Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? This verbal class distinction by now should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir, Instead of the way you do, Why, you might be selling flowers, too. An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him, The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him. One common language I'm afraid we'll never get. Oh, why can't the English learn to set A good example to people whose English is painful to your ears? The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years! Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? Norwegians learn Norwegian; the Greeks have taught their Greek. In France every Frenchman knows his language fro "A" to "Zed" The French never care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly. Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning. And Hebrews learn it backwards, which is absolutely frightening. But use proper English you're regarded as a freak. Why can't the English, Why can't the English learn to speak? Henry Higgins Tom C. Tom C. >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: A flag question for Canadians >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:15:48 -0600 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Adam Maas" >Subject: Re: A flag question for Canadians > > > > > > > > The Federal Civil Service is predominantly francophone due to preferred > > hiring for Bilinguals, French Speakers are far more likely to be fully > > Bilingual than English Speakers (Both as a percentage of total >population, > > and in gross numbers). Thus you have a lot of such forced expats stuck >in > > various places across the country. > >Yes, I know the reasoning, it would, however, be nice to be able to >communicate with the people who are supposed to be serving us. >The bar seems to be set very low for the level of English required to be >considered fully bilingual, and I don't appreciate being required to >understand pigeon french in order to aquire government services, which is >what is, effectively, required. >I learned Parisian French in school, not the duck squawking that is spoken >in Quebec. > >William Robb > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
