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11-12-2016, 11:13 PM | #76 | ||
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Absolutely yes, they will if they settle here gradually pick up a fair bit of our language.
I have no problem with that whatsoever. |
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12-12-2016, 12:07 AM | #77 | ||
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"Acceptable"? Yes. Although for their own comfort and ease of living, I would suggest that anyone living in any country long-term should be at least trying to learn the language. Not exactly fair to say they should just "be able to speak it". That **** takes time. I had a Greek friend at University and his English was "very basic" at best when he first got here, and was only really becoming conversationally fluent by 3rd year. I have no idea how he was following his lectures . Though he was an Engineering student so a lot of it is Maths, I guess, and he could always understand more than he could actually speak.
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12-12-2016, 06:58 PM | #78 | |||
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How is anyone going to earn a living if they don't speak the language? I could speak German when I worked in Germany and I learned Italian when I worked in Italy. If you don't speak the language, or at least make an effort, you're going to end up isolated, ghettos form, exclusion ensues.
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12-12-2016, 07:00 PM | #79 | |||
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An effort should be made.
I learn Spanish and Portuguese to a basic level when i lived in Brazil and Mexico.
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If you're living in a foreign country then you should be able to speak at least the basics of the language.
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15-12-2016, 10:58 AM | #81 | |||
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15-12-2016, 11:04 AM | #82 | |||
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15-12-2016, 11:29 AM | #83 | ||
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Yeah, people who speak English as a first language often don't realise that it's a very HARD language to learn as a second language. A strange ancient blend of Latin, Greek and Germanic origins. A thousand ways to say the same thing, grammar "rules" that chop and change and have exceptions without warning. Weird spellings of many words... It must be a total headache
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15-12-2016, 12:26 PM | #87 | |||
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15-12-2016, 05:28 PM | #89 | ||
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Of course those coming here (long term) should make an effort to learn English.
Having said that, when I was living in Greece (6 months at a time) I worked very hard to learn Greek despite the huge majority of people there speaking English anyway. So maybe my standards are just higher than everyone elses, or maybe I'm not as antisocial as those who think knowing a countries main language is not important...
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16-12-2016, 03:08 PM | #91 | |||
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I think acceptable is perhaps the wrong word/question. Of course you can be in any country you don't speak the language of but if you are planning to emigrate/live in a country with a different language then you ought to learn the language so you can communicate. In fact it's rather stupid and insular not to. There are many practical reasons you would need to speak the language like speaking with teachers of your children, banking etc etc. A bank won't speak to someone who isn't you to deal with your account.
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