Mind the gap: The very amusing English thread

[LenuaM]

Obviously not.

Haha, nice one :-D

 

[Patrick Rollbis]

I agree, I also think that it is a great language. What I like about it is that you can easily express what you wanna say and that so many people on the world are able to understand it.

Exactly.
Whereever I'm, I can reach everyone by speaking english. (theoreticly)

 

[Bananenbieger]

What I like about it is that you can easily express what you wanna say and that so many people on the world are able to understand it.

You think? Tell that to the Chinese people:

(Bildquelle: Wikipedia, GPLDL)

Obviously not.

Good one.

Yeah, german is nice to hear, but very complicated for immigrants.

Please uncover the sentence below by selecting it with your mouse - But only if you can handle very very dark humour!!! I've warned you!!!
Just imagine if we had won the war... But now I know why the allies fought so hard.

 

[Ikezu Sennin]

Haha, nice one :-D

If we’re going to use the British language in this particular thread, we also should use the British humour, don’t you agree?

 

[Patrick Rollbis]

If we’re going to use the British language in this particular thread, we also should use the British humour, don’t you agree?

British humour is great, but the language is.... strange.
A.E. is much better to speak.
I don't like it that we have to learn B.E. at school.

 

[walksunix]

No. I think, German is a beautiful language too. But English is easier.

English is easy, almost like french. If you can speak endlish very good, so you will learn french much faster because many words are almost the same. Only you have to speak they out on the other way. J'aime francais parce que je veux vivre a Canada. C'est la vie

 

[LenuaM]

If we’re going to use the British language in this particular thread, we also should use the British humour, don’t you agree?

You're absolutely right

 

[RedCloud]

British humour is great, but the language is.... strange.
A.E. is much better to speak.
I don't like it that we have to learn B.E. at school.

Hey, you are heavy on wire!

 

[Ikezu Sennin]

British humour is great, but the language is.... strange.
A.E. is much better to speak.
I don't like it that we have to learn B.E. at school.

A.E. is indeed easier to speak, but not as easy on the ears in my opinion. I just love hearing British dialects, especially Irish and Scottish.

 

[Patrick Rollbis]

You think? Tell that to the Chinese people:

If I'm in asia, I say this:
すみません。ここでは、トイレですか。あっりがとごやいました。

@Ikezu:
British dialects are great. This is true!

 

[Bananenbieger]

A.E. is much better to speak.

Aussie English is still the easiest English to speak:
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But I don't agree on the fact that AE is more simple to speak. I like the B.E. a lot more.

If I'm in asia, I say this:
すみません。ここでは、トイレですか。あっりがとごやいました。

And if I am in asia, I just tell them: "Tell it to the hand!"

 

[LenuaM]

English is easy, almost like french. If you can speak endlish very good, so you will learn french much faster because many words are almost the same.

Well, unfortunately that doesn't apply to me. I wouldn't say my English is very good, though. It's probably quite okay. But that didn't seem to improve my French skills at all

British humour is great, but the language is.... strange.
A.E. is much better to speak.
I don't like it that we have to learn B.E. at school.

I don't like that, either. I can't say that I like the typical British pronounciation very much. Sometimes I think it's almost annoying.

 

[Patrick Rollbis]

For all the folks who can't speak japanese:
すみません。ここでは、トイレですか。あっりがとごやいました。
means
Excuse me, please. Where is the toilet? Thank you.

 

[Nexus]

Nice thread...
I could practice some english here for my training in Hong Kong, but it think this isn't the right forum.
For all the people who think their english is worse go to MyHappyPlanet.com and practice a bit.

Patrick where did you learning japanese? I'm learning chinese since 1 year...
This will be a good topic for conversation on ATUT...
Mfg Nexus

 

[Bananenbieger]

And how do you ask for the right kind of toilet in Japan, Patrick? Since I'd rather end up on a high-tech western style gadget-overloaded john than a traditional Japanese squat toilet.

 

[walksunix]

Well, unfortunately that doesn't apply to me. I wouldn't say my English is very good, though. It's probably quite okay. But that didn't seem to improve my French skills at all

As you think. But not in my mind.

 

[Patrick Rollbis]

Nice thread...
I could practice some english here for my training in Hong Kong, but it thing this isn't the right forum.
For all the people who think their english is worse go to MyHappyPlanet.com and practice a bit.

Mfg Nexus

I think this is a nice place to practice english, because we're speaking about everything.
(I don't know MyHappyPlanet)

 

[dobe]

i only understand railstation

???
I think you wanted to say that "it's all double Dutch to you". Another common possibility would be "It's all Greek to me".

One-to-one translations are often not adequate.

 

[Patrick Rollbis]

And how do you ask for the right kind of toilet in Japan, Patrick?

Right kind of toilet?
What are you meaning?

 

[onliner]

Right kind of toilet?
What are you meaning?

Automatically or Manually
my english is bad, i know :-c