ENGLISH is the lingua franca

[Lord Bracknell]

I wonder if Kaz can speak French then?

His brother does, so he will.


From 7 mins 25 secs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEcniFRDVGc

 

[Jim in the West]

dont apologise to me , i think colonialism was fantastic, there should be more of it.

Oops....I was being sarcastic, but I didn't realise I was dealing with another Nick Griffin....

 

[User removed 4]

many of who?

words fail me. If you're talking about immigrants into the UK you do know back in the 50's immigrants couldn't enter the UK if they had any sort of criminal record? All the 'crime' you claim must then be home grown.

Also please enlighten me about all these diseases 'they' have given you.

African immigrants and "asylum seekers" the ones i was referring to in my post , who else would i be on about ? and as usual , instead of honest debate , you go off at a tangent quoting obscure and meaningless facts about immigarants from the windrush generation from a totally diferent era and place.

 

[User removed 4]

Another post that reveals your complete ignorance.

The top 10 destinations (in order) of emigrants from the DRC are:-

Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Belgium, France, Germany, Central African Republic, Canada, United Kingdom.

Source:- United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, 2009

and those statistics answer my question how ? it still stands, why the f*** do so many of them come here, and thats just the ones we know about.

 

[El Presidente]

and those statistics answer my question how ? it still stands, why the f*** do so many of them come here, and thats just the ones we know about.

Many of them are students, paying £12,000 a year to listen to the likes of me. They help pay my wages, I have no issue with that.

 

[User removed 4]

Many of them are students, paying £12,000 a year to listen to the likes of me. They help pay my wages, I have no issue with that.

many of them are students? from the democratic republic of congo? paying twelve grand a year? course they are.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

many of them are students? from the democratic republic of congo? paying twelve grand a year? course they are.

Not sure if you're serious or on a wind up. People like you can't still exist in 2012 can they? What next, kill all the gays? Jesus.

 

[El Presidente]

and those statistics answer my question how ? it still stands, why the f*** do so many of them come here, and thats just the ones we know about.

Many of them are students, paying £12,000 a year to listen to the likes of me. They help pay my wages, I have no issue with that.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

and those statistics answer my question how ? it still stands, why the f*** do so many of them come here, and thats just the ones we know about.

Bet you're not complaining about black African immigrant Didier Drogba coming over and helping your beloved Chelsea win the Champion's League...

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I wonder if Kaz can speak French then?

He sits alongside Vincelot when relaxing after training.

 

[philsussex]

i live 2 hours from the spanish border,near toulouse

and the attitude to english has changed drastically

the generation of my in-laws speak very little or none

my wife's generation were taught spanish as a 2nd language,for obvious reasons

but french parents today,insist on there children being taught english as a 2nd language

the french have realised that unless you want to be really good at asking for bread & butter in spanish while on holiday in spain

there's alot more advantages to learning english in this ever decreasing world

That's interesting. I'm amazed the French have finally accepted it.

 

[looney]

Spot on. The fact that English is the lingua Franca of the world has very little to do with the English.

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Irony.

Courses at an Italian University will now be taught in English. Economics courses are taught in english globally(Including france).

France has to bribe Francophone countries to keep french, it wont last.

English IS the global language so deal with it. You haters had better slope of and find something else to bitch about. This argument is done and dusted.

 

[looney]

Many of them are students, paying £12,000 a year to listen to the likes of me. They help pay my wages, I have no issue with that.

But will you be as happy when thye start eating your women and screwing your food?
FTR Ive seen the numbers at your uni and its a lot higher than that when you throw in accomodation, insurance(both mandatory) etc.

BTW
Whats all this cack doing on this thread? students are the good immigrants not the bad ones.

 

[Questions]

Talking about the Welsh, did you know that they have 37 different words for rain in their language ?

 

[glasfryn]

Talking about the Welsh, did you know that they have 37 different words for rain in their language ?

and as far as I know only one for pardon and that uuuh!
I have been reading up on the history of where my family comes from the Forest of Dean and my personal family have hung around that area for nearly 500 years and a lot of that time fighting off the Welsh from raiding our villages there, the "Deaners" or "Foresters" have a dislike for the Welsh most of that time
its in the blood see.

 

[Djmiles]

To be fair, one in five of the world's population speaks Mandarin Chinese or a variant of Chinese. Spanish is also spoken by slightly more people than English.

Yeah, and 98% of them live in China!

Hardly a GLOBAL language!

 

[Djmiles]

But will you be as happy when thye start eating your women and screwing your food?
FTR Ive seen the numbers at your uni and its a lot higher than that when you throw in accomodation, insurance(both mandatory) etc.

BTW
Whats all this cack doing on this thread? students are the good immigrants not the bad ones.

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[fork me]

To be fair, one in five of the world's population speaks Mandarin Chinese or a variant of Chinese. Spanish is also spoken by slightly more people than English.

That's only true if you talk about first languages.

More people now can speak English to a reasonable level than ANY other language, including Mandarin and Spanish. You can get by with English almost anywhere, try using Spanish in Thailand or Chinese in Argentina, you'll get nowhere. You can get by in English in both.

 

[fork me]

Anyone who sneers at other languages without being able to speak at least two fluently is, frankly, a complete imbecile. I presume everyone in this thread is fluent in English + 1, yes? Guys? Er...

I'm not, and I live in a Cyprus. My Greek skills are negligible. (Although on a recent trip to Lebanon, I found that, the one time I needed it, my French isn't quite as weak as I though it was). There's a reason for that. When I came to Cyprus I wanted to learn Greek, I even started lessons, but I got nowhere. Why? Because as soon a Cypriots realise I'm English they talk to me in English, and the vast majority of them can. Outside rural areas that's been true pretty much everywhere I've been in the World, and yes, it makes us lazy.

I teach in an International school that teaches oin English. A tiny minority of our pupils actually have English as their first language, but they all take their GCSEs and A levels in English. They use English with each other because it's their common language.

I'm not sneering, I'm being realistic. The OP was correct in saying that English is a lingua franca. I'm looking at moving to Asia for my next job and have already started researching where to go. China looks like a good bet, because even the Chinese have realised English is the global language and there are now Chinese state schools with just Chinese pupils where ALL of the teaching is done in English. Kazakhstan have now made all of their state schools tri-lingual, the pupils are taught in Kazakh, Russian and English with some subjects, by secondary school being taught JUST in English. Kazakhstan are an oil rich country. Saudi Arabia is strengthening it's English teaching (I have some extra paid work next year for the government there training their science teachers to teach science for English GCSEs), Abu-Dhabi now teaches ALL subjects except religion (and Arabic language lessons obviously) in English in all of it's secondary schools. These are just examples I know about. There are International private schools in almost every country in the World teaching in English and using either English, American or Australian syllabi. They all have a large number of local kids on their rolls.

English is already the most widely spoken language in the World, provided you include every language a person can speak. In the next generation it's going to be even more so.

 

[fork me]

The fact that english is the lingua franca of the world has a masive amount to do with the english, large parts of the world were part of our empire for starters , i agree the english are lazy when it comes to learning other languages, have you ever wondered why ? its precisely because english is so widely spoken thatmakes it less necessary for us to learn a foreign language.

I hate to admit it, but you are spot on here. We don't because we don't HAVE to, even if we want to the incentive just isn;t there to the same extent.