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No one speaks english anymore??
On 14/03/2013 10:57 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:46:12 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 1:55 AM, wrote: Well English is an international language.English is a world wide language.Many people now a days understand English.There are many people learning English.There are many online free resources http://youtu.be/Dmg7340f4Rk helping people to learn English. facts don't seem to support that claim; TONGUE speakers % Mandarin 955M 14.10% Spanish 407M 5.85% English 365M 5.52% Hindi 311M 4.46% Arabic 293M 4.23% Portuguese 216M 3.08% Bengali 206M 3.05% Russian 160M 2.42% Japanese 127M 1.92% Punjabi 102M 1.44% German 92M 1.39% Javanese 82M 1.25% Wu 80M 1.20% Malay 77M 1.16% Telugu 76M 1.15% Vietnamese 76M 1.14% Korean 76M 1.14% French 74M 1.12% What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, and the rest of the list do not also speak English? Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. -- Production is starting on George Clooney's, Ben Affleck's "Let my people go" the secret story of how the CIA assisted Moses in the Exodus... |
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No one speaks english anymore??
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wrote: What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, and the rest of the list do not also speak English? Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. spammers lie. |
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No one speaks english anymore??
On 15/03/2013 2:51 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:21:00 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 10:57 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:46:12 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 1:55 AM, wrote: Well English is an international language.English is a world wide language.Many people now a days understand English.There are many people learning English. What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, and the rest of the list do not also speak English? Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. Where do you get that? The OP said English is "an international language". It is. He said that English is "a world-wide language". It is. He didn't say that English is spoken exclusively internationally, or that English is the primary language of most people. Sitting in a restaurant in Switzerland a group of Japanese were in to dine. The waiter spoke German (Swiss dialect) so in this situation they were communicating in broken English, funniest thing I've seen for a long time of course I knew what they were saying and understood the conversation but I don't think either understood each other. |
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No one speaks english anymore??
On 2013-03-14 21:02:40 -0700, Rob said:
On 15/03/2013 2:51 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:21:00 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 10:57 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:46:12 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 1:55 AM, wrote: Well English is an international language.English is a world wide language.Many people now a days understand English.There are many people learning English. What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, and the rest of the list do not also speak English? Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. Where do you get that? The OP said English is "an international language". It is. He said that English is "a world-wide language". It is. He didn't say that English is spoken exclusively internationally, or that English is the primary language of most people. Sitting in a restaurant in Switzerland a group of Japanese were in to dine. The waiter spoke German (Swiss dialect) so in this situation they were communicating in broken English, funniest thing I've seen for a long time of course I knew what they were saying and understood the conversation but I don't think either understood each other. You should try that with a cousin and his wife from Tennessee. My poor wife who was born in Cheltenham, UK, sat through three days of conversation, politely nodding her head without understanding a word spoken. ....and cousin D.M. and his wife Stella were convinced they were speaking English. I seriously doubt that anybody who lived outside of a ten mile radius of their home would believe that. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 15/03/2013 3:15 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2013-03-14 21:02:40 -0700, Rob said: On 15/03/2013 2:51 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:21:00 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 10:57 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:46:12 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 1:55 AM, wrote: Well English is an international language.English is a world wide language.Many people now a days understand English.There are many people learning English. What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, and the rest of the list do not also speak English? Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. Where do you get that? The OP said English is "an international language". It is. He said that English is "a world-wide language". It is. He didn't say that English is spoken exclusively internationally, or that English is the primary language of most people. Sitting in a restaurant in Switzerland a group of Japanese were in to dine. The waiter spoke German (Swiss dialect) so in this situation they were communicating in broken English, funniest thing I've seen for a long time of course I knew what they were saying and understood the conversation but I don't think either understood each other. You should try that with a cousin and his wife from Tennessee. My poor wife who was born in Cheltenham, UK, sat through three days of conversation, politely nodding her head without understanding a word spoken. ...and cousin D.M. and his wife Stella were convinced they were speaking English. I seriously doubt that anybody who lived outside of a ten mile radius of their home would believe that. The French don't want to speak to Canadian French speaking people. Must have been the war the French lost and still show hostilities. |
