you mean Scots? Or Gaelic? I mean the way English is written so that when phonetically pronounced, creates a Scottish accent. http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe...lin_an_grammar You are aware that Scots are Geordies who have had their brains knocked oot? Awa an bile yer heid. |
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Brits don't speak foreign languages
"S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 12/3/2011 2:46 PM, JohnT wrote: "Dan Stephenson" wrote. On 2011-12-03 07:20:41 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 12/3/2011 7:44 AM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2011-11-29 18:13:19 -0600, S Viemeister said: On 11/29/2011 6:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote: On 29/11/2011 11:21 AM, Markku Grönroos wrote: A recently published study tells that 64% of all the Britons can speak only English. And the rest of them are immigrants? Some of them are Welsh. Have you seen written Scots? That is some good stuff. Do you mean Scots? Or Gaelic? I mean the way English is written so that when phonetically pronounced, creates a Scottish accent. http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe...lin_an_grammar You are aware that Scots are Geordies who have had their brains knocked oot? Awa an bile yer heid. Hadaway Hinny. -- JohnT |
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Brits don't speak foreign languages
On Nov 29, 5:21*pm, Markku Grönroos wrote:
A recently published study tells that 64% of all the Britons can speak only English. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...-pain-in-spain |
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lingua anglica Brits don't speak foreign languages
Something else. I live in Texas in the USA. There are lot of
Spanish-speaking people here, and it is amazing to sometimes hear them interleave Spanish and English continuously through their speech, so that half the words in each sentence are in Spanish and the other half in English. Or one Spanish sentence followed by one English sentence. Amazing! Question: for the non-English people in Europe, does this kind of thing happen, too? I wonder in particular about the Irish who speak the Irish gaelic language. Irish is close to dead. The phenomenon you describe does happen with Welsh, which is very much alive. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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lingua anglica Brits don't speak foreign languages
On Dec 3, 12:39*pm, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2011-11-29 12:19:09 -0600, mikeos said: Even if they don't. In my experience, citizens of most Euro countries speak better English than I do. For example,in Germany, Holland, all Scandinavian countries slip effortlessly to English if you start trying to express yourself in the local language. Even France, although they pretend that they don't! Something else. *I live in Texas in the USA. *There are lot of Spanish-speaking people here, and it is amazing to sometimes hear them interleave Spanish and English continuously through their speech, so that half the words in each sentence are in Spanish and the other half in English. *Or one Spanish sentence followed by one English sentence. Amazing! Question: for the non-English people in Europe, does this kind of thing happen, too? *I wonder in particular about the Irish who speak the Irish gaelic language. -- Dan Stephensonhttp://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) My Welsh relatives often mix Welsh/English, often using Welsh nouns amidst otherwise English sentences. And, through usage, I'm easily able to keep up with them, also. |
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lingua anglica Brits don't speak foreign languages
On 04/12/11 12:47, Surreyman wrote:
On Dec 3, 12:39 pm, Dan wrote: On 2011-11-29 12:19:09 -0600, mikeos said: Even if they don't. In my experience, citizens of most Euro countries speak better English than I do. For example,in Germany, Holland, all Scandinavian countries slip effortlessly to English if you start trying to express yourself in the local language. Even France, although they pretend that they don't! Something else. I live in Texas in the USA. There are lot of Spanish-speaking people here, and it is amazing to sometimes hear them interleave Spanish and English continuously through their speech, so that half the words in each sentence are in Spanish and the other half in English. Or one Spanish sentence followed by one English sentence. Amazing! Question: for the non-English people in Europe, does this kind of thing happen, too? I wonder in particular about the Irish who speak the Irish gaelic language. -- Dan Stephensonhttp://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) My Welsh relatives often mix Welsh/English, often using Welsh nouns amidst otherwise English sentences. And, through usage, I'm easily able to keep up with them, also. Welsh was just about dead at the start of the last century and has more or less been reintroduced as a part of a nationalist movement's attempt to legitimatise itself. And it has worked... Southern Ireland got independence before their language movement made much headway and the Scots found they didn't need it... -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, buy a dog... |
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