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2005-08-24 Southeast Asia

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Posted by tipper 2005-08-24 10:50|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah - English teachers overseas are talentless leeches.

But the one time I was in Kuala Lumpur for a month, I never had any problems being understood in English, even by taxi drivers. Maybe because it's the capital. I was duly impressed, nonetheless.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-08-24 15:06|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-08-24 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 g: Yeah - English teachers overseas are talentless leeches.

C'mon, don't be modest.

g: But the one time I was in Kuala Lumpur for a month, I never had any problems being understood in English, even by taxi drivers. Maybe because it's the capital. I was duly impressed, nonetheless.

I stopped over in Malaysia a few years ago, and was extremely impressed with the local fluency in English. They spoke with the local accent, but I spoke pretty much the way I speak stateside, and I was understood everywhere, without any gesturing or body English. Malaysia does have the advantage of using the Roman alphabet (based on what I saw of the signage everywhere), so the learning curve isn't quite as steep. A lot of their words appear to be borrowed from English. (Customs was Kastam and Bus was Bas).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-08-24 15:38|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-08-24 15:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Outside the cities and in Borneo it can be difficult to find someone who speaks english. BTW, there is significant resentment in Borneo where Malays are a minority, that people are forced to learn Malay in the schools.

Posted by phil_b 2005-08-24 17:31|| 2005-08-24 17:31|| Front Page Top

#4 oh good..little english never hurt anyone

Posted by Jagum Crasing6276 2005-08-24 17:56|| 2005-08-24 17:56|| Front Page Top

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