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Arpana posted an update in the group Caravanserai 6 years, 1 month ago
Interesting article about English when used as a second language.
particularly given the Sannyas world is multi national, as is the verdant oasis,
that is Sannyas News.https://theconversation.com/the-english-language-is-the-worlds-achilles-heel-93817
Its an interesting article , Arpana. Bit general though. My German wife speaks English better than most English people. If she is angry is certainly not detached in speaking |English. We both speak a number of languages. I find German easier to learn than Spanish. Spanish is a very feeling language. It always pisses me off when I see English tourists saying a pronounced ’Thank you very much’ at the checkout counter at the local supermarket. General problem with the British is that they think everyone should speak English. throwback to days of empire. L
I have a Chilean friend, who speaks better English than most Brits, so I get your point.
Paragraph five is rather interesting, intruiging notion.
I was in Tunisia some years ago, where they speak French, and I can up to a point,
then improved markedly over the month I was in the country,
and people respond so positively to anyone English speaking French.
(The number of muttered ’'batard Anglaise’’ drops markedly.