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Natguy posted 07-09-99 11:35 PM ET
Although the AC site is for four languages, the forums are not! All the people from non-English speaking countries must learn English befoe they can communicate here!
I found this out as I was wondering if this was the case and went to the French version of the site, and from there to the Forums, and they were in English!
Oh, well, what can you do...If I find my French-English dictionary I will write a message in French for all you French people in here!
Trappist posted 07-10-99 04:56 AM ET
Hell, why not insist on translating the forums into the minority UK languages? We could have chats in Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and Manx.
Then we could do all the imported minority languages- Urdu, Hindi, Pushtu etc.
Then we could do all the minority US languages- there must be hundreds of the buggers.
Then the French- Laungue d'Oc, Breton etc.
We need the Universal Translator. Or the rebuilt Tower of Babel.
Spoe posted 07-10-99 09:39 AM ET
Um, the forums aren't in a specific language(couldn't be, until translation software gets a hell of a lot better); whatever you want to use is fine(just don't necessarily expect a response). Several threads have gone completely German and Russian, IIRC. We just seem to have a large Yank/Brit/Aussie/Kiwi population posting here, which seems to have biased it for English(of various flavours(ack, there, I did it again. Some latent genetic memory of proper spelling, I presume )).
Krushala posted 07-10-99 12:00 PM ET
not to seem arrogant as most americans are, but it's nice having everyone else learning our language so we don't have to learn theirs. I took a few years in spanish so I might be able to learn that. But german looks really hard (I guess I can't relate to my heritage).
JohnIII posted 07-10-99 12:11 PM ET
I do German and Spanish at school, and I find German much easier, and more similar to English.
John III
Krushala posted 07-10-99 12:26 PM ET
really? I found spanish not too difficult since the city I grew up in is quickly becoming spanish speaking anyway. I was exposed to a lot of spanish in my schools. I look at german words and they make no sense to me. And russian is even worse. The spanish alphabet isn't too different from english which is nice.
Dreadnought posted 07-10-99 12:40 PM ET
Krushala- You think your city is becoming Spanish fast, you should see here in Florida. Yeesh. I'm just glad I don't live in Miami. At my school Spanish is a required class. AND they announce the damn morning announcments in Spanish as well as English. I hear that in about 50 years, Hispanics will become the mojority in the US. Tu quereres burrito? Salimos los esculaia, es muy Espaniol.
________________________________
Dreadnought-
Gonna kill himself if he hears Livin' the Vida Loca again..........
Spoe posted 07-10-99 01:23 PM ET
D'oh. I also forgot the large Canuck contingent from the Great White North. Also anglophones by and large.
M_ashwell posted 07-10-99 03:42 PM ET
regarding
"not to seem arrogant as most americans are, but it's nice having everyone else learning our language so we don't have to learn theirs"
from Krushala
i think you'll fing YOU learned OUR language
hence you speak in ENGLISH not americian!!
rant done
Commander M E Ashwell
Victor Galis posted 07-11-99 12:54 PM ET
At my school German is a required class (until at least the 9th grade.)
Dreadnought posted 07-11-99 01:35 PM ET
M_ashwell- What is with and your insane anti-American "rants"? If you're going to say America sucks (which it does), think of better reasons than, "we don't spell civilization right" (from the other thread). And what is this with we did'nt learn to speak "American"? Well....We came from England, therefore we speak "english". We did'nt have to learn it. Next time you rant, make sure it makes sense.
Natguy posted 07-11-99 05:38 PM ET
M_ashwell, There is no language called "American". True, there are a few differences between what Americans speak and what English people speak, but those differences don't make a completely different language!
And judging by what you have typed, it looks as though you haven't learned English either.
M_ashwell posted 07-11-99 05:56 PM ET
ok ok
i wont use the language argument again
i've already apologised in the
"If you dislike America as much as I do....."
thread do you want me to apolgise again?
....
....
i'll take that as a no
well thank you for puting up with me
M E Ashwell
Eccles posted 07-11-99 07:21 PM ET
I like languages. They are a window on cultures....
nuqneH
tlhlngan Hol Dajath'a'
nuqDaq yuch Dapol chay' Dochvam vllo'
HAHAHA

SAD!
Valtyr posted 07-11-99 09:50 PM ET
Ler deg bergensk, de' skj�nneste spr�ke' p� jord!
asenaw posted 07-12-99 01:52 AM ET
i live in Canada and we have to do french to grade 9 which is a huge pain in the ass... being 14 i dont see much point in the whole ****ing point....... i think we should just all learn ojibway..... now befor u all go huh..... are u nuts..... hear me out(ojibway is a native language, no im not native either) cause ojibway language only consists of 12 individual sounds put together to make words
lol
Wanessa Forever
PS..... Natguy are u an ager..... your name sounds familiar
--Wanessa Forever(aka MiC_EH)
ZyXEL posted 07-12-99 03:39 AM ET
Koji se k***c sva�ate oko jezika? Engleski u�im od malih nogu i mislim da je to ZAKON jezik. Uostalom, svi�alo se to vama ili ne, to je svjetski jezik.
Prevedito to !!!
Ha-Ha-Ha
�oki from Croatia
Valtyr posted 07-12-99 05:08 PM ET
The earlier you learn a language, the better you're going to speak it. So stop complaining about learning languages in school, for already in the teens the ability to learn languages deteriorates.
