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Posted on: 06-11-04 01:29:42
This is not needed. Nobody is required to be perfect in a foreign language. We are not even perfect in our own language, why worry about other languages?
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Orginally posted by mercury6
This is not needed. Nobody is required to be perfect in a foreign language. We are not even perfect in our own language, why worry about other languages?
Most certainly is needed! While one does not have to be perfect its important to be not saying the wrong things........for example on one of the other threads there was this guy who posted "make love between you and God" when he probably meant something else.
In a North American context its extremely important that people express themselves clearly. You might view English as being a 'foreign language' but you shouldn't forget that it is Canada's official language and in all likelihood, the language that you would conduct business in here in Canada.
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Orginally posted by crenshaw
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Orginally posted by mercury6
This is not needed. Nobody is required to be perfect in a foreign language. We are not even perfect in our own language, why worry about other languages?
Most certainly is needed! While one does not have to be perfect its important to be not saying the wrong things........for example on one of the other threads there was this guy who posted "make love between you and God" when he probably meant something else.
In a North American context its extremely important that people express themselves clearly. You might view English as being a 'foreign language' but you shouldn't forget that it is Canada's official language and in all likelihood, the language that you would conduct business in here in Canada.
Thats your opinion.
You can choose to not understand the obvious....what were you thinking about the "make love between you and God" sentence....lets hear it?
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Orginally posted by mercury6
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Orginally posted by mercury6
This is not needed. Nobody is required to be perfect in a foreign language. We are not even perfect in our own language, why worry about other languages?
Most certainly is needed! While one does not have to be perfect its important to be not saying the wrong things........for example on one of the other threads there was this guy who posted "make love between you and God" when he probably meant something else.
In a North American context its extremely important that people express themselves clearly. You might view English as being a 'foreign language' but you shouldn't forget that it is Canada's official language and in all likelihood, the language that you would conduct business in here in Canada.
Thats your opinion.
You can choose to not understand the obvious....what were you thinking about the "make love between you and God" sentence....lets hear it?
Well, goes for you too, you can choose not to understand the obvious.....
I mean you think English language skills are not important and you work in a warehouse, based on what you've posted on other threads.......
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Orginally posted by crenshaw
Well, goes for you too, you can choose not to understand the obvious.....
I mean you think English language skills are not important and you work in a warehouse, based on what you've posted on other threads.......
I dont understand your second sentence?????
If you have scrutinized my other posts so minutely you also must have read my experience with chinese folks, a lot of whon really are terrible at English.
Yet successful. I am speaking (as always) from personal experience.
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Orginally posted by mercury6
If you have scrutinized my other posts so minutely you also must have read my experience with chinese folks, a lot of whon really are terrible at English.
Yet successful. I am speaking (as always) from personal experience.
Well, I haven't 'scrutinized your other posts minutely'. You've bitched for quite sometime about how you work in a warehouse, lifting boxes, which was scr**wing up your back.
I made an observation that you consider English to be a foreign language, you don't consider that it is necessary to be fluent and you work in a warehouse. POSSIBLY, the fact that you work in a warehouse is related to your assumptions about English........
Good for the chinks who are doing well without knowing English. Bottomline is you aren't there yet, so maybe you should be thinking of your shortcomings instead of whining away........
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Well, I haven't 'scrutinized your other posts minutely'. You've bitched for quite sometime about how you work in a warehouse, lifting boxes, which was scr**wing up your back.
Seems to me you did scrutinize them.....
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I made an observation that you consider English to be a foreign language, you don't consider that it is necessary to be fluent and you work in a warehouse. POSSIBLY, the fact that you work in a warehouse is related to your assumptions about English........
No assumptions here....I said what I saw. The experience is based both on The Warehouse and working for one of the biggest defence contractor in thw World (both in North America).
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Good for the chinks who are doing well without knowing English.
Good indeed, proves my point.
For a person so adept at the north american lifestyle I didnt expect "chinks" from you. you could have just said chinese.
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Bottomline is you aren't there yet, so maybe you should be thinking of your shortcomings instead of whining away........
I was already there buddy. ...(see above).
Thats for you advice, though....
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