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Hi i have to say that i prefer Hugh Grant.
They should appoint him Premier. He would gain points for UK.
Another very english lady ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lFe_MPduhw
and who IMHO is the best one ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKkHoi0oRf4
oh ! 😱 but she is Scottish ??? how is it possible ?
impressive difference with the Scottish accent ... 😕
i think it is this kind of English fascinates people around the world.
Is educated, polite, friendly, charming, warm, clear but firm. A perfect mix of social virtues.
To end i think that some English people just use their own language without the adequate respect.
Come on ... is the world language of educated people 🙁
be educated you for first 😉
When a foreing person speaks a bad english is just ridiculuos. But also quite funny.
For instance i have collegues here who speak like they have beans in their mouth ( guess what country are they from)
They are very polite and nice by the way.
But when an english person speakes a bad english is disappointing for foreigners.
Is like to see Brazil playing a bad football ...
Regards, gino 😀
Hi i have to say that i prefer Hugh Grant.
They should appoint him Premier. He would gain points for UK.
Another very english lady ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lFe_MPduhw
and who IMHO is the best one ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKkHoi0oRf4
oh ! 😱 but she is Scottish ??? how is it possible ?
impressive difference with the Scottish accent ... 😕
i think it is this kind of English fascinates people around the world.
Is educated, polite, friendly, charming, warm, clear but firm. A perfect mix of social virtues.
To end i think that some English people just use their own language without the adequate respect.
Come on ... is the world language of educated people 🙁
be educated you for first 😉
When a foreing person speaks a bad english is just ridiculuos. But also quite funny.
For instance i have collegues here who speak like they have beans in their mouth ( guess what country are they from)
They are very polite and nice by the way.
But when an english person speakes a bad english is disappointing for foreigners.
Is like to see Brazil playing a bad football ...
Regards, gino 😀
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Same with the B.B.C. Max, utterly shocking yeah but no but initlike....know whot I meen?
It's funny how humans produce a sound to 'meen(!)' something and in different languages the 'meening' is different ! 🙂
Here 'mean' or 'meen' ( same sound ) in an Asian language is what they call a 'fish' ! Pronounced exactly the same way ! 😀
So we could say " That's a fishy story" or "That's a meany ( meeny?) story " ! 🙂
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It would be interesting,
To see how much of the UK actually speak the "Kind" of English that other countries think is "English" the correct grammar and phraseology.
I bet it is less than people think.
I think that most countries think of English as the "Queens English" however I assume the knights spoke old English..
Regards
M. Gregg
To see how much of the UK actually speak the "Kind" of English that other countries think is "English" the correct grammar and phraseology.
I bet it is less than people think.
I think that most countries think of English as the "Queens English" however I assume the knights spoke old English..
Regards
M. Gregg
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I put it to you sir,
If you should cross this battle field you will meet serious resistance.
The knights..
OK get em lads..AHHHHHHHH...😀
The Vikings were about as well in them days..😀
George will now slay the dragon...well go on then..slay it... slay it!
OK Malady..😀
Prince charming I assume was not a knight..the shining armour is a rouse..😀
As he was dragged screaming against his will for his monthly bath..
Regards
M. Gregg
If you should cross this battle field you will meet serious resistance.
The knights..
OK get em lads..AHHHHHHHH...😀
The Vikings were about as well in them days..😀
George will now slay the dragon...well go on then..slay it... slay it!
OK Malady..😀
Prince charming I assume was not a knight..the shining armour is a rouse..😀
As he was dragged screaming against his will for his monthly bath..
Regards
M. Gregg
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The bold is exactly why my parents foisted their knowledge of English and elocution lessons on me...... I myself find it disappointing that 'my fellow Britishers' mumble and fumble with words.
What can we the proud do?
Not much unfortunately, maybe force them to listen to Maggi Thatcher speeches interspersed with a well orated 'You will speak proper, do you 'ere me?'
The other reason, as snup pointed out, is that the education system in the UK is, to put politely and mildly, a waste of a kids life.
What really shocked me how different can be language between communities living just some kms apart.
Just look at German and Czech ... Austrian and Hungarian ... Italian and Slovenian ... absolutely and completely different.
IMHE a different language is the strongest of the social barrier.
I am sure that an English person can relocate very easily in any of the English speaking country ... this is a huge option.
