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[yaramaz]

Evimde domuz eti sucuk var. Armenian deli'den. Yay!

[Baba Alex]

[justme]

Bende bilmiyorum. Ermenistan'dan, Ermeniler'den, Nişantaşı'ndan �ok uzak otuyorum. Herhangi bir domuz eti iyi olur.

Whynotme, �ok doğru konuşuyorsun. Bana g�re yemek en iyi konusu. Aslında domuz etini pek �zlemem (biraz �zl�yorum ama). Şu anda bir Eti Brownie tercih ederim, ama okulumda hi� Eti yok-- sadece �lker var!!

[Otterman Ollie]

So judging by the last few dozen posts it would appear that some of you at least know the language of the country ,good for you ,so what ?
I found when I first arrived here more than a few of my peers were in the same situation maybe because they had a partner from this place (usually a fast track to learn) but they didn't know squat about the country and couldn't even tell me where to get cheap drinking water from or where to pay an electric bill and they never ever shopped in Tansas or god forbid go to a street market ,yeah they were a lot of help to me .So Oh bilingual wizards how much do you bother to help those who don't have the handle on the language like you . Smug eh !

[Baba Alex]

[baksana]

OK, so you know Turkish.... but how did you learn it? Did you
take a course like Tomer or Dilmer? Did you teach yourself?
Pick it up on the street?

I'm curious because I'd like to sign up for a Turkish course.

[Mark Loyd]

Alex:

Did you use to buy your cheap supermarket lager at Asda?

[Baba Alex]

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

[sweetpea]

I won't attempt to dazzle you with my turkish (though, like many here, I have learned quite of a bit of the language, having lived here for nearly 3 years). But, I would like to address a comment you made, turkishlover, that 'most americans don't bother to learn a second language.' That statement is true for most people born in countries where the dominant language is English. Very few people from Ireland, England, Australia, etc., know any other language but their mother-tongue. But, we Americans get the most flack for it. Sad, but true.

[turkishlover25]

Of coure you are right, sweetpea, and I don't mean to sound anti-American. But since I am American, I pay more attention to the facts about us. I am hoping to learn Italian this next year - part of my resolutions and all

[Golightly]

It's interesting to note that anglophone communities are largely geographically isolated: the UK being an island, of course, as is Australia. with the US, where it shares a common border with Mexico, there are a far greater proportion of English/Spanish speakers. The simple fact is, most Anglophones simply don't need to learn another language, or at least don't feel they have to.
Besides, the English attitude to anyone foreign is generally to shout loudly and slowly, making frantic hand gestures at them, until they condescend to understand.

Many EFL theories are based upon this practice.

And anyway, the general British attitude to all things foreign is that we've either seen it, done it, or owned it.

[sandyhoney2]

[Golightly]

well, duh! Can they speak Canadian eh?

[N_Ashdown]

Most Canadians don't speak French either, and many French Canadians don't speak any English.