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Crimson Dynamo 05-03-2025 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Quantum Boy (Post 11613295)
While I accept that when living in a country, people should at least attempt to learn the language - I would say that us Brits are notorious hypocrites when it comes to this, and there are Brits living all over the world in non-English-speaking countries, who don't speak a word of anything other than English.

slightly different as English is spoken far and wide and most Film and Music is English

For example none outside of India or Pakistan or Eritrea to name 3 speak their languages

The emphasis should always be if you want to come to live in the UK you learn the language and respect our customs and we should not be spending any money for bloody interpretors or changing any signs into any other languages or leaflets etc

user104658 05-03-2025 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo (Post 11613300)
slightly different as English is spoken far and wide and most Film and Music is English

If you go pretty much anywhere a little off the beaten tourist track you quickly find out that, no, it isn't different at all. In the bigger cities and tourist areas of most countries yes people often have functional English. Outside of that, not really.

Crimson Dynamo 05-03-2025 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Quantum Boy (Post 11613303)
If you go pretty much anywhere a little off the beaten tourist track you quickly find out that, no, it isn't different at all. In the bigger cities and tourist areas of most countries yes people often have functional English. Outside of that, not really.

Yeah Iithink you are wrong, and not well travelled.

bots 05-03-2025 08:14 PM

if you go to our closest neighbour, France, and you go outside of the tourist areas, they don't speak english

Cherie 05-03-2025 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Quantum Boy (Post 11613295)
While I accept that when living in a country, people should at least attempt to learn the language - I would say that us Brits are notorious hypocrites when it comes to this, and there are Brits living all over the world in non-English-speaking countries, who don't speak a word of anything other than English.

Yes that may be correct, however the host country does not pay for interpreters for them

Cherie 05-03-2025 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bots (Post 11613310)
if you go to our closest neighbour, France, and you go outside of the tourist areas, they don't speak english

in Paris even if they speak English they pretend not to be able to :laugh: and I recall being at Eurodisney having to delve into my school French to get served

Glenn. 05-03-2025 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo (Post 11613264)
And if they are not speaking English I'd imagine they are on benefits

And whys that? What a ridiculous post

Redway 05-03-2025 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessica. (Post 11613261)
Your colonisers forced people from other countries to speak English instead of learning their language. Also it takes a very long time to learn a language. I'm sure a lot of people counted are in the process.

And out of 60 million, that’s not bad.

Redway 05-03-2025 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Glenn. (Post 11613318)
And whys that? What a ridiculous post

Is 99% of what he posts anything other than ridiculous and intended to bait? The only difference is that I think he actually believes this one.

Glenn. 05-03-2025 08:30 PM

I wonder how many languages he speaks

Redway 05-03-2025 08:31 PM

I don’t even disagree that people who live here ought to know English. But with LT it’s never just about the fact alone.


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