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Author	Topic: Language Discrimination!
Natguy	posted 07-09-99 11:35 PM ET Although the AC site is for four languages, the forums are not! All the people from non-English speaking countries must learn English befoe they can communicate here! I found this out as I was wondering if this was the case and went to the French version of the site, and from there to the Forums, and they were in English! Oh, well, what can you do...If I find my French-English dictionary I will write a message in French for all you French people in here!
Trappist	posted 07-10-99 04:56 AM ET Hell, why not insist on translating the forums into the minority UK languages? We could have chats in Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and Manx. Then we could do all the imported minority languages- Urdu, Hindi, Pushtu etc. Then we could do all the minority US languages- there must be hundreds of the buggers. Then the French- Laungue d'Oc, Breton etc. We need the Universal Translator. Or the rebuilt Tower of Babel.
Spoe	posted 07-10-99 09:39 AM ET Um, the forums aren't in a specific language(couldn't be, until translation software gets a hell of a lot better); whatever you want to use is fine(just don't necessarily expect a response). Several threads have gone completely German and Russian, IIRC. We just seem to have a large Yank/Brit/Aussie/Kiwi population posting here, which seems to have biased it for English(of various flavours(ack, there, I did it again. Some latent genetic memory of proper spelling, I presume )).
Krushala	posted 07-10-99 12:00 PM ET not to seem arrogant as most americans are, but it's nice having everyone else learning our language so we don't have to learn theirs. I took a few years in spanish so I might be able to learn that. But german looks really hard (I guess I can't relate to my heritage).
JohnIII	posted 07-10-99 12:11 PM ET I do German and Spanish at school, and I find German much easier, and more similar to English. John III
Krushala	posted 07-10-99 12:26 PM ET really? I found spanish not too difficult since the city I grew up in is quickly becoming spanish speaking anyway. I was exposed to a lot of spanish in my schools. I look at german words and they make no sense to me. And russian is even worse. The spanish alphabet isn't too different from english which is nice.
Dreadnought	posted 07-10-99 12:40 PM ET Krushala- You think your city is becoming Spanish fast, you should see here in Florida. Yeesh. I'm just glad I don't live in Miami. At my school Spanish is a required class. AND they announce the damn morning announcments in Spanish as well as English. I hear that in about 50 years, Hispanics will become the mojority in the US. Tu quereres burrito? Salimos los esculaia, es muy Espaniol. ________________________________ Dreadnought- Gonna kill himself if he hears Livin' the Vida Loca again..........
Spoe	posted 07-10-99 01:23 PM ET D'oh. I also forgot the large Canuck contingent from the Great White North. Also anglophones by and large.
M_ashwell	posted 07-10-99 03:42 PM ET regarding "not to seem arrogant as most americans are, but it's nice having everyone else learning our language so we don't have to learn theirs" from Krushala i think you'll fing YOU learned OUR language hence you speak in ENGLISH not americian!! rant done Commander M E Ashwell
Victor Galis	posted 07-11-99 12:54 PM ET At my school German is a required class (until at least the 9th grade.)
Dreadnought	posted 07-11-99 01:35 PM ET M_ashwell- What is with and your insane anti-American "rants"? If you're going to say America sucks (which it does), think of better reasons than, "we don't spell civilization right" (from the other thread). And what is this with we did'nt learn to speak "American"? Well....We came from England, therefore we speak "english". We did'nt have to learn it. Next time you rant, make sure it makes sense.
Natguy	posted 07-11-99 05:38 PM ET M_ashwell, There is no language called "American". True, there are a few differences between what Americans speak and what English people speak, but those differences don't make a completely different language! And judging by what you have typed, it looks as though you haven't learned English either.
M_ashwell	posted 07-11-99 05:56 PM ET ok ok i wont use the language argument again i've already apologised in the "If you dislike America as much as I do....." thread do you want me to apolgise again? .... .... i'll take that as a no well thank you for puting up with me M E Ashwell
Eccles	posted 07-11-99 07:21 PM ET I like languages. They are a window on cultures.... nuqneH tlhlngan Hol Dajath'a' nuqDaq yuch Dapol chay' Dochvam vllo' HAHAHA SAD!
Valtyr	posted 07-11-99 09:50 PM ET Ler deg bergensk, de' skj�nneste spr�ke' p� jord!
asenaw	posted 07-12-99 01:52 AM ET i live in Canada and we have to do french to grade 9 which is a huge pain in the ass... being 14 i dont see much point in the whole ****ing point....... i think we should just all learn ojibway..... now befor u all go huh..... are u nuts..... hear me out(ojibway is a native language, no im not native either) cause ojibway language only consists of 12 individual sounds put together to make words lol Wanessa Forever PS..... Natguy are u an ager..... your name sounds familiar --Wanessa Forever(aka MiC_EH)
ZyXEL	posted 07-12-99 03:39 AM ET Koji se k***c sva�ate oko jezika? Engleski u�im od malih nogu i mislim da je to ZAKON jezik. Uostalom, svi�alo se to vama ili ne, to je svjetski jezik. Prevedito to !!! Ha-Ha-Ha �oki from Croatia
Valtyr	posted 07-12-99 05:08 PM ET The earlier you learn a language, the better you're going to speak it. So stop complaining about learning languages in school, for already in the teens the ability to learn languages deteriorates.