tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post1711886031606584770..comments2023-12-26T22:45:52.865-05:00Comments on Not Afraid to Use It: Bilingual Doesn't Make You Stupid or BlindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-32746935563600170552008-11-22T16:05:00.000-05:002008-11-22T16:05:00.000-05:00wow. that picture. I have seen that face a milli...wow. that picture. I have seen that face a million times over here in Spain when I´m trying to speak Spanish. And I want to hit people.Bluestreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350399171607670916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-51641237319501807722008-11-19T00:18:00.000-05:002008-11-19T00:18:00.000-05:00Here! Here! Excellent post!Rude people suck.Here! Here! Excellent post!<BR/><BR/>Rude people suck.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898403705473768390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-77969579392989367012008-11-18T21:29:00.000-05:002008-11-18T21:29:00.000-05:00@A Free Man: And that's the main thing. To be co...@A Free Man: And that's the main thing. To be conscious. <BR/><BR/>@SSG: I think the whole <I>goodonya</I> is a Southern thing. I never really heard it until I moved to the Bible Belt. You oughta try it out, though. It's a bit better of a way to say kudos.<BR/><BR/>@Tysdaddy: It sounds like you do it completely right. Being engaged in the conversation and asking people to repeat themselves in a respectful way. Goodonya. :)<BR/><BR/>@RiverPoet: The difference of an accent on the phone is so much greater than being able to see the facial expressions and body language. It sounds like you are doing your best.<BR/><BR/>@Gypsy: I have had many experiences like that as well. Isn't that crazy? How even dialects in your own language can through you for a loop.Not Afraid to Use Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11622378209801018927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-51093290435003106022008-11-18T12:07:00.000-05:002008-11-18T12:07:00.000-05:00My fiance has a friend whose only language is Engl...My fiance has a friend whose only language is English, and I can't understand a damn thing he says. I'm sure I look like that woman when I try to listen to him. But seriously -- really can't understand a word. And it's his native (and only!) tongue!<BR/><BR/>But yeah. Bad form of that other mom. Tremendously bad form.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327359141716141220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-79501982995459271782008-11-18T09:01:00.000-05:002008-11-18T09:01:00.000-05:00We're very xenophobic in this country, aren't we? ...We're very xenophobic in this country, aren't we? It's strange, but we seem to want everyone to immediately speak like us when they come here. <BR/><BR/>I do have trouble understanding some accents, though. There is a girl at work, a native Hindi speaker, whom I can't understand. She speaks English very rapidly and in a high monotone. Soon it is all running together and I miss half of what she says. She can't see me over the phone, straining hard to understand her. In my defense, lots of people have trouble understanding her. If she would only take it down just a tad...*sigh*<BR/><BR/>But I think the woman acted very badly, particularly in leaving out the woman and her little girl from the play date. Bad form!<BR/><BR/>Peace - DRiverPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846730934649303857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-10158416352874460262008-11-18T07:19:00.000-05:002008-11-18T07:19:00.000-05:00As someone fluent in only one language (and fretti...As someone fluent in only one language (and fretting greatly at taking my second hear of university Spanish so I can finally quit adding majors and minors and get the hell outta there,) I admit to doing more than my share of "huh? Can you repeat that?" when talking to someone whose first language is not the "Magnificent Bastard Tongue" that is the English language. <BR/><BR/>And yet, I do so in a way that betrays my own ignorance, and not the speaker's. I want to understand what they are saying, being a conversationalist at heart, and so engaging takes time and patience on my part. Very often, the other person isn't offended at all. <BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-64305836017693397712008-11-18T05:19:00.000-05:002008-11-18T05:19:00.000-05:00hahahha nice photo! dont you wish you could just t...hahahha nice photo! dont you wish you could just tell her right there and then that she was being a moron, of given HER that face?<BR/><BR/>PS I hate when Afreeman says Goodonya. it sounds weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149345128982934434.post-49099386909474653682008-11-18T01:52:00.000-05:002008-11-18T01:52:00.000-05:00Goodonya. I've got to admit though, as someone who...Goodonya. <BR/><BR/>I've got to admit though, as someone who works with and teaches a lot of ESL folks, that I've been guilty of the same things - lack of patience, frustration and the same assumption that daft woman made. Good reminder for me!A Free Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038930031019179647noreply@blogger.com