Here's why mommy always says to be well dressed and mannered all the time...

I guess thats how they deal with panhandlers in his country..

Maybe he could use some anger management classes?..I'll make sure I'm not in any class he attends:wink:
 
HAHA

First guy: Wassup? etc

Business guy: Ya, good etc…We bought this place for 60000marks and two months later it went to (not clear) …

Guy with curly hair: Hey, alter (old fart).

Business guy: You got a problem? Walk on.

WHAM!

Business guy: You got another problem? (Guy with curly hair salutes sort of): …
good, its better that way.

Business guy: Lets walk on, I don’t like talking to these arschlöcher (assholes).

LOL

Sorry Gheba, I just had to give complete rundown. I think it’s important when learning another language to learn the important words first!:biggrin:
 
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OWNED!
 
How many people do you know who's first language is not English but they know a second language? For me everyone. Kind of a trick question though because how would I know them if we could not communicate?

How many people do you know that speak English as their first and also know another language? For me not many.
 
steveny said:
How many people do you know who's first language is not English but they know a second language? For me everyone. Kind of a trick question though because how would I know them if we could not communicate?

How many people do you know that speak English as their first and also know another language? For me not many.

I have traveled extensively around the world and conducted business in many different countries. We are very fortunate that English is the international language, I have worked with people from China, Italy and Germany on a project and the language that everyone used was English. If you work for a company and you want to be able to compete internationally you need to speak English.

I have a very rudimentary understanding of several languages but the only one I am fluent in is English. This hasn't stopped me from working with people in a dozen other countries. If I was raised in another country and learned another language you can be sure I would also speak English. I do a lot of work for a large manufacturing company in Japan and they won't hire someone who doesn't speak English.
 
steveny said:
How many people do you know who's first language is not English but they know a second language? For me everyone. Kind of a trick question though because how would I know them if we could not communicate?

How many people do you know that speak English as their first and also know another language? For me not many.


Can you imagine :p?

Where I come from we have to learn German+French+Italian from 7 until 12 and then, optionally, you can add Spanish or English :)

But I think we are a strange exception... 6 mio people and FOUR official national languages. :biggrin:
 
gheba_nsx said:
710, are you sure that the "poor guy" doesn't say something like "Probleme?"... ich hatte es so gehort aber ich war im Büro und ich konnte es nicht zu laut spielen :D
Das is mir auch passiert, im buro mein ich, and the boss was walking through! Scheisse. (those words come in handy!!)

"Problem", yeah ,maybe just before he comes on screen and says Hey old fart, kind of hard to hear it… (it’s kind of hard to translate “hey alter”, isn’t it?, what do you think, “hey old fart”?).
I love the way the big guy asks if there is another problem!

English is my first language, then Dutch (can speak but write like sh*t) then German (can butcher it pretty well), then French (enough to be dangerous for my health).
I’m hopelessly confused. Here in Belgium there are 3 official languages (Dutch(=Flemish), French and German). Plus many educated people can do English in varying degrees too. Not as impressive as the Swiss, but not bad.

Last time we lads where on a road trip and were letting our navigation guide us at high speed through small roads in Switzerland (german part) and it took us right through a military domain, (an NSX, Lotus Elise, Cosworth Escort and Lotus Seven). We ignored the small sign at the guard shack and blasted through.
They stopped us on the way out. Boy did we get a chance to practice our German! Could have used you there Gheba, one of the older soldiers wanted to shoot us! Really funny. We told them (all in German and French) that they really have lousy guards, if we can just drive in, and that if they wanted to haul us in to the commandant, we would report this higher up. Really fun, and we learned some new words too!

Too bad we are too far from Italy. I would LOVE to learn some Italian!!!! Very cool. :biggrin: You are very fortunate.
Peter
 
Teutonic-luv...

This whole spiel reminds me of the Indiana Jones movie, The Last Crusade!

The particular scene in which Indie is greeted by the Fraulein who happens to be from Austra/Osterreich w/ a kiss: "Zat's how Austrians say goodbye. "

And then, he is greeted by a German Nazi officer w/ a punch, "Und zis is how ve zay goodbye in Germany, Dr. Jones."

:biggrin:
 
xxx said:
Another translation please! :biggrin:
OK, I’ll write it in the same order as Gheba says it, then you can see the similarities:

"Probleme?"... ich hatte es so gehort aber ich war im Büro und ich konnte es nicht zu laut spielen
"Problem?"... I had it so heard but I was in office and I could it not so loud play.

See, this language stuff is cool!:biggrin:
 
And that order of grammar was the way English was about 500 years ago. :biggrin: And a little before Shakespeare’s time.
 
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