Like totally dude...

Yes:) Here she is. Moon Zappa:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM
I do not talk funny ...
I'm sure (Valley Girl)
Whatsa matter with the way I talk? (Valley Girl)
I am a VAL, I know
But I live in like in a really good part of Encino so it's okay (Valley Girl)
So like, I don't know
I'm like freaking out totally
Oh my God!

Hang on. Do you not live close to San Bern'dino?

Hellyeah!

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Like totally dude...

Yes:) Here she is. Moon Zappa:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM
I do not talk funny ...
I'm sure (Valley Girl)
Whatsa matter with the way I talk? (Valley Girl)
I am a VAL, I know
But I live in like in a really good part of Encino so it's okay (Valley Girl)
So like, I don't know
I'm like freaking out totally
Oh my God!

Hang on. Do you not live close to San Bern'dino?

That's 80.5 miles from here and beyond a mountain range.

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Hang on. Do you not live close to San Bern'dino?

That's 80.5 miles from here and beyond a mountain range.

Moon Zappa's father wrote a song about San Ber'dino.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/frank+zappa/san+berdino_20056786.html
The song starts.
She lives in mojave in a winnebago
His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato
She's in love with a boy
>from the rodeo
Who pulls the rope on the chute
When they let those suckers go
He's a slobberin' drunk at the Palomino
They give him thirty days in San Ber'dino
Well there's forty-four men
Stashed away in tank "C"
An' there's only one shower
But it don't apply to Bobby

In Sweden we use daily English loanwords like "chat", "mejl" and "brunch". But in the case "After Work", to grab a beer or glass of wine after work, it is not an expression we borrowed but invented ourselves. According to the English-language newspaper The Local English speakers in Sweden are puzzled by the term "after work" that is neither used in the US or in the UK rather, "how about some drinks?" Or short "pub?".

The phenomenon of fake loan words is not new. In the 1980s we called portable players for "Freestyle", which is a Swedish invention. Abroad the player is called "Walkman", named after Sony's bestseller.

Even the French "après-ski" was made to "After Ski". But in the US, for example you use the French term "après-ski" and not what we in Sweden translated into English.

We Swedes are odd, aren't we:)
http://www.thelocal.se/

More fun.
Not even the Danes can understand Danish.
http://www.thelocal.dk/20150304/not-even-the-danes-can-understand-danish
"Mænd og Høns" Men and Chickens:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=382e1YN9cMU

Funny that the paper is called The Local. Your local Pub in England:)

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
But they have nice beers:) Det er dejligt.

Whats weird is that Danish is almost as a dialect of Swedish.
We use to joke with them because of the pronounciation.
And Norwegians of course:)

Years ago in California I had a job that lasted about a year before the company crashed and being somewhat of a low budget operation they had about half the workers asian. In the software area where I worked I suspect the numbers may have been a bit higher. They came from China, Japan and several other countries in the areas so their accent was mixed but after a year of working there, I didn't notice the accent very much and had gotten over any issues of understanding them.

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Pigeon English:)
I have worked with many people from India. They speak very good English.
But to understand what they are saying...
I had some calls from Mumbai and...
Subtitles please.

Years ago in California I had a job that lasted about a year before the company crashed and being somewhat of a low budget operation they had about half the workers asian. In the software area where I worked I suspect the numbers may have been a bit higher. They came from China, Japan and several other countries in the areas so their accent was mixed but after a year of working there, I didn't notice the accent very much and had gotten over any issues of understanding them.

I started working for a German firm in 1987, and still do consulting for firms in Germany and Scandinavia. They often ask me to help with their English in written reports, but after so many years I really have a hard time finding the small errors they want me to correct. I know what they are saying, so it all looks OK to me!

(Or as some would say, it all to me OK looks.)

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I started working for a German firm in 1987, and still do consulting for firms in Germany and Scandinavia. They often ask me to help with their English in written reports, but after so many years I really have a hard time finding the small errors they want me to correct. I know what they are saying, so it all looks OK to me!
(Or as some would say, it all to me OK looks.)

Hmmm.
The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.
I have also worked at a German firm, Siemens. Concern language they said was English.
When people from Germany came here to have a seminare they all talked German.
Why? Since in the computer business there are so many tecnical terms that are German:)
Yes. Datei Ãœbertragen, Tastatur und Datenbank!

Datei Übertragen DÜ is the Enter key on the keybord.

I started working for a German firm in 1987, and still do consulting for firms in Germany and Scandinavia. They often ask me to help with their English in written reports, but after so many years I really have a hard time finding the small errors they want me to correct. I know what they are saying, so it all looks OK to me!
(Or as some would say, it all to me OK looks.)

Hmmm.
The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.
I have also worked at a German firm, Siemens. Concern language they said was English.
When people from Germany came here to have a seminare they all talked German.
Why? Since in the computer business there are so many tecnical terms that are German:)
Yes. Datei Ãœbertragen, Tastatur und Datenbank!

Datei Übertragen DÜ is the Enter key on the keybord.

