> To my mind a teacher from England is required in order to assist in bringing > up a real gentleman or lady...
Sounds pretty cliched to to me. Becoming a real gentleman or lady has everything to do with learning manners in any language and nothing to do with learning English from a British instructor. > That's the point... They are famous for their manners and ability to > negotiate without prejudice to any aspect of the issue being discussed. Hmmm... judging by some of the responses I'm getting, this is not quite the case. -----Original Message----- From: "Dima Martyanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kirill Galetski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:14:36 +0400 Subject: Re: Expat List Russians' preoccupation with British English > To my mind a teacher from England is required in order to assist in bringing > up a real gentleman or lady... That's the point... They are famous for their > manners and ability to negotiate without prejudice to any aspect of the > issue being discussed. > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Kirill Galetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > С уважением, > Дмитрий Мартьянов > Best regards, Kirill Galetski. E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: +49 (0)30 67 92 58 58 Office: +49 (0)30 28 87 58 72 Mobile: +49 (0)157 76 50 86 29 _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
