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Post #23,410 by Arkadiy 1/7/02 5:12:56 PM Reply	Effort to learn a language. I think it's an advantage that non-native speakers have (myself included :) ). In order to be understood, we have to apply an effort and learn the language. We expect that effort to be needed. In the case of Indians, English is almost (or even fully) native tongue to them. They do not expect or plan on spend any effort learning English. So, when people around them don't understand what they are saying, their answer is, basically, "Tough, I speak English just like you do."
Post #23,412 by CRConrad 1/7/02 5:22:45 PM 1/8/02 5:23:56 PM Reply	To say it in Oxlish, "Ed Zachary"! :-) Edited by CRConrad Jan. 8, 2002, 05:23:56 PM EST Expand All History
Post #23,413 by CRConrad 1/7/02 5:23:00 PM 1/8/02 5:25:30 PM Reply	One was enuf (WTF happened?); someone admidelete this please Edited by CRConrad Jan. 8, 2002, 05:25:30 PM EST Expand All History

The Chinese are coming, the Chinese are coming! - (a6l6e6x) - (32) - Jan. 5, 2002, 12:31:51 PM EST

I'd better learn Chinese - (nking) - Jan. 5, 2002, 12:38:32 PM EST

Simple as A-B-C - (kmself) - (29) - Jan. 5, 2002, 05:44:38 PM EST

Yes, a high wall indeed. - (Andrew Grygus) - (28) - Jan. 5, 2002, 11:32:38 PM EST

Speaking of becoming less Chinese - (marlowe) - (27) - Jan. 6, 2002, 05:33:18 PM EST

Chinese and Indians - (nking) - (8) - Jan. 6, 2002, 10:47:24 PM EST

Now's the time to give him a call. - (Meerkat) - Jan. 6, 2002, 10:57:48 PM EST

Interesting. - (wharris2) - (6) - Jan. 7, 2002, 01:49:46 AM EST

Re: Interesting. - (pwhysall) - Jan. 7, 2002, 02:57:10 AM EST

Have you wondered whether the fault is with you? - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Jan. 7, 2002, 05:28:21 PM EST

Could very well be. - (wharris2) - (3) - Jan. 7, 2002, 06:14:30 PM EST

Being Canadian may help - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 8, 2002, 04:45:47 PM EST

Or if you'd seen more artsy furrin sub-titled films, even... -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 8, 2002, 05:23:13 PM EST

Those artsy fartsy things? - (wharris2) - Jan. 8, 2002, 08:18:37 PM EST

Interesting - and totally Politically Incorrect . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Jan. 6, 2002, 10:57:02 PM EST

that does not have to do with race - (boxley) - (4) - Jan. 7, 2002, 09:18:31 AM EST

Yep. - (admin) - Jan. 7, 2002, 10:00:09 AM EST

Not so quick . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Jan. 7, 2002, 11:15:05 AM EST

Remonds me of a paragraph from little big man - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 7, 2002, 11:22:24 AM EST

Whites, Injuns, and Watches - that reminds me... - (CRConrad) - Jan. 7, 2002, 12:49:07 PM EST

That's not so much "better" English the Han are speaking... - (CRConrad) - (9) - Jan. 7, 2002, 08:39:47 AM EST

Perfectly correct Hindu English? - (marlowe) - (8) - Jan. 7, 2002, 03:52:52 PM EST

Do you mean Hinglish? - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 7, 2002, 04:50:26 PM EST

Still symptoms of the same phenomenon, I'd guess. - (CRConrad) - (6) - Jan. 7, 2002, 04:57:00 PM EST

Effort to learn a language. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Jan. 7, 2002, 05:12:56 PM EST

To say it in Oxlish, "Ed Zachary"! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - Jan. 8, 2002, 05:23:56 PM EST

One was enuf (WTF happened?); someone admidelete this please -NT - (CRConrad) - Jan. 8, 2002, 05:25:30 PM EST

I think it's partially the natural Chinese manner - (marlowe) - (2) - Jan. 7, 2002, 06:10:17 PM EST

There's another aspect to that one, I think. - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 7, 2002, 07:05:01 PM EST

Yeah, like I said. - (marlowe) - Jan. 7, 2002, 08:09:23 PM EST

I have no trouble with Indian Accents or chinese. You guys - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 7, 2002, 09:22:01 AM EST

On accents... - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 7, 2002, 03:15:11 PM EST

Take more then 5-10 years - (JayMehaffey) - Jan. 5, 2002, 10:27:55 PM EST

I finally caught it when it tried to drink from my used bong and fell in.
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