Why do Asian people have trouble saying r's and l's?

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by orange
Why do Americans have trouble speaking any language other than English correctly?

[/flame]

The real question is why do Americans have trouble with speaking English?

[st_swithin]

Originally posted by Neutrino
Why can Caucasians never get the tones right in Chinese?

My sister's SO has no trouble with them if I repeat them a couple of times. Of course, he's Canadian, so maybe that's the reason.

[Q Classic]

He's confusing an accent with a speech impediment. Most people have an accent depending upon where you grew up, what country it was in, and which language you learned first.

i'm confusing it? or john is?

[TCO]

Why do comentators on NPR insist on saying things related to Latinos with that dee-ish tee sound. Even when they are talking English. And why do they say undocumented worker instead of illegal alien?

[Q Classic]

undocumented worker is p.c., illegal alien is not.

heaven forbid we hurt the self-esteem of those who come into this country illegally.

[Xeones]

as much as it is the development of the muscles or tendons in the mouth or vocal cords, it is also the development of the brain. kids growing up making different sounds will be stimulating different parts of their brains, causing them to develop uniquely.

[st_swithin]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
undocumented worker is p.c., illegal alien is not.

heaven forbid we hurt the self-esteem of those who come into this country illegally.

If I'd been born in Canada, I'd be Canadian. If I'd been born in Australia, I'd be Australian. But because I was born in the states, I'm Other, Oriental, Asian, Asian-American, or Chinese American. Then whitey-American and redneck-American get pissed because we don't adopt American customs and habits.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
Why do American people have trouble rolling their Rs?

You roll lots of Rs in Spanish. Many if not most people in the southwest are good at it.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tingkai
The real question is why do Americans have trouble with speaking English?

HA! We out number the rest of you so democratically our way is correct and you folks are all wrong.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But because I was born in the states, I'm Other, Oriental, Asian, Asian-American, or Chinese American. Then whitey-American and redneck-American get pissed because we don't adopt American customs and habits.

Um.. it's whitey-American and redneck-American who'd prefer you'd be called simply 'American' and not some hyphen.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
undocumented worker is p.c., illegal alien is not.

heaven forbid we hurt the self-esteem of those who come into this country illegally.

If I lose my driver's license, I'm undocumented. If I sneak in, I'm illegal. That is wrong as hell that they are using that lame-ass phrase.

[st_swithin]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

But because I was born in the states, I'm Other, Oriental, Asian, Asian-American, or Chinese American. Then whitey-American and redneck-American get pissed because we don't adopt American customs and habits.

Um.. it's whitey-American and redneck-American who'd prefer you'd be called simply 'American' and not some hyphen.

Then who the heck is designating the forms we fill out?!?

I'd prefer not to be a hyphenated horror, like the Iran-Contras or EthnicOrigin-American.

[Drake Tungsten]

Then who the heck is designating the forms we fill out?!?

Dirty hippies, who think labelling you shows that they respect you.

God I hate hippies.

[st_swithin]

Fvckin' hippies. I want to amputate every filthy, balding-headed ponytail I see.

[Drake Tungsten]

I got your back. Let's get to it.