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spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Ah, in this one case I will kindly overlook the lack of the apostrophe in favor of content (though I'd have circled students in red with a question mark;-).

Sashadroogie · Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 6:24 pm Post subject:

Whatever about variety of English, it's quality should be a concern to alot of poser's who's writing betrays there lack of erudtion and grammer. Tsk tsk!

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Ah, but Sash, some of them speak FOUR languages - surely you can overlook some obvious typos in such a case;-)

Phillip Schofield · Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 9:16 pm Post subject:

I may have come late to the party, but I want to throw in a little experience I had a while back.

Our school had a student who traveled a lot to the US to attend Jazz conferences. We didn't have a US teacher at the time and so he was given to me.

After the initial pleasantries, he asked, in a rather disdainful manner, "How can you teach me American English if you are British? You can't speak their language."

I remember wondering whether to even bother trying to explain things to him.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Heh. I worked almost 8 years in a place where British English was the standard. Was able to handle the job. Reckon you were also. Students can be clueless:-)

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject:

Too much nannying, perhaps?

Deats · Joined: 02 Jan 2015 Posts: 503

I always tell my students I am multilingual. I can speak English, American, Australian, etc etc.

GotoRussia · Joined: 02 Jan 2014 Posts: 182

hey Droggieman, how good's your Russian? you lived in Russia for what, over a decade or 2. should be perfectly fluent by now.

I'm willing to bet I speak with a better accent than he does with less than 1 year of studying..

as for the nannying, most of you couldn't even get an interview let alone a job with a family.

I've stayed at 5 star hotels in Europe, flown on private jets and helicopters, given an all expenses paid trip to New York to meet a potential client.

I wonder if your students even treated you to a coffee.

Tough life but hey somebody's gotta do it.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 7:16 am Post subject:

Couldn't understand British accents, but is convinced of superior language/accent learning skills Very Happy

GotoRussia · Joined: 02 Jan 2014 Posts: 182

Some of those British accents are so thick I'm not even sure they're speaking English. the crisp American accent is way more pleasing to the ear.

it's like grating chalk the way the uncouth yobs from Soho talk.
Go to a pub on a weekend and here the drunkards, blimey mate...

Droggy you wanna post an audio clip of you speaking Russian and we'll compare it to mine? Dollars to donuts I sound more Russian than you.
My Russian friends have no problems understanding me, do yours?

Or for that matter we can do English. I got you beat on all counts.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 7:39 am Post subject:

Sure, we can both post clips of Russians speaking and pretend the audio is us.

But these assumptions are a marvel! No need for any base. They just float in a miasima of unenlightenment. No need for any coherent written expression of them either! Why, that's what jingoism is for!

Stirlitz17 · Joined: 11 Mar 2015 Posts: 14 Location: Russia

Gamajorba · Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 357

Hey, what's wrong with British English?!

...well, apart from when it's super heavy, slang ridden and generally incomprehendable to anyone outside the periphery of said accent/dialect...!