The shape of things to come....

[BrowneIssue]

I would agree, but Britain is an english speaking country.

Except for the bits you choose to ignore.

And that's your solution, isn't it? Everyone has to conform to what YOU want, what YOU do.

they are still part of Britain and as such should have the same English requirement as everybody else in Britain.

Quite impressive arrogance. So an indigenous people that precede the invaders with their own language have to conform to the incomers.

Why not go to Australia? You'll be happy there.

[tay]

Why not go to Australia? You'll be happy there.

Jeez mate... no need for that drastic punishment.

[BrowneIssue]

But their bishops don't get to sit in the House of Lords...

No, but choir boys do get to sit on their bishops' laps.

[BrowneIssue]

oi Winston, less of it

I toyed (hope that wasn't another piece of meat for the spelling police) with using sows or sews but kept reading sows as in the female pig so opted for sews hence the mistake

back on track,

you lot don't complain about immigration when your house prices are rising

if you want to influence decisions and policy, forget posting acres of carp on here and better spend your time visiting the local council meetings with a longer term view to getting elected and representing people with the same views as yourselves

the fact is, the indigenous population have become politically lazy and then wonder why policies are all in favour of others


there's something for you armchair experts to think about

Milan.

oh for christs sake do you write like this is it just to piss people off because you do it all the time if you are trying to make a point then at least learn how to communicate and if you think you can then at least show some respect for yourself and your audience and make some effort or are you just a retarded clown that is more worried about attention than anything else

[BrowneIssue]

And my point was that a huge % of people in this country cannot learn a foreign language as easily as you made out. You just assume that they can - they can't. A lot of people struggle to learn anything new

Hey, nice troll.

"Oh, so it's not 'cos I is black. It's 'cos I is fick?"

[SallyAnne]

Hey, nice troll.

"Oh, so it's not 'cos I is black. It's 'cos I is fick?"

What are you talking about?

[BrowneIssue]

Er Ardesco, how many languages do you speak?

It has to be at least one more than Milan.

[Ardesco]

Except for the bits you choose to ignore.

And that's your solution, isn't it? Everyone has to conform to what YOU want, what YOU do.
Quite impressive arrogance. So an indigenous people that precede the invaders with their own language have to conform to the incomers.

Why not go to Australia? You'll be happy there.

*sigh* Britain was made from four countries and when it was made the default language was decided as English. If Wales devolves and is no longer part of the UK and the people decide that this new devolved country is going to have it's National language as Welsh then anybody emmigrating to Wales should have to learn Welsh.

You are the one managing to show impressive arrogance here. I'm quite happy for Wales to break away from the UK if it wants to, the same goes for Scotland and Northern Ireland, but until that happens you are part of the UK and should speak the national language of the UK (and believe it or not a large portion of my family was born and bred in North Wales and speak Welsh)

[milanbenes]

'(and believe it or not a large portion of my family was born and bred in North Wales and speak Welsh)',

I'd keep that to yourself chap


Milan.

[blacjac]

Have you ever learned a foreign language?

Either through a class or via self taught techniques?

This is the method they teach you.

Unless you're getting confused with phrase books obviously

Yes thanks.

German, French and Spanish in a class.
Afrikaans self taught because I lived in South Africa for 2 years.

Learning the complex language constructs (or even the simple ones) only teaches you how to pass an exam, it doesn't teach you how to converse with people on a day to day level.


My 4 year old is currently learning English, she hasn't got a clue about language structure, what a verb or noun is or which tense should be used.

However she can say to the man behind the counter in the shop "Milkyway please mister", "Thankyou".