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re: Ichiro still can't speak english
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:08 pm to dnm3305
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:08 pm to dnm3305
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It has nothing to do with his intelligence level and everything to do with him not having respect for our dialect and wanting to learn our language. Believe it or not, America is heavily looked down upon throughout much of the world. I would assume some eastern people wouldnt want to poison their mouth with our language. That's ok, I think the Japanese are savages so we're even. They make good food though.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:09 pm to boom roasted
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Wow
Obviously joking.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:10 pm to dnm3305
You never know round these parts.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:10 pm to PrimeTime Money
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Maybe he's subconscious about his English or even his accent and would rather just have a translator even if he can speak it and read it.
self conscious maybe- i doubt he's subconscious.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:17 pm to OnTheBrink
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Will Ichiro reach 3,000 hits? Currently sits at 2,844.
He's got 4,122 professional hits between Japan and the U.S. That puts him 3rd on the all-time list and 134 hits short of Pete Rose's record of 4,256. Pretty damn impressive if you ask me.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:34 pm to SwaggerCopter
It could be a Pochettino situation where he can speak English but chooses not to.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:38 pm to dualed
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He's got 4,122 professional hits between Japan and the U.S. That puts him 3rd on the all-time list and 134 hits short of Pete Rose's record of 4,256. Pretty damn impressive if you ask me.
No doubt. I would like to see him reach 3,000 over here but I am skeptical.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:51 pm to dnm3305
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It has nothing to do with his intelligence level and everything to do with him not having respect for our dialect and wanting to learn our language. Believe it or not, America is heavily looked down upon throughout much of the world. I would assume some eastern people wouldnt want to poison their mouth with our language. That's ok, I think the Japanese are savages so we're even. They make good food though.
I hope you don't have an important job or something.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:52 pm to sassyLSU
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actually, he can speak English, and read English and understand spoken English.
what he is not willing to do is to misunderstand a question, or speak English poorly, with an accent and be misunderstood and made fun of. by having a translator, he is guaranteed to know the question's intent and to have his ideas expressed in language the audience can understand.
Exactly.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:58 pm to Anfield Road
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It could be a Pochettino situation where he can speak English but chooses not to
People on here may not get that reference but I agree. I heard that he can speak English better than he lets on, and uses his façade as a barrier to being misunderstood by English speaking media
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:34 pm to cheesesteak501
He probably just doesn't give a shite. Pay a translator or actually learn it? Easy choice for him
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:55 pm to cheesesteak501
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:44 pm to Ninja Looter
He speaks English, I have spoken to him in it. It was his rookie year, I was a youngin at the time and had an Ichiro shirt on at any away game.
Before the game he came up to be signed a ball and briefly spoke to me. Wasn't great but I could understand him, and he could understand me.
Before the game he came up to be signed a ball and briefly spoke to me. Wasn't great but I could understand him, and he could understand me.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 3:55 pm to Zee Nuts
Sounds like Marshawn Lynch needs to take up a 2nd language.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:09 pm to cheesesteak501
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:28 pm to OnTheBrink
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Will Ichiro reach 3,000 hits? Currently sits at 2,844.
Doesn't he average like 200+ a season? I know he's been down in latter years but he'll still break 3,000 in 2015.
ETA: that's given of course he stays healthy.
The real number he has now is 4,122 though.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:29 pm to BayouBengals03
quote:Worst troll attempt of all time
Yankees Ichiro > Mariners Ichiro
Posted on 1/23/15 at 7:28 pm to LL012697
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People on here may not get that reference but I agree. I heard that he can speak English better than he lets on, and uses his façade as a barrier to being misunderstood by English speaking media
Definitely wouldn't surprise me. Keeps the questions from being too hard.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 7:38 pm to cheesesteak501
This thread is dumb. Konichiwa, bitches
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