Re: Hello to you all!
From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
Date: | Monday, March 4, 2002, 13:53 |
Kala Tunu wrote:
>Europeans who are so proud and happy that you try and speak their language
>whatever your level : Germans, Spaniards, Italians.
>Europeans who find it natural you speak their language and never mind your
>accent or grammar : English speakers.
>Europeans who correct you and make fun of your accent but can't stand you
>don't
>speak their own lang : French.
>Europeans who feel annoyed and tell you're too dumb to speak their language
>so
>don't try anyway : Dutch.
>I feel grateful to Germans, Englophones and Spaniards for their
>encouragement
>and help and leniency when i speak their own lang.
You forget the Swedes, who're so anxious to show their command of English
that they won't let you speak their own language ...
Andreas
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