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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:12 am Post subject: Switzerland, Mexico, I don't understand. Mexico isn't in EU |
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If you can't understand irony then you should not be teaching English.
Switzerland is not part of the EU and Mexico is not part of the USA. Get it ?
Next time I will explain everything in simple words for the benefit of the semi-literate who cruise these boards. |
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rogan
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 416 Location: at home, in France
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:39 am Post subject: |
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Scot,
It seems that many of our 'colleagues' are intellectually challenged as well as geographically challenged |
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lajzar
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Saitama-ken, Japan
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:10 am Post subject: |
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If you can't understand irony then you should not be teaching English. |
Scot, that isnt realistic. While I and every other person who has spent significant time in the British Isles appreciate your attempt to rig the job markets in our favour, there just aren't enough of us to go around. Like it or not, the Americans are good for something |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:46 am Post subject: |
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good for what ? |
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PrimaryTeacher
Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 18
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:43 am Post subject: IMHO |
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IMHO, sarcastic blasts are always off topic. |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1758 Location: Seoul, ROK
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Found out recently that not only do you have to be a US citizen to be President of that country but also actually born there. What gives with this? Being born overseas - why should that disqualify you from leading the country?
The good news re this is that Arnie can never be President even if he became Governor of California! |
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dyak
Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 630
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:30 pm Post subject: re: the land of the free |
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Not only do you have to be born in America, you have to be from the same blood line as all the other US Presidents, for that�s how that particular �democracy� works. |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:04 pm Post subject: USAnians |
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Sarcasm or Irony ?
If it is from me it is Irony. From someone else it is sarcasm.
Seriously though observers including Bill Bryson have commented on the inability of USAnians to comprehend irony.
But I can't help feeling that people should know more about the world beyond the USA. Believing that Switzerland is part of the European Union is akin to believing that New Mexico is not in the US or that Nova Scotia is part of that wonderful Union.
Why do so many Americans know so little of the world outside ? |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1758 Location: Seoul, ROK
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lajzar
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Saitama-ken, Japan
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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If you have no intention of ever going there, I can understand not knowing about the EU or Switzerland. But for someone who is intent on gaining citizenship to not know what is within and without the borders, that is just bad. |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1758 Location: Seoul, ROK
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Lajzar....
Yeah... didn't think of it that way.
For those still at undergraduate level, what Lajzar has pointed out: this is a definition of irony. |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 11:35 am Post subject: World Citizens ? |
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I revise my question. It is not just USAnians who know and care little about the worldoutside their borders.
I will ask the question thus :
"Why is it that so many people attracted to jobs in TESOL know little about the world outside their own cabbage patch ?" |
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grahamb
Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject: Worldy-wise |
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Can I go to Nova Scotia or New Caledonia with a Scottish passport? |
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Albulbul
Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 364
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:38 am Post subject: EU |
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My grandfather was an illegitimate son of the King of Ruritania. Now that Ruritania is joining the EU can I apply to become King ? |
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Olympian
Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 4
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Hi, A from june 2002, A swiss passport basically works like an EU passport. If you want to work in Europe, then you have no legal concerns if you have a Swiss passport. You will be given residency automatically, if you have both a swiss passport and a job in the EU. |
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