If you want to post to this forum, you must agree that you will not post:
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8. Messages in languages other than English to the English forum.
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8. Messages in languages other than English to the English forum.
"chewing gum" effect
>>8. Messages in languages other than English to the English forum.<<
And just why do *you* care oh-so-much all of a sudden, guest? Just to be a pain in the ass? The moderators obviously do not care about Greg's posting in French, or else they would have deleted his posts in here in French long ago.
And just why do *you* care oh-so-much all of a sudden, guest? Just to be a pain in the ass? The moderators obviously do not care about Greg's posting in French, or else they would have deleted his posts in here in French long ago.
Is it important the reason why I do care about this? Let's be objective and not ask about personal motivations. Rules on antimoon are so and people must follow them.
Ah, so empty legalism without any real justification is all you can stand upon?
<<>>Please moderator. Delete greg's message. It's against the rule no. 8 of this forum.<<
Please shut up. If you really can't read it, you can always use Google Translator, thank you. >>
I kinda agree. This is the *English* section, where students come to get answers to *English* questions. If greg can't write in English here for their benefit, and give English tutorial in ENGLISH, then he shouldn't give anything at all.
What's he doing giving English lessons in French anyway???
Am I wrong here?
Please shut up. If you really can't read it, you can always use Google Translator, thank you. >>
I kinda agree. This is the *English* section, where students come to get answers to *English* questions. If greg can't write in English here for their benefit, and give English tutorial in ENGLISH, then he shouldn't give anything at all.
What's he doing giving English lessons in French anyway???
Am I wrong here?
About moderators allowing him to write in French, well, that is not something to be proud of. He simply abuses from their benevolence. I wonder if we can skip other rules appart from this one like greg does.
Every rule is bent sometimes and greg is that exception and has been for a long time. He was never destructive and we love him.
What would happen if everyone wrote in the language they want in the English section? Rules are meant to be followed, and, appart from that, I think that to write in English in the English section is just a reasonable thing.
Legalism is only good to an extent, beyond is the politics. You'll understand it when you're older.
Ok, legalism is not good but to write in French in an English forum about learning English is right. I thought that politeness was more spread among older people.
The reason why greg writes in French in here is basically as a protest over English getting its own forum here while all other languages are relegated to a single "Languages" forum. As greg has been writing in here in French for a long time, since before the "Languages" forum even existed, his use of French has effectively been grandfathered in in this particular forum.
I don't mind greg's mental insanity. This the only important thing:
If you want to post to this forum, you must agree that you will not post:
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8. Messages in languages other than English to the English forum.
Period.
If you want to post to this forum, you must agree that you will not post:
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8. Messages in languages other than English to the English forum.
Period.
(ahem) Back to the topic.
<Remember that the original poster said that a German make the chewing gum remark...
Now think of how a German or German speaking person sounds to us (Arnold Schwarzenegger for example)...
Germans speak with the words being formed very forward in their mouths. .it DOES sound (at least to *their* ears) that we are "swallowing" out words. It has nothing to do with diphthongs...>
Guest, I don't think I can agree with this. To ME, anyway, German sounds gutteral, not labial-- Swiss dialects in particular. Admittedly, this is a subjective perception, filtered through the sounds of my native tongue.
If you want a labial language, I'd point to Spanish, which is labial on steroids.
On another note, one German native told me that her old English teacher said,"When you speak English, you need to pretend that you have a potato in your mouth."
This agrees with what you've said, Guest, but I can't see how a potato can be matched up with chewing-gum; potatoes have to do with opening passages, while chewing gum concerns chewing motions.
<Remember that the original poster said that a German make the chewing gum remark...
Now think of how a German or German speaking person sounds to us (Arnold Schwarzenegger for example)...
Germans speak with the words being formed very forward in their mouths. .it DOES sound (at least to *their* ears) that we are "swallowing" out words. It has nothing to do with diphthongs...>
Guest, I don't think I can agree with this. To ME, anyway, German sounds gutteral, not labial-- Swiss dialects in particular. Admittedly, this is a subjective perception, filtered through the sounds of my native tongue.
If you want a labial language, I'd point to Spanish, which is labial on steroids.
On another note, one German native told me that her old English teacher said,"When you speak English, you need to pretend that you have a potato in your mouth."
This agrees with what you've said, Guest, but I can't see how a potato can be matched up with chewing-gum; potatoes have to do with opening passages, while chewing gum concerns chewing motions.
<<The reason why greg writes in French in here is basically as a protest over English getting its own forum here while all other languages are relegated to a single "Languages" forum.>>
If He wants to protest, then he shouldn't attend our meetings. Right? What's the logic there?
It's like protesting a MAdonna concert, but going and sitting in the third row. C'mon!
If He wants to protest, then he shouldn't attend our meetings. Right? What's the logic there?
It's like protesting a MAdonna concert, but going and sitting in the third row. C'mon!