The German firm I worked for merged with a French firm about 5 years after I got there. After literally years of debate, it was decided that the official internal language would be English. Because Germans refused to speak French and French refused to speak German. As one of the 5 % of employees who were natural English speakers, I was quite happy with this.

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I started working for a German firm in 1987, and still do consulting for firms in Germany and Scandinavia. They often ask me to help with their English in written reports, but after so many years I really have a hard time finding the small errors they want me to correct. I know what they are saying, so it all looks OK to me!
(Or as some would say, it all to me OK looks.)

Hmmm.
The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.
I have also worked at a German firm, Siemens. Concern language they said was English.
When people from Germany came here to have a seminare they all talked German.
Why? Since in the computer business there are so many tecnical terms that are German:)
Yes. Datei Ãœbertragen, Tastatur und Datenbank!
Datei Übertragen DÜ is the Enter key on the keybord.

The German firm I worked for merged with a French firm about 5 years after I got there. After literally years of debate, it was decided that the official internal language would be English. Because Germans refused to speak French and French refused to speak German. As one of the 5 % of employees who were natural English speakers, I was quite happy with this.

So you know the feeling:)
One of my collegues at Siemens was a brit.
He said "Who the f**k won the war"
Anyway working there was the best time of my life:)
We had so much fun, germans and swedes, even off hours.

At a physics conference the head of the French delegation rose and said: d'or en avant nous parlerons francais. Nous aussi, replied the British head. End of it.
Tullio

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At a physics conference the head of the French delegation rose and said: d'or en avant nous parlerons francais. Nous aussi, replied the British head. End of it.
Tullio

Yes. It's so funny. When you try (It has changed since I was there and it was mostly eldery people who where reluctant) speak to a Frenchman but with a foreign accent they say.
"Je ne comprends pas"
But in Italy next to the border to France there were no problem at all to speak Italian very badly:)

The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.

When I last visited France and Germany, I found that they hated us trying practice our French and German, they all preferred to practice their English on us!

Thank god for that. When I was young i was never able to pick up a second language and with my hearing issues and age I am not sure I could pick up a second language today. I even have some problems with sounds in the english language and get kidded about it. On the other hand, we have truckers in the yard who speak about half a dozen languages. Impressive.

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The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.

When I last visited France and Germany, I found that they hated us trying practice our French and German, they all preferred to practice their English on us!

Thank god for that. When I was young i was never able to pick up a second language and with my hearing issues and age I am not sure I could pick up a second language today. I even have some problems with sounds in the english language and get kidded about it. On the other hand, we have truckers in the yard who speak about half a dozen languages. Impressive.

To learn a second language is the best start to learn several languages.
It's never to late.
One thing thats bug me is that many countries dub films and even news!
Why not use subtitles?
You get free lessons everyday:)
And it will not destroy Movies like hearing Elisabet Taylor saying to Richard Burton "Je t'aime"
Or news where it's essential to here the tone of the voice and not from one silly actor!

In the US they even make remakes of European success Movies:(

The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.

When I last visited France and Germany, I found that they hated us trying practice our French and German, they all preferred to practice their English on us!

Thank god for that. When I was young i was never able to pick up a second language and with my hearing issues and age I am not sure I could pick up a second language today. I even have some problems with sounds in the english language and get kidded about it. On the other hand, we have truckers in the yard who speak about half a dozen languages. Impressive.

To learn a second language is the best start to learn several languages.
It's never to late.
One thing thats bug me is that many countries dub films and even news!
Why not use subtitles?
You get free lessons everyday:)
And it will not destroy Movies like hearing Elisabet Taylor saying to Richard Burton "Je t'aime"
Or news where it's essential to here the tone of the voice and not from one silly actor!

In the US they even make remakes of European success Movies:(

What's worst is how many time Hollywood will reuse a script. Some movies have been remade 4 or 5 times and often they only make minor changes to the script. You would think their isn't anyone in Hollywood today who can write a new original script!!!

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What's worst is how many time Hollywood will reuse a script. Some movies have been remade 4 or 5 times and often they only make minor changes to the script. You would think their isn't anyone in Hollywood today who can write a new original script!!!

I see. A standard script with blanks where you change names and places:)
I thinks it's called recycling.

And Chris. Reruns are sometimes better then new productions.

Anybody seen CSI series? I Think we seen three different versions and I dont know how many episodes...
CSI New York, CSI Miami, CSI Navy...
And of course reruns of these:)

What's worst is how many time Hollywood will reuse a script. Some movies have been remade 4 or 5 times and often they only make minor changes to the script. You would think their isn't anyone in Hollywood today who can write a new original script!!!

I see. A standard script with blanks where you change names and places:)
I thinks it's called recycling.

And Chris. Reruns are sometimes better then new productions.

Anybody seen CSI series? I Think we seen three different versions and I dont know how many episodes...
CSI New York, CSI Miami, CSI Navy...
And of course reruns of these:)

One of the funniest remakes was Seven Samurai (original) and
The Magnificent Seven remade several times. I had seen The Magnificent Seven several times before I learned about Seven Samurai.

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