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dmb
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Wit ur yu oan aboot pal? A've aguid mind tae stick the heid oan ye.
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for those unfamiliar with the Scottish dialect it means 'Hello, pleased to meet you' |
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Queen of Sheba
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the translation. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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psssst... your Highness...
don't trust him... 
He could be telling us the truth, but I've noted that he has a tendency to... umm... try to stir things up...
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dmb
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Who me? Surely you must have me confused with somebody else.  |
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Queen of Sheba
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for the advice, dear veiled priestess... 
Last edited by Queen of Sheba on Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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SueH
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: |
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If dmb ever ask you to 'pick a windie..' be very worried.
And really Scot47! Yours was as bad a generalisation as any. OK, a good proportion are 'merchant bankers', but it's as bad as me saying 'all Scots have chips on their shoulders' or 'decent football managers, crap players'.
[Sue, ex-state school, ducks and weaves] |
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scot47
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Why should I hide my feelings ? That is what this is about - not about which accent is objectively better !
And here is a hint - don't believe everything that people say or write ! |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| And here is a hint - don't believe everything that people say or write ! |
Even that Scot47 fellow?
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scot47
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| He is a notorious double-dealer and two-timer ! |
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SueH
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| And here is a hint - don't believe everything that people say or write ! |
Oh, alright then. Me too, except maybe that bit about the footballers. [dmb's a bit slow to bite today...] |
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GabeKessel
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: |
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The story I have heard from an American military collegue is that to an average Saudi, ( Kuwaiti, Emirati, etc) a South African is, well...an Amerikee. There are white people and black people there ( just like in the US) and they speak English ( just like in the US) and they look like Americans basically ( through Saudi eyes, that is) but they cost one third of what an American would cost. Put a South African in a classroom with Saudi students and they would not know the difference.
The only person knowing the difference is the one pocketing all the extra profits- i.e. the owner of the school. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Most Saudis - including those with functional English - do not really know very much about the outside world. That makes them rather like the average Brit or average Gringo.
Their grasp of World Geography is not strong ! South Africa ? Is that near New Zealand ? |
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Pikgitina
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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also in saudi
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| A Saudi taught English by a South African may be a little distraught when he discovers that Brits and Gringos cannot understand him. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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a. in s.
You make the mistake of thinking that the teacher is central. Languages are acquired or learned. The role of the teacher is marginal. |
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