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| India-Pakistan |
| The English problem |
| 2015-06-23 |
| [NATION.PK] In which the writer bemoans the fact that the language has rules, many of which make no particular sense and many of which are broken in a seemingly random manner, I'm not sure to what purpose. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 English is the way it is because it's not one language, but every language it's been exposed to. What's the old line: "English doesn't borrow from other languages; it follows them into dark alleys, knocks them senseless and goes through their pockets". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-06-23 11:57 |
| #9 Then there's English pronunciation. That said, the author of the Nation article is assuming malice where there is none. |
| Posted by: Korora 2015-06-23 11:11 |
| #8 JFM, my wife will be visiting France next month. Her French is limited to "bon jour" and "merci". I will tell her to seek out IT engineers if she needs help. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-06-23 10:53 |
| #7 In France you just cannot graduate as an IT engineer if your English is not good enough: success at the English exam is mandatory. In France of all places. |
| Posted by: JFM 2015-06-23 09:24 |
| #6 "The US and UK, two countries separated by a common language." Having worked for multi-national corporations for 30 years, one American and one German, the most important fact is that English is the common second language. Meetings at HQ in Waldorf DR were usually held in English as there were so many nationalities present. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-06-23 08:59 |
| #5 Shibboleth |
| Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-06-23 08:16 |
| #4 Reminds of trying to explain to someone from China the different pronounciations and meanings of root, rout and route, between England the USA and Australia. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-06-23 05:14 |
| #3 The author should be trashed. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-06-23 02:20 |
| #2 Para Espanol o prima dos. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-06-23 01:47 |
| #1 Perhaps the writer suffers from verb irregularity. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-06-23 01:43 |