I got your point. The matter is that I am not seeking language for everyone can understand me. Right now, after 10 years of learning language, getting Master in it, working in American company and use it every-day, I just want to learn British variant. For my own pleasure. From native speaker. And I requested exactly this. And my boss approved it and decided to pay for it. Why there are so many people pushing me to learn American? Have you ever thought that I might know it already?
2008/9/4 Donald Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sorry but I have to make a comment on your last remark. I work for a > British company and for my two kopek's worth I am thoroughly amazed at the > different accents from Proper old school British English to a New Castle > Jordie accent. Sometimes we need a translation from English to English > just to understand what our Jordie is even talking about. America has an > excuse for the different accents for exactly the reasons you stated below, > but what is Brit's excuse? There is a different accent in every other area. > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > expat-bounces+craig <expat-bounces%2Bcraig>[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Anthony Corbett > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:33 PM > *To:* Kirill Galetski; The Moscow Expat List > *Subject:* Re: Expat List Russians' preoccupation with British English > > > > Would you go to Quebec to learn French, or Brazil to learn Portuguese? I > doubt it. Why would you want to learn American English with all its > corruptions and barely understandable slang, originating from immigration > several hundred years ago, when you can learn British English, the latest > form of a language that is constantly refining? In addition, the UK is > considerably closer, unless you live in the Far East. > > Why would you teach both forms of a language? That is like teaching several > dialects of a language at the same time. > > My two pence worth! > > Anthony > > 2008/9/2 Kirill Galetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > Russians' preoccupation with British English and necessarily having a > British is irksome at best, idiotic at worst. As a former English teacher, I > take offence [sic] to it. > > The world standard for business is American English, with all of the > trappings thereof. It's not an accident that major non-Anglo corporations > such as German concern Bosch have American English as their standard for all > English-language communications. > > To quote Bill Bryson from his book MADE IN AMERICA, An Informal History of > the English Language in the United States, > > "To this day it remains a commonplace in England that American English is a > corrupted form of British speech, that the inhabitants of the New World > display a kind of helpless, chronic 'want of refinement' every time they > open their mouths and attempt to issue sounds. In fact, in several > significant ways it is British speech that has become corrupted, or, to put > it in less reactionary terms, has quietly evolved." > > Nevertheless, I believe that when English is taught, both the American and > British varieties should be taught in nearly equal measure. This implies > having a teacher that is competent to do both, but it certainly does not > limit the teacher to being only of the British nationality. > > Just my two kopeks' worth. > > Kirill. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:03:37 +0400 (MSD) > Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 47, Issue 3 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:37:25 +0400 > > From: "Dasha Repina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Expat List English tutor > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hi John, > > > > thanks a lot for your attention, but the requirement of my boss is quite > > exact. He wants British teacher. > > > > All of the best, Daria. > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > > > -- > Anthony Corbett > Head of International M&A > Vimpelcom > 4 Krasnoproletarskaya St. > Moscow 127006 > Russian Federation > > T: +7909 991 7783 > M: +7962 942 1682 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S: anthonycorbett > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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