"Stop Imposing English on Our Children"

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Mar 9th 2013, 4:33 pm

#46

Gordon Barlow

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Re: "Stop Imposing English on Our Children"

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Originally Posted by Meow

Read your blog? Good grief, no. Whatever for? 99% of blogs are a total waste of time, serve no purpose and the self-important, pointless witterings should remain as a personal diary.

Having just read your homepage, I wonder why you are so down on others' self-important, pointless witterings. Plenty of examples of dodgy English in the sample you offer! Why on earth do you leave them uncorrected? People in glass houses, you know...

Mar 9th 2013, 7:22 pm

#47

scot47

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Re: "Stop Imposing English on Our Children"

We had technical trainees in the airline in Jeddah who expected to get technical manuals on maintenance in Arabic. We had to disappoint them.

Mar 10th 2013, 4:14 am

#48

Bahtatboy

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Re: "Stop Imposing English on Our Children"

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Originally Posted by Gordon Barlow

Ahh – loose, lose, what difference does it make, eh? You know what I mean.
Confusing lose and loose happens not just in Cayman, but all over the English-speaking world. Unfortunately, the rest of the world isn’t doing anything to fix the problem, so we must fix it ourselves – if we can.

So you and your blogees in Cayman are going to fix the problem of the English-speaking world confusing lose and loose. "Subjects, I have a vision of world domination!" Gordon Bennett.

Mar 10th 2013, 10:22 am

#49

Meow

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Re: "Stop Imposing English on Our Children"

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Originally Posted by Gordon Barlow

You're a charmer, aren't you? That's sarcasm, by the way. Do you feel that calling me names, per your previous post, is big and clever?

At least my blog has a purpose and provides information and isn't just "I got up and had breakfast' like so many. This is demonstrated by the hits and feedback I receive. Like 99% of posters on the ME forum, I have no interest in reading the ramblings of some random old bloke in the Caymans

But if it makes you feel better, you keep being rude; whoever you are.