What are you doing now?

brianL · 03-25-2010, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by XavierP

Only me and BrianL are allowed to speak actual English. Especially since we're both North Westerners. The rest of speak some sort of strange language that sounds like, but isn't, English. I like to call it "foreign".

*ducks*

Yes. When I take over the world, everyone will have to learn to speak English with an Oldham accent.
Summat like this here.

lupusarcanus · 03-25-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by minrich

@ leopard - re your research re English speaking:

I would warn you that this may not be entirely true. My son who went out to China for 3 months a couple of years ago, to teach English advised that in the school he taught at he had 5 classes a day of 2000 students for each class. He reckoned that there are over 600 million Chinese learning English at any one time. That's got to be more than the USA.

@ XavierP - Since when has Kent been in the North West???? When in the IOM I am closer to Lancashire than I am to Kent when I'm in the IOW.

As a first language...
If you can't speak it well, you aren't counted.
Ever try to talk to a Chinese person on the phone?
Might as well not speak it at all...

Tinkster · 03-25-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by leopard

As a first language...
If you can't speak it well, you aren't counted.
Ever try to talk to a Chinese person on the phone?
Might as well not speak it at all...

Funny ... that's exactly my take on Americans!
So it's not about numbers all of a sudden? ;D

Cheers,
Tink

XavierP · 03-25-2010, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by minrich

@ XavierP - Since when has Kent been in the North West???? When in the IOM I am closer to Lancashire than I am to Kent when I'm in the IOW.

I'm mobile. I started in the NW and ended up in the SE. My accent is equally mobile - making me unintelligible to everyone.

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Originally Posted by minrich

I would warn you that this may not be entirely true. My son who went out to China for 3 months a couple of years ago, to teach English advised that in the school he taught at he had 5 classes a day of 2000 students for each class. He reckoned that there are over 600 million Chinese learning English at any one time. That's got to be more than the USA.

And surely India is up there with many more English speakers?

Minor edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...total_speakers
95.81% of USAians
21.09% of Indians (from India)

By Total English speakers, China is 18th.

damgar · 03-25-2010, 06:12 PM

I've never been able to decide if the English are always drunk or if they just speak that way. Maybe some day I'll choose to vacation somewhere that's cold, wet, and expensive for a vacation to find out....But probably not.

lupusarcanus · 03-25-2010, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinkster

Funny ... that's exactly my take on Americans!
So it's not about numbers all of a sudden? ;D

Cheers,
Tink

It's still about numbers...
First language.
Keep trying to start a flame war, huh? Not getting me!

XavierP · 03-25-2010, 06:35 PM

All colonials speak English funny. Fact of life gents. Goes for Aussies, Kiwis, Septics, the whole lot of you. Try and speak it in a normal fashion - just like someone from Cornwall or the Midlands.

mrmnemo · 03-25-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by damgar

I've never been able to decide if the English are always drunk or if they just speak that way. Maybe some day I'll choose to vacation somewhere that's cold, wet, and expensive for a vacation to find out....But probably not.

haahaha

brianL · 03-25-2010, 06:43 PM

There are many different English accents. For example, Oldham and Manchester are only about 6 miles apart, but the accents are totally different: theirs is funnier than ours.

lupusarcanus · 03-25-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by leopard

As a first language...
If you can't speak it well, you aren't counted.
Ever try to talk to a Chinese person on the phone?
Might as well not speak it at all...

Funny ... that's exactly my take on Americans!
So it's not about numbers all of a sudden? ;D

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Originally Posted by Tinkster

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Originally Posted by leopard

Disrespectful & rude.

Americans? Frequently

... Attack my country ...
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My 'About Me' states my religion.

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@brianL;
You don't believe in that church of the sub genius stuff right?
(Just asking)

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Good, because that is strange.

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heathen!

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/heathen

... Attack Me ...
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Originally Posted by leopard

Oops; my user string was overrided. Test Post?

That's overridden ... maybe get rid of that grammar
and spelling thing in your huge signature block?! ;}

My signature block;

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--Try to use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and enclose all code in CODE tags (#).

... Nitpicking at my spelling, because I try to tell people to use the best spelling they can so we can understand them. I didn't say perfect.

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And that from the guy who advocates correct spelling and grammar? ;}

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C'mon ... let me wind him up a bit ;}

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html

What did I do to you, Tinkster?

brianL · 03-25-2010, 06:45 PM

Methinks you take Tinkster's comments too seriously. Lighten up.

damgar · 03-25-2010, 06:50 PM

I think LQ needs a volume button. Where's the suggestion box?

EDIT: On topic I'm excited that my too big cheeseburger and chilli cheese fries have arrived!

Tinkster · 03-25-2010, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Methinks you take Tinkster's comments too seriously. Lighten up.

heh ... kinda funny, though. innit? =D

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-25-2010, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by damgar

EDIT: On topic I'm excited that my too big cheeseburger and chilli cheese fries have arrived!

Hmm, that sort of stuff arrives at the door where you live? Interesting! I'm hungry now..

Tinkster · 03-25-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GrapefruiTgirl

Hmm, that sort of stuff arrives at the door where you live? Interesting! I'm hungry now..

Heh ... the mere THOUGHT of that kinda stuff makes my
coronary arteries clog up ;D