[78-L] Pathe-tic sympathy [was 20" Pathe, yours for only 5 grand!]^

[Julian Vein]

On 09/02/12 07:38, Mike Harkin wrote:
> Anglophones in general are averse to learning other languages [and mostly have atrocious accents if they do bother.  They figure tthat if they just speak English LOUD enough, the poor benighted furriner is bound to understand!
>
> Hence the need for added volume for English lessons.
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
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If you can't make furriners understand what you're saying then 
gesticulate. If that doesn't work then we can only assume that they 
don't want to make the effort. I suppose we shouldn't be too hard on 
them, after all they can't help being born that way. They probably don't 
realise they are furriners--I doubt if they wake up each morning 
thinking "Oh no, I'm still a furriner!" We can only feel sympathy for them.

      Julian Vein