Accent complaint
#31
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I agree with you. The Queen is gonna win this one too. The drama-queen that is!
#32
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Originally Posted by prodigyking
I agree with you. The Queen is gonna win this one too. The drama-queen that is!
#33
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Originally Posted by willmore
If he does win it will be with class and taste, unlike you........
#34
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Originally Posted by prodigyking
Taste and class are all relative. Similar to the likings of English cuisine, if you know what I mean.
#35
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Originally Posted by prodigyking
The Queen is gonna win this one too. The drama-queen that is!
#36
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Originally Posted by prodigyking
Taste and class are all relative. Similar to the likings of English cuisine, if you know what I mean.
#37
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Originally Posted by prodigyking
Taste and class are all relative. Similar to the likings of English cuisine, if you know what I mean.
You dont hear very much about albanian cuisine while I think of it, and besides, arent there more michelin stars in the UK than in France or something?
#38
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You see. It's just funny when you mention British cuisine in the International spectrum. Enough said, I wasn't going for a culinary debate, just a metaphor.
The hysterical part is that I get gang-jumped on because I point out that Mr. CryBaby is spinning his wheels at another lost cause.
The hysterical part is that I get gang-jumped on because I point out that Mr. CryBaby is spinning his wheels at another lost cause.
#39
Re: Accent complaint
Originally Posted by prodigyking
You see. It's just funny when you mention British cuisine in the International spectrum. Enough said, I wasn't going for a culinary debate, just a metaphor.
The hysterical part is that I get gang-jumped on because I point out that Mr. CryBaby is spinning his wheels at another lost cause.
The hysterical part is that I get gang-jumped on because I point out that Mr. CryBaby is spinning his wheels at another lost cause.
something to think about, especially since you want to move to Canada..
Enjoy your day......
#40
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Originally Posted by willmore
If you don't like what he has to say, then why bother to respond. Put him on ignore and save yourself the aggravation of having to listen to someone who speaks the truth, unlike you who is as prejudice and small-minded as the person who complained about McGrouch's accent in the first place....
something to think about, especially since you want to move to Canada..
Enjoy your day......
something to think about, especially since you want to move to Canada..
Enjoy your day......
Don't worry about my ponderings on Canadian lifestyles. I do not "want" to move there. It's already a done deal.
I also have the pleasure to inform you that my day is being enjoyed talking to such wonderful folk as yourself.
#41
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Originally Posted by prodigyking
What's so prejudice and small-minded about complaining about somebody's accent? Since when has that become part of a ridiculously-politically-correct world? If somebody doesn't understand you, he better make sure to point it out.
Don't worry about my ponderings on Canadian lifestyles. I do not "want" to move there. It's already a done deal.
I also have the pleasure to inform you that my day is being enjoyed talking to such wonderful folk as yourself.
Don't worry about my ponderings on Canadian lifestyles. I do not "want" to move there. It's already a done deal.
I also have the pleasure to inform you that my day is being enjoyed talking to such wonderful folk as yourself.
I'm sorry is english not your first language? You've missed the point McGrouch was making entirely and turned this into a "self-pity" thread for yourself.
McGrouch wasn't complaining about the fact that people may not be able to understand him "in general", he was talking about people complaining about his accent in "the professional context"......Perhaps you weren't able to distinguish between the two.
I think it's a wise decision for you not to move here, because with your attitude about immigrants.....you wouldn't get very far or live very long......
#42
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Re: Accent complaint
I have a few things to say on the subject of this thread. The first is - I always figure someone else's rudeness is THEIR problem. Unless you get upset and then you make it your problem!
When I first came to Canada and got a job with a law firm, there was an older English lawyer working there already. One of the partners (he was an a**hole anyway) always imitated the way I spoke. The English lawyer made the comment that he did not have an accent - he spoke English. It was the Canadians who spoke English with a Canadian accent.
And what is more - he was correct!
I suggest you turn a deaf ear to this person's rudeness. If he can't push your buttons and get you annoyed, I think he will soon stop.
When I first came to Canada and got a job with a law firm, there was an older English lawyer working there already. One of the partners (he was an a**hole anyway) always imitated the way I spoke. The English lawyer made the comment that he did not have an accent - he spoke English. It was the Canadians who spoke English with a Canadian accent.
And what is more - he was correct!
I suggest you turn a deaf ear to this person's rudeness. If he can't push your buttons and get you annoyed, I think he will soon stop.
#43
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Originally Posted by willmore
...I think it's a wise decision for you not to move here, because with your attitude about immigrants.....you wouldn't get very far or live very long......
still 1-0...
#44
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Originally Posted by ksct97
did you notify the referee of the Glaswegian-Willmore substitution?
still 1-0...
still 1-0...