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On 2013-03-15 01:00:51 -0700, Rob said:
On 15/03/2013 3:15 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2013-03-14 21:02:40 -0700, Rob said: On 15/03/2013 2:51 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:21:00 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 10:57 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:46:12 -0400, Usenet Account wrote: On 14/03/2013 1:55 AM, wrote: Well English is an international language.English is a world wide language.Many people now a days understand English.There are many people learning English. What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, and the rest of the list do not also speak English? Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. Where do you get that? The OP said English is "an international language". It is. He said that English is "a world-wide language". It is. He didn't say that English is spoken exclusively internationally, or that English is the primary language of most people. Sitting in a restaurant in Switzerland a group of Japanese were in to dine. The waiter spoke German (Swiss dialect) so in this situation they were communicating in broken English, funniest thing I've seen for a long time of course I knew what they were saying and understood the conversation but I don't think either understood each other. You should try that with a cousin and his wife from Tennessee. My poor wife who was born in Cheltenham, UK, sat through three days of conversation, politely nodding her head without understanding a word spoken. ...and cousin D.M. and his wife Stella were convinced they were speaking English. I seriously doubt that anybody who lived outside of a ten mile radius of their home would believe that. The French don't want to speak to Canadian French speaking people. Must have been the war the French lost and still show hostilities. Most of the "Arcadians" ended up in Louisiana, and nobody understands them. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:21:00 -0400, Usenet Account
wrote: : On 14/03/2013 10:57 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: : On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:46:12 -0400, Usenet Account : wrote: : : On 14/03/2013 1:55 AM, wrote: : : Well English is an international language.English is a world wide : language.Many people now a days understand English.There are many : people learning English.There are many online free resources : http://youtu.be/Dmg7340f4Rk helping people to learn English. : : facts don't seem to support that claim; : TONGUE speakers % : Mandarin 955M 14.10% : Spanish 407M 5.85% : English 365M 5.52% : Hindi 311M 4.46% : Arabic 293M 4.23% : Portuguese 216M 3.08% : Bengali 206M 3.05% : Russian 160M 2.42% : Japanese 127M 1.92% : Punjabi 102M 1.44% : German 92M 1.39% : Javanese 82M 1.25% : Wu 80M 1.20% : Malay 77M 1.16% : Telugu 76M 1.15% : Vietnamese 76M 1.14% : Korean 76M 1.14% : French 74M 1.12% : : What makes you think that the native speakers of Mandarin, Spanish, : and the rest of the list do not also speak English? : : : Many do, and many are multi-lingual. However the premise to the OP, aka : spammer was the entire World speaks English is flawed. Well, it's "flawed" in the sense that it isn't literally true, but then the OP never actually made that claim. And Tony's point is, if anything, an understatement. Overwhelmingly, the second language of choice among native speakers of other languages is English. There are areas of the world (Scandanavia is one) where, at least in the cities, it's difficult to find someone who doesn't speak English. It has often been said, with some justification, that the one really good thing that England did for India was compel a large segment of its people to learn English. Bob |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:02:40 +1100, Rob wrote:
: Sitting in a restaurant in Switzerland a group of Japanese were in to : dine. The waiter spoke German (Swiss dialect) so in this situation they : were communicating in broken English, funniest thing I've seen for a : long time of course I knew what they were saying and understood the : conversation but I don't think either understood each other. Once at a hotel restaurant in Trondheim, Norway, the waitress addressed me in English, but I decided to try out my 3-day-old Norwegian. She immediately concluded that I didn't speak either language and smoothly switched to German. I know enough German to grasp what she was saying, but I knew when I was licked and reverted to English. The waitress didn't tell me I was crazy, but I'm sure that's what she thought. Bob |
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No one speaks english anymore??
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:15:08 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: : On 2013-03-14 21:02:40 -0700, Rob said: : Sitting in a restaurant in Switzerland a group of Japanese were in to : dine. The waiter spoke German (Swiss dialect) so in this situation they : were communicating in broken English, funniest thing I've seen for a : long time of course I knew what they were saying and understood the : conversation but I don't think either understood each other. : : You should try that with a cousin and his wife from Tennessee. My poor : wife who was born in Cheltenham, UK, sat through three days of : conversation, politely nodding her head without understanding a word : spoken. : ...and cousin D.M. and his wife Stella were convinced they were : speaking English. I seriously doubt that anybody who lived outside of a : ten mile radius of their home would believe that. I always laugh when I hear stories like that, because as a child of northern parents who grew up in the south, I can switch seamlessly among several northern and southern dialects and understand pretty much all of them. But enough people say that they find southern accents incomprehensible that I have to believe them. Bob |
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