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Foreigners are unsociable and refuse to venture beyond their own culture and friends
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"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain -
Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThe Bavarians can't speak German either.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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I moved to the US with my family in the 90s and didn't really integrate with the natives.
I had plenty of friends, but they were also immigrants - Dutchies, South Africans, other Brits. And irony of ironies - one of the two Americans I am still friends with was born in London and emigrated with his British family when he was three.
So there are cultural differences at play here. British people tend to offer friendship more readily. Americans tended to be a little more reserved - they might be friendly but that didn't mean you were now friends. That tends to strike an odd chord with Brits.
Language-wise, they simply didn't seem able to comprehend my wife's Manchester accent, which she found wearing.Comment
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostAgain, not sure if you are joking or not. Bavarians have always spoken a different kind of German from the Prussians. They are natives, so they can speak the dialect they want."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostAber ist es nicht hoch deutsch, it's not jsut dialect, they don't finish their words, like northern Germans, which my ears understand. The younger Bavarians are justas bad, in fact I've found many speak better English than those back home.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostAber ist es nicht hoch deutsch, it's not jsut dialect, they don't finish their words, like northern Germans, which my ears understand. The younger Bavarians are justas bad, in fact I've found many speak better English than those back home.Comment
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostSo you're saying that the Queen's English is the only English accepted in Britain?
I'm only point would be folks learn to annunciate whatever language they use."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
I'm only point would be folks learn to annunciate whatever language they use.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostNot sure if you're being serious but the concept of exporting skills is very subjective. You could have all the professional and technical skills everybody can dream of, but if you can't speak the local language 99% of the locals will think you're an idiot, otherwise
they might understand your language and think you're arrogant for not trying to blend.
I would have thought that somewhere like Germany there would be more emphasis on having German. In the Netherlands it's increasingly becoming the case for gigs.Comment
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Originally posted by norrahe View PostVery true.
I don't know how many expats I've met here who refuse to learn the lingo and only socialise in their own expat groups.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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