Why can't people be taught proper english as thier second language

**boomer** · 30th June 2007, 22:30

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Get Dover, Boomer and Vicki at the pub. Funny as fuck, but can't understand a word they say.

Funny you should say that, you're too polite to say pardon, what or say again... i think i'm getting old and going deaf cos i keep asking Vicki wtf she said . and we're from about 30 minutes of each other. Drew wasn't so polite in Taupo tho.. everything i said he replied.. I have no idea what the **** you just said! made for an interesting night!

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

That's the hallucigens dude - nothing to do with accents LOL

What ya trying to say? .

**Grahameeboy** · 30th June 2007, 22:47

Originally Posted by Dave Lobster

Only if I was a vermin brit who'd sold his ex council house.. No thanks.

And I wont be moving to Devonport now..

Ok................................not much to complain about here

**boomer** · 30th June 2007, 23:05

Originally Posted by Dave Lobster

Only if I was a vermin brit who'd sold his ex council house.. No thanks.

And I wont be moving to Devonport now..

i lived in a council house.... and by the looks of it so did/do you

**skidMark** · 30th June 2007, 23:30

Originally Posted by Sanx

As we're on the subject of the English language, here's a little trivia question for y'all:

What's the only word in the English language that changes pronounciation when you capitalise the first letter?

And translated for skidMark:

whats theonly wrd in the english langauge dat changes pronun ... pronoin pronouns ... how it sounds when u make the fisrt letter big

You smartarse sack of shit, I have full NCEA level 3 english you cock.

I just choose on this site to relax it down, as opposed to being like Hitcher and wasting time being precise.

Is that better you homosexualually orientated male?

Fuck up.

SM.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 1st July 2007, 03:11

Originally Posted by skidMark

You smartarse sack of shit, I have full NCEA level 3 english you cock.

I just choose on this site to relax it down, as opposed to being like Hitcher and wasting time being precise.

Is that better you homosexualually orientated male?

Fuck up.

SM.

And you're actually a nuclear physicist right?

**skidMark** · 1st July 2007, 03:37

You cunts take any oppotunity you can to dig into me.

It's ok though it's the story of my fucking life.

Anybody else hear that violen.

**Beemer** · 1st July 2007, 09:51

Originally Posted by skidMark

You cunts take any oppotunity you can to dig into me.

It's ok though it's the story of my fucking life.

Anybody else hear that violen.

Sorry, but I don't think anyone's digging into you right now!

**Cr1MiNaL** · 1st July 2007, 10:17

Originally Posted by skidMark

You cunts take any oppotunity you can to dig into me.

It's ok though it's the story of my fucking life.

Anybody else hear that violen.

Yo Mark, Dontcha b worrin about peeps diggin inta ya bro, take it wid a pinch of salt. I still love ya.

But regarding the issue u brought up, I understand this 'thing' about not being able to speak the native language correctly, it can get annoying, but then the more countries uve lived in the more u realise that english is what u make of it. who speaks the best english? ( even this statement might sound correct to someones ears but technically is incorrect use of the superlative). u decide. Dont fret mate even kiwis Ive met bemuse me with their use of certain terminologies (no offence meant here merely sighting an e.g). Like "asian" to describe people from chinese and/or japanese origins. little do they know how funny this sounds to someone from overseas as they are discounting the fact that asia is a huge continent and they prolly missed out about 2 billion people somewhere along the way... but hey thats the way it is. So just smile back and try ur best to b understood.

Raj.

**Conquiztador** · 1st July 2007, 11:22

Originally Posted by skidMark

You cunts take any oppotunity you can to dig into me.

It's ok though it's the story of my fucking life.

Anybody else hear that violen.

You did the digging of that grave your self. Did you somehow think that KB was filled with white skin clones who all hated immigrants that did not look or sound the same?

Once you get out in the real world you are in for a shock. Luckily for you there is good medication available today.

My suggestion for changing that "stroy of my life": Become more open minded, count to ten before you say something and move away from Howick that tends to have an issue with Asian immigrants. If you don't, then your opinion will not be yours but that of your parents and the racist mates of yours.

**McJim** · 1st July 2007, 11:30

Originally Posted by skidMark

You cunts take any oppotunity you can to dig into me.

It's ok though it's the story of my fucking life.

Anybody else hear that violen.

Actually Mark we don't. It's you that GIVES us the opportunity. The problem is that too often you choose to slag someone off about something that many here have found you guilty of too often before.

In this case you've chosen to have a go about written English and there are too many examples from you of poorly constructed written English.

Then there are times where you have a go at people's riding skills yet most people here have many experiences of you making poor judgements on two wheels.

Why don't you start an informative thread that doesn't have a go at anyone at all? You'd be surprised at the positive responses you'll get.

It's quite easy.

**scracha** · 1st July 2007, 11:31

Originally Posted by scracha

So you won't mind me saying you're a complete fuckwit then?

Apologies Mark. I received my first official warning from the moderators about this post. In my defence :-
1) You did say you didn't really care what we thought of you.
2) I never actually said you're a complete fuckwit, I was polite enough to ask you if you minded me saying it first.

It seems that it's ok to be racist and homophobic on the forums though.

**avgas** · 1st July 2007, 11:47

How many people speak fluent Maori, considering it is a second language in NZ and we are taught it for a minimum 5 years at school?

**avgas** · 1st July 2007, 11:53

Originally Posted by skidMark

i don't give a shit about grammer...do you say commars and full stops out loud in real life?, i mean leaving in all the words is a great thing to do

Do you say all English words phonetically?

**imdying** · 1st July 2007, 14:00

Originally Posted by avgas

How many people speak fluent Maori, considering it is a second language in NZ and we are taught it for a minimum 5 years at school?

Really? They teach it to you for 5 years now? But what the? It's a dead language?!!? It's like teaching us how to grind grain by hand... a neat trick I'm sure, but of zero use to anyone. There's a limited amount of time to be teaching kids when they're at their most receptive, and we waste it teaching them that?!!