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Re: English as a foreign language

HobbyProggy14-Jun-16 23:14

HobbyProggy

14-Jun-16 23:14

Same goes for a perfect legit german sentence:

Der in/der in der in/der/in. Hmmm | :|

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Re: English as a foreign language

EveryNameIsTakenEvenThisOne15-Jun-16 3:41

EveryNameIsTakenEvenThisOne

15-Jun-16 3:41

I have no idea what you just said.

Re: English as a foreign language

HobbyProggy15-Jun-16 3:47

HobbyProggy

15-Jun-16 3:47

jsut remove the /'s and ask google Smile | :)

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Re: English as a foreign language

EveryNameIsTakenEvenThisOne15-Jun-16 4:28

EveryNameIsTakenEvenThisOne

15-Jun-16 4:28

Ohh yea without the /'s I can see what you mean :P

The indian inside the indian :P

Re: English as a foreign language

Mark_Wallace15-Jun-16 8:49

Mark_Wallace

15-Jun-16 8:49

EveryNameIsTakenEvenThisOne wrote:
I have no idea what you just said.

Nor do the Germans, but they're thick. We expect more from you.

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Re: English as a foreign language

Nagy Vilmos14-Jun-16 23:28

Nagy Vilmos

14-Jun-16 23:28

That that is, is that that is. Not is not. Is that it? It is. Laugh | :laugh:

veni bibi saltavi

Re: English as a foreign language

Power Puff Boy15-Jun-16 2:04

Power Puff Boy

15-Jun-16 2:04

You is?

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Re: English as a foreign language

RossMW14-Jun-16 23:45

RossMW

14-Jun-16 23:45

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

Re: English as a foreign language

Quirkafleeg14-Jun-16 23:46

Quirkafleeg

14-Jun-16 23:46

To go, so know now, no?
Grab your bow and take a bow.

Re: English as a foreign language

Bassam Abdul-Baki15-Jun-16 0:25

Bassam Abdul-Baki

15-Jun-16 0:25

OriginalGriff wrote:
Yes, English can be weird.
It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

Not always, but it ought to. The trick is to try true, and thru too.

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Re: English as a foreign language

Agent__00715-Jun-16 0:45

Agent__007

15-Jun-16 0:45

Meh! Nothing beats Ystradgynlais. Laugh | :laugh:

You have just been Sharapova'd.

Re: English as a foreign language

OriginalGriff15-Jun-16 0:55

OriginalGriff

15-Jun-16 0:55

That's easy: Eh-strad-gin-lies
But that's Welsh, not English, and Welsh is a more complex language than English in a lot of respects.

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Re: English as a foreign language

Nagy Vilmos15-Jun-16 1:42

Nagy Vilmos

15-Jun-16 1:42

That's true, it's one of the few languages that are spoken by two species.

veni bibi saltavi

Re: English as a foreign language

Power Puff Boy15-Jun-16 0:57

Power Puff Boy

15-Jun-16 0:57

You need to be careful:

Yes, English can be weird.
Yes, the English can be weird.

The last sentence might start a riot.

Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...

Re: English as a foreign language

OriginalGriff15-Jun-16 1:08

OriginalGriff

15-Jun-16 1:08

Only if the Russians are around... Unsure | :~

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Re: English as a foreign language

W∴ Balboos, GHB15-Jun-16 0:58

W∴ Balboos, GHB

15-Jun-16 0:58

polish
wind
read
lead

(&etc.)

Ravings en masse^
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Re: English as a foreign language

Wastedtalent15-Jun-16 1:34

Wastedtalent

15-Jun-16 1:34

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Re: English as a foreign language

908236515-Jun-16 1:36

9082365

15-Jun-16 1:36

OriginalGriff wrote:
Yes, written English can be weird.

Very important FTFY!!!!

The common misconception that a language and its written form are identical, especially among teachers, is a real brain-rotter.

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Re: English as a foreign language

Wastedtalent15-Jun-16 4:03

Wastedtalent

15-Jun-16 4:03

Good shout, spoken English is worse, all those accents.

Re: English as a foreign language

snorkie15-Jun-16 2:43

snorkie

15-Jun-16 2:43

This VeggieTales: School House Polka - Silly Song - YouTube[^] explains it quite well at a level we can all understand Smile | :)

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Re: English as a foreign language

Sander Rossel15-Jun-16 2:43

Sander Rossel

15-Jun-16 2:43

I bet there's a bad bat under the bed.
Or, as the Dutch pronounce, "I bet there's a bet bet under the bet" Smile | :)

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Re: English as a foreign language

OriginalGriff15-Jun-16 3:22

OriginalGriff

15-Jun-16 3:22

This is exactly why no one can understand South Africans... Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: English as a foreign language

Sander Rossel15-Jun-16 9:32

Sander Rossel

15-Jun-16 9:32

I can read African on Wikipedia! Big Grin | :-D

It's basically Dutch, but a little different Smile | :)

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Re: English as a foreign language

OriginalGriff15-Jun-16 9:51

OriginalGriff

15-Jun-16 9:51

Afrikaans started with the Dutch colonials way back in the 18th century or so, IIRC ( our SA members would know a load better than me), but it's a simpler grammar so I'm not surprised.
Our European ancestors did a load of that! I was surprised how much of Malaysia was recognisably Portuguese when I went there! Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: English as a foreign language

Sander Rossel15-Jun-16 10:08

Sander Rossel

15-Jun-16 10:08

OriginalGriff wrote:
Afrikaans started with the Dutch colonials way back in the 18th century or so, IIRC

That's right Smile | :)

I was surprised when I went to Suriname and everyone spoke Dutch! OMG | :OMG:

Same story there with the colonial past. They have their own language, but everyone speaks Dutch too.
A lot of names in New ~~Amsterdam~~ York also remind of the first Dutch settlers. Harlem (Haarlem), Flushing (Vlissingen), Brooklyn (Breukelen), Staten Island (Staten Land)...

Those were the good old days when The Netherlands were a mighty world power not to be messed with! Sigh | :sigh:

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