I'd like to sincerely thank Apolyton for....

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by tandeetaylor
That reminds me of a little joke-- Good thing I wasn't born in Japan because I don't speak a word of Japanese. Haaaa haaa. Funny, huh? But seriously, we should all start teaching our children Chinese, and then we won't have to worry about it.

Nah....we'll just nuke the terrorists.

[Timexwatch]

Too bad Apolyton hasn't improved Paiktis trolling skills...you'd think a little bit of Horse would rub off on him...

[Solly]

Everyone will learn English eventually. All other languages will die out.

Ok Paiktis, stop kissing arse.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Everyone will learn English eventually. All other languages will die out.

I doubt it.

[CerberusIV]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Everyone will learn English eventually. All other languages will die out.

More likely everyone will learn english in addition to their local language (except Brits and Americans for obvious reasons). Result - they can communicate with foreigners when necessary in english and insult them when desirable in the local language.

I have considered learning either Welsh or Esperanto to be able to do this myself.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000


I doubt it.

Speak for yourself..

[Alex]

I'd say that I feel more confident now to write in English than before. But this is a barbaric language, as we all know.

Portuguese rules!

[SlowwHand]

Re: I'd like to sincerely thank Apolyton for....

Originally posted by paiktis22
dramatically improving my written english.
Really, the syntax, the grammar, the vocanbulary are all better and richer now

Thanks to everyone and especially to those who use difficult words and phrases in english.

I feel confident that I can now understand far more in every text, including the curses!

I actually think that's a great idea: forum participation to ameliorate a foreign language!

I just felt like expressing my gratitude!

Congrats! You probably sound like some cracker from Iowa now.

[chairmanmeow]

Originally posted by CerberusIV


More likely everyone will learn english in addition to their local language (except Brits and Americans for obvious reasons). Result - they can communicate with foreigners when necessary in english and insult them when desirable in the local language.

I have considered learning either Welsh or Esperanto to be able to do this myself.

I learned Latin to do that. Too bad I'll be going to a Catholic college.

[Adam Smith]

Should we tell Paiktis its all from the Monty Python Phrasebook?
Wait till he tries touse it outside Poly.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DuncanK
I'll tell you right now. Americans would be dead. Most of us, including me, can not even learn Spanish or French. Chinese is impossible.

Nah, a lot of gweilos have learnt how to speak Mandarin. It's not that hard. Adam Smith above me knows it. Probably mindseye too.

[Zoid]

Re: I'd like to sincerely thank Apolyton for....

Originally posted by paiktis22

I actually think that's a great idea: forum participation to ameliorate a foreign language!

Ameliorate?? You got that word straight from the dictionary, didn´t you?

[Bereta_Eder]

Re: Re: I'd like to sincerely thank Apolyton for....

Originally posted by SlowwHand


Congrats! You probably sound like some cracker from Iowa now.

Kamrat, nope that was a loan from french

[H Tower]

if you're learning grammar and syntax at poly...

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Re: Re: I'd like to sincerely thank Apolyton for....

Originally posted by paiktis22





Kamrat, nope that was a loan from french

Great, but just so you know, in English, we don't use the word in that way. It is used to denote an improvement in condition, not knowledge. You ameliorate suffering, you don't ameliorate language.