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.
I like me.
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?
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
Oic.. Thanks Ken. Never thought of that. I just read it as 'ee-ma' hogg.
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
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
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
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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.
I like me.
If only I can be smart without trying so hard...