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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 18, 2018 22:06:36 GMT 7
never mind. well done to the Burmese girls I was speaking to the other day, their english was PERFECT, what country is your teacher from I asked, answer Burma. They had never heard of joko or seb,  . |
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Post by smokie36 on Oct 18, 2018 23:44:43 GMT 7
never mind. well done to the Burmese girls I was speaking to the other day, their english was PERFECT, what country is your teacher from I asked, answer Burma. They had never heard of joko or seb, . Yes but Seb offers a proper sarf London accent...you need that for labouring work in Lewisham. |
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Post by oldie on Oct 18, 2018 23:59:09 GMT 7
The Burmese I have met are totally underestimated.
Articulate, polite...
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Post by AyG on Oct 19, 2018 7:07:35 GMT 7
It must be over 20 years ago now, but I still remember being in Mandalay and talking to a young man. He spotted an old man on the other side of the street and hailed him. This old man spoke English perfectly with an upper class accent. I was astonished. It turned out that he had been professor of English at the local university. The university had been closed by the military regime (can't have the people too educated, of course). And the professor was now an unemployed alcoholic.
Sad.
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Post by Mosha on Oct 20, 2018 15:04:06 GMT 7
When I go into a hardware shop in town, before I can open my mouth, the boss calls one of his Burmese staff over. He has good English.
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