You are bored in the UK countryside ? ... you can pack your things and move to Melbourne ... or Vancouver ... or LA, Miami ... Falkland ...
That is fantastic. I would love to have that chance.
I could only migrate to Ethiopia ... hoping that someone still speaks Italian 🙄
Lucky you 😱
You can runaway anytime ...
Just look at German and Czech ... Austrian and Hungarian ... Italian and Slovenian ... absolutely and completely different.
IMHE a different language is the strongest of the social barrier.
I am sure that an English person can relocate very easily in any of the English speaking country ... this is a huge option.
You are bored in the UK countryside ? ... you can pack your things and move to Melbourne ... or Vancouver ... or LA, Miami ... Falkland ...
That is fantastic. I would love to have that chance.
I could only migrate to Ethiopia ... hoping that someone still speaks Italian 🙄
Lucky you 😱
You can runaway anytime ...
Ahhh Bathing....
Once a year weather I need it or not, a flagon of Lynx with cure the wretched odour f'real!
Great post btw, made me spray a gob full of tea onto my wife's el84 valve amp and it nearly to the Tannoys!
(valve amps are good at keeping one's teapots stewing)
Its not quite that good, they now have to do another two years before being let out into the "Real" world. Oh look your 18 and still just leaving school..
What do you want to be Jonny when you leave school...well ya know ya gotta get a job, den ya can buy some more game fa ya PC init..
Ya gotta learn to rite cuz ya gotta sign on for money..😀
I know I have to be involved with the new strain of people. So you might want to be an engineer..don't touch that its live..
lets start with some Leggo bricks..its a bit safer.. oh so you can't pull them apart..OK here is a computer program that does it for you look you can build a house...
I'm sorry what's your name...sorry...is there a problem..is the question to hard for you!..😀
Regards
M. Gregg
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I think that in the end the Anglosaxon model is winning.
Because it has been tested and improved around the world.
English had to deal with all the people in the world. They have a immense experience of cultural exchange with people of any kind.
One case is emblematic ... Hong Kong.
Maybe i am wrong ... but i think there will be more chance that China will become more English than HK becomes more Chinese.
Even Chinese kids want to be more English than Chinese. This means to me that Chinese is not updated.
And the day when China will switch definitely to English the circle will be closed. And i feel it will happen soon.
For instance i think that even in Russia English is much more popular that one can think.
All the technicians from Russia i met had a so much better English than me and my italian collegues. Maybe because they study it ? 😱
You should try to conquer definitely China.
Just not offer them your porridge ... for the sake of good international relations. 😀
Kind regards, gino
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you can go to Brazil, Argentina and Chile many elites are there are from the mother country
Chile is very nice country! super weather and terrain, with ocean side living similar to California
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I'd like to emigrate back to Yorkshire, am an 'East Riding' lad you see.
Born in Hull.
Cornwall will do in place of the East Riding, language down here is 'proper job me 'ansome', surfs good too!
Sippy,
How much of the Uk do you think speaks the Queens English? (%)
Pure and unaltered.
Regards
M. Gregg
breakfast of champions > long term carbohydrates help one have the energy to fight natives all day.
I think about 5-10% and that's pushing it.
I think people that speak foreign language are more likely to try and emulate the Queens English because that is text book style.
I have only ever met a few that speak like James Bond and a few news readers women that are very articulate with language (however its there job to be).
I know a lot of people that speak differently to do their jobs and then change when at home or relaxing. ie its not natural English.
Regards
M. Gregg
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Hi and yes of course.
But i can tell you that the very nice thing is to have the chance ... even if in the end you do not use it.
Personally i am trying to relocate myself in Basingstoke ... my Company has some offices there. but it is very difficult. Really difficult.
There is a long waiting list.
Because people think to the future.
Norway is already closer than Italy to UK ...
I am working with all Norwegian here, and while their English is much much better than mine i feel a bit of pain when they are forced to speak a language that is not their one.
I had any interest in Norwegian language i should start studying it.
But i still see it, internationally, as a dialect. I have already mine.
I feel their regret because i did not take Norwegian language lessons.
Nevertheless they spend big money to send the children to UK to study.
If Basingstoke will not be possible the second English option is Nigeria ... 😱
how is the Nigerian accent ? well received ? 🙄
Thanks a lot for the interesting advice.
Kind regards, gino 🙂
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