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In response to "or any city in Spain. -- nm" by loosilu

On B2, you said they ought to learn a second language in school. So, are you saying that language needs to always be English? -- nm

Posted by con_carne Sep 16 '09, 14:46

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I didn't say they ought to. I said they do. There are enough people who know english that the hotel can make it a hiring requirement. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:48 9
- Loosi, part of the reason people end up working at a hotel is they are *uneducated* -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:49 8
  - thoose people rarely meet guests -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:54
  - you have to be kidding. I don't mean the housekeeping staff. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:49 6
    - I don't either. Also, English is frickin hard. I think we all know this. It just doesn't seem that far fetched to me that not everyone knows it. -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:53 5
      - English is easy. No conjugations. Simple verb tenses. No gendered nouns. The most difficult part is pronounciation. -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 15:02 2
        
        *relatively* easy I should say (and the pronunciation is fiendish) -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 15:03
        
        yep, it is very easy to speak English badly and still be understood. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 15:03
      - you don't have to be able to write a scholarly article. People all over Africa function very well in pidgin English. - loosilu Sep 16, 14:54 1
        
        ...and I guarantee they have not been to secondary school. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:55

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