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Re: Bilingual correspondence project

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:53 pm
by WeedGuru_Flow
You mean 'Ik spreek Nederlands' :)

Yes Abby, but they are in Canada so they should either speak English or French (if they'rein Quebec) any person outside his or her own country ought to make the effort to learn the national language(s)...

Re: Bilingual correspondence project

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:15 pm
by AbbyRoad
they do speak english. and are trying hard to get even better at it.
but that doesnt mean they should stop speaking Cantonese when they are at home. its their birth language and a part of them.
i hate it when people dont respect other cultures.

im not sure i understood your point tho flow.
this is the only response i had

Re: Bilingual correspondence project

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:35 pm
by WeedGuru_Flow
My point came from talking about china being a superpower.

So it would only be useful to learn Chinese if you were actually planning on going there and working/staying there, or if you work for a firm that has close relations with China.

But if we're talking about immigrants moving outside of China then they should learn the national language of whatever country they migrate to.

So my point was : Even though China might have a vast population, there is only one nation that speaks chinese so learning the language is pretty redundant if you don't plan on living there.

Didn't have anything to do with Chinese people not being allowed to speak their mother tongue when they are amongst themselves/countrymen.

Re: Bilingual correspondence project

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:29 pm
by Bubbles
my town is over run by chinese people, we have a maple leaf pig killing plant here so Chinese, Columbian, Mexican, all the other central american countries, middle easterners are all coming to work for them, i dont care about the plant but when i can only understand half of my own fucking home town somethings a little fucky.

Re: Bilingual correspondence project

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:17 pm
by sugarstalker
too bad that esperanto project failed

Re: Bilingual correspondence project

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:11 am
by Weedguru Higher
Bubbles wrote:my town is over run by chinese people, we have a maple leaf pig killing plant here so Chinese, Columbian, Mexican, all the other central american countries, middle easterners are all coming to work for them, i dont care about the plant but when i can only understand half of my own fucking home town somethings a little fucky.
There's the job you were looking for then