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Swedes 'Best in the World' at English
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| 26 Oct 12
Posted on 10/26/2012 2:48:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/26/2012 2:52:15 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: nickcarraway
Who cares? They’re also first in the world with beautiful blondes. Talk to me about stuff that matters.
To: nickcarraway
That’s great but they better get to work on their arabic.
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posted on
10/26/2012 2:53:28 PM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes everything)
To: nickcarraway
I wonder where Great Britain ranked?
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posted on
10/26/2012 2:53:40 PM PDT
by
Rebel_Ace
(Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
To: nickcarraway
It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway.
I wonder how well (poorly, actually) a cross-section of native, English-speaking US public school teachers would fare on that same test.
I shudder to think of how most US public school students and graduates would do.
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posted on
10/26/2012 2:54:22 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: WesternCulture
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:01:02 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nickcarraway
This has been true for a long time. I used to do a lot of work in Sweden in the 90s and I was amazed that pretty much all corporate documents were in English. When I walked in the door of an office, even before anyone knew that I was American, they greeted me in English. I’m surprised Swedish people still know how to speak and write in Swedish.
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:28:25 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: nickcarraway
Swedes have the highest proficiency in English as a second language in the world
Also in the study: 'Inner city Americans have the worst rate at English!!'
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:31:47 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(Yes, Obama, I had help with my business. MY CUSTOMERS!)
To: nickcarraway; WesternCulture
Swedes have the highest proficiency in English as a second language in the world. . . . That would be true for most Swedes I know, EXCEPT for some of my cousin's family, who run the Henriksson family farm. Older and more rural Swedes tend not to be as good in English.
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To: dragonblustar
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:40:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: nickcarraway
South of the Mason-Dixon Line is where English as a second language is best spoken. For example:
Uhlana, Joja (Atlanta, Georgia), CAY ro seen (kerosene),
Raffle (Either a sale or a gun). Take that you Swedes!
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:41:05 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: johniegrad
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:43:04 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
ROFL!
I wonder how you will butcher Aussie English to size...
To: count-your-change
Yes. I’m not into blonde guys.
To: nickcarraway
Been to Sweden many times. You can't find anyone younger than 50 who doesn't speak English well.
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posted on
10/26/2012 3:57:32 PM PDT
by
Timmy
To: Zeppo
I shudder to think of how most US public school students and graduates would do.Dey be doin' bad if you axe me.
To: nickcarraway
Swedish is part of Germanic language group,just like English. Being relatively smaller in terms of the number of speakers, it’s easy for them to adopt English compared to their bigger relative, the German themselves.
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posted on
10/26/2012 4:03:35 PM PDT
by
paudio
(4Bs: Big-bird, Binders, Bayonets, and... Bullshiter ! <= New 0bama's campaign slogan)
To: James C. Bennett
I think Aussies are still in the “Cowboy Myth” stage. Only for them it’s the Outback instead of the West. Just as the hardliving cowpoke had his own lingo so does Aussie English.
For example: Mite (either flea like or friend but not wife)
or Bier (either a stand for a corpse or the brewed drink).
To most words the voice must be raised slightly at the end to produce the distinctive sound of Aussiespeak. Americans tend to drop the voice at the end of words, not every time but more often than not.
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posted on
10/26/2012 4:16:34 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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