They are only 6 years old. Poor kids.
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There's a running joke about the average American's ignorance of other's languages: When foreigners go to America, Americans expect them to speak English. When Americans go to foreign countries, we still expect them to speak English. I have seen this behavior in action.
What should have been a 45 minute commute turned out to last 6 hours. Snow. The mid-Atlantic region was just not prepared for you.
Historically, it's not a uniquely American characteristic. Each dominant civilization has imposed a lingua franca upon the lands it dominated. The ancient Romans expected Latin (and/or Greek) to be universal throughout the lands it ruled.
Technically, the U.S. "rules" nothing except its own national territory and domains under its direct political control, but its cultural hegemony has been so dominant over such a great part of the globe for so long (about a century now) that, rightly or wrongly, its people regard English as the world's unofficial, but practical lingua franca.
Americans aren't perfect, but sometimes, people take the "ugly American" thing too far.
I was reading an article about funny names. One of the names listed is Ima Hogg.
Why is Ima Hogg funny? Can anyone explain?
Oic.. Thanks Ken. Never thought of that. I just read it as 'ee-ma' hogg.
Praise-God Barebone, who was originally christened Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone, has a son name Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Barbon
I think Yushi explained this before. In Malaysia there are schools that teach Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Yushi's school teaches all three along with English.
Today was supposed to be the first day of school for me. However, classes have been cancelled due to inclement weather. I'm actually somewhat disappointed.
If only I can be smart without trying so hard...