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Posted on 1/30/17 at 8:50 pm to TigerFred
Any McDonalds
Posted on 1/30/17 at 8:54 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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That's not really the problem. Most of us took a foreign language in high school.
A couple years in high school doesn't do shite.
You either need to learn it when you're young or use it often. Other countries teach multiple foreign languages throughout their K-12 equivalent.
I read books and the news to keep up my skills. Radio apps will let you listen to talk radio from anywhere in the world now, too.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 8:55 pm to TigerFred
OT
New Orleans radio
South Georgia
Either Carolinas
New Orleans radio
South Georgia
Either Carolinas
Posted on 1/30/17 at 9:04 pm to TigerFred
I'm not trying to be funny at all, but the worst was at Popeyes in Hammond. I ordered through the speaker at the drive thru, and said, "a #4 dark and spicy, and for side, mashed potatoes." Apparently, the guy thought I said 4 thighs. He kept repeating 4 thighs? I thought he was saying you have 4 sides. Thought it may be a special they were running. After about 2 minutes of going back and forth, I just started saying okay to everything.
When I got home, I realized he was saying 4 thighs since that's what I had in the box.
When I got home, I realized he was saying 4 thighs since that's what I had in the box.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 9:29 pm to dbeck
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I read books and the news to keep up my skills. Radio apps will let you listen to talk radio from anywhere in the world now, too.
I used to try to keep my Spanish skills up by looking at Spanish language tabloids in the checkout line.
But the best thing I did was when I worked in e-commerce. We had a lot of customers in Puerto Rico, and I quickly learned to tell who was writing in English and who was using an automatic translator. Plus, with the nature of the business, I frequently used the same words and phrases.
Seems to work best when it's part of your normal routine instead of trying to find Spanish for the sake of Spanish.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 9:30 pm to TigerFred
Korea. You would try and say a few words of Korean and they would laugh in your face!
Posted on 1/30/17 at 9:40 pm to TigerFred
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Mexico
I've only been to the Riviera Maya area, but I have never had an issue.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 10:40 pm to TigerFred
Unemployment office years ago, taking claims from laid-off Vietnamese shrimp pickers who didn't bother to learn jack shite of the English language in the 30 years since they moved here in 1970.
I could navigate the language barrier somewhat, but the fact that they left the picking line and headed straight to my office covered in shrimp juice made it tough to deal with them.
I could navigate the language barrier somewhat, but the fact that they left the picking line and headed straight to my office covered in shrimp juice made it tough to deal with them.
This post was edited on 1/4/18 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 1/31/17 at 5:17 am to TigerFred
At home when the Cable Lock crew showed up.
You'd think they would at least make sure the lead man
could speak English.
You'd think they would at least make sure the lead man
could speak English.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 6:04 am to TigerFred
Miami
Posted on 1/31/17 at 6:21 am to foshizzle
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To flip it around, in the Netherlands basically everyone speaks fluent English. Better English than lots of Americans.
Last summer I asked this Dutch guy where he was from and he replied here(Amsterdam). I told him he spoke great American English. He thanked me and said he was trying to be an actor so he watches a lot of American shows and movies so that's where he picked up his American accent. He sounded like he was from the States. Another girl working coat check said she watches a lot of American tv shows.
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 6:25 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 6:29 am to TigerFred
Learning English coming from Russia as a kid back when America was the boogie man to us was the single hardest thing I've ever done.
Y'alls language is straight up retarded
Y'alls language is straight up retarded
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:29 am to TigerFred
Cleveland, Ohio
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:36 am to LZ83
Tech Support for our company's software.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:41 am to TigerFred
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It is my fault. I should be able to speak basic language when traveling
This is a logical, adult line of thinking. Which is why it's appaling we bend over backwards to put everything in Spanish these days. Don't know English? That's your problem, not ours.
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as a country we don't mandate foreign language in schools.
so? Why should we?
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Other countries do and it
so?
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makes Americans look stupid.
according to whom? I don't care what foreigners think America looks like.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:51 am to Tampa Tiger
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Miami
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:52 am to TigerFred
Russia, Hungary, Charlestown Boston.
A guy almost tried to fight me in Cape Cod at a hotel once when I was in high school. He was a college age guy running the bike rental place at this hotel we were staying at on the Cape. He told me the bike I needed to grab was labeled R181.
I heard “AH WhaAnnieWha”. I kept asking him to repeat himself and he got red in the face pissed off and was screaming “AHH WHA-ANNIE-WHA!”. I was so confused.
He had to write it down.
A guy almost tried to fight me in Cape Cod at a hotel once when I was in high school. He was a college age guy running the bike rental place at this hotel we were staying at on the Cape. He told me the bike I needed to grab was labeled R181.
I heard “AH WhaAnnieWha”. I kept asking him to repeat himself and he got red in the face pissed off and was screaming “AHH WHA-ANNIE-WHA!”. I was so confused.
He had to write it down.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:53 am to TheCaterpillar
Oh and the Indian fellas at my office who do coding and development.
Holy shite I need an interpreter sometimes.
Holy shite I need an interpreter sometimes.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:53 am to TigerFred
Ed Orgeron's house.
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