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Thread #80775 Message #1475458
Posted By: Kaleea
01-May-05 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Engrish--a world divided by a language
Subject: RE: BS: Engrish--a world divided by a language
When I was living in South Korea some years ago, I'll never forget the laughs amongst my friends--Korean, American & English. We westerners made plenty of dumb mistakes mispronouncing the Korean language. Fortunately, the beautiful Korean people have a good sense of humor and are forgiving. I did get a bit of a laugh when at a club in Seoul. The band was doing a song by Ike & Tina Turner quite popular in the states, "Lrlolrling on duh lrlee-buh" I certainly have noticed that in America, most folks do not speak English. In fact, many folks I know have trouble speaking American. We are such a conglomeration of languages that I'm not certain what language "we" speak anymore. I do poke a bit of fun of my own ancestry because many of my family members still speak as did our pioneer relatives. Whin weez hongree wee eet uh sammich on wunnder bray-yud. Whin weez tarrd, we goez tew bay-yud. Them thar paypull jist tawk funnee! Reememburr, this hyar thray-yud wuz not mah idee, Bill D., it mussta bin urine!