English Language

[Dry]

Originally posted by SpencerH
One of the things that may be a factor is dubbing movies as compared to subtitles. I've noticed that the english is better in scandinavia where the movies and english (speaking) tv is subtitled compared to Germany where its mostly dubbed.

True.
In Belgium, french-speaking belgians have more problems then flemish-speaking belgians.
Films are dubbed for french, subtitled for Flemish.

And not only films. Flemish radios let people talk in their own language and translate afterwards, while on french speaking radios the translation comes over the speaking person (although it slowly start to change, esp. on radio for younger people).

[alva]

And the fact that the south doesn't even want to try

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Starchild
The english barely speak english properly.

Hey! It's we Americans would take pride in our inability to speak English...or any other language for that matter. Just look at our President.

[TCO]

Re: English Language

Originally posted by Seeker
The more I teach English the more I respect how good some our non-English posters English is.

They are surprisingly Coca-colonised. But their written English tends to be much more adroit than their spoken.

Provost Harrison is very good,

Yeah the Brits have decent English. I think they study it pretty early in school.

[TCO]

Originally posted by aaglo
Me like who the goodier talk and read. I now nothing the respect from you

I miss Ottok. But I think he was a little screwed in the brain.

[Paul Hanson]

A lot of us starter even earlier than that.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Dry

To learn french, try - what I do for english - french forums.

Or a French girldfriend. Even if you don't learn anything, the loving is nice.

[Ozz]

Originally posted by Zkribbler

Hey! It's we Americans would take pride in our inability to speak English...or any other language for that matter. Just look at our President.

Our Prime Minister has you beat, he can't speak eithier
French or English properly.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Dry

True.
In Belgium, french-speaking belgians have more problems then flemish-speaking belgians.
Films are dubbed for french, subtitled for Flemish.

And not only films. Flemish radios let people talk in their own language and translate afterwards, while on french speaking radios the translation comes over the speaking person (although it slowly start to change, esp. on radio for younger people).

Dutch (ooops...I mean Flemish) is pretty close to English in vocabulary. Like German.

[TCO]

Originally posted by alva
And the fact that the south doesn't even want to try

Well what do you expect...

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by GP
Dutch (ooops...I mean Flemish)

It's Dutch; Flemish isn't a language, it's a dialect.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Zopperoni

It's Dutch; Flemish isn't a language, it's a dialect.

The Phlegms don't like to hear that. Get very upitty. As you were confiscating a parliament or something.