Bad Engrish?

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

El Maximo writes:

I don't know ...

I agree.


We already know you don't know


Bertie

Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:


Native-like fluency is not a requirement for pilots. For real life
foreign speakers, an accent different from the one they were taught in
is a problem.


From personal experience I agree, but don't you think they should know
the difference between Alpha and November?

Wolfgang Schwanke writes:

Native-like fluency is not a requirement for pilots. For real life
foreign speakers, an accent different from the one they were taught in
is a problem.

If a different accent is a problem, their fluency is too low for aviation
purposes.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...


If a different accent is a problem, their fluency is too low for aviation
purposes.

Get a clue.

Mxsmanic,

If a different accent is a problem, their fluency is too low for aviation
purposes.


Everytime one is sure you have demonstrated the maximum idiocy achievable,
you manage to top it again.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Wolfgang,

Did he really expect the poor
pilot to understand _that_? "Interrogative" isn't a word that a less
than fluent speaker will know.


Reminds me of the story of an avid English learner who, after months of
learning, decides his English is finally good enough to go to
McDonald's for a burger. He places his order and the girl behind the
counter goes "foheatogo?" He smiles apologetically (sp?), she repeats
"foheatogo?". This goes on five times with her being too dumb to phrase
the question a different way (a typical behaviour). After a while, he
thinks "I can't go wrong if I say this": "Just a little bit, please"

True story.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert writes:

Reminds me of the story of an avid English learner who, after months of
learning, decides his English is finally good enough to go to
McDonald's for a burger. He places his order and the girl behind the
counter goes "foheatogo?" He smiles apologetically (sp?), she repeats
"foheatogo?". This goes on five times with her being too dumb to phrase
the question a different way (a typical behaviour).

No, he was too dumb to understand what was being said. It's not her
obligation to phrase things twenty different ways in the hope that he'll catch
on, it's his responsibility to be competent in understanding the language to
begin with.

El Maximo writes:

Get a clue.

Most air traffic controllers have accents. Any pilot who cannot understand
English with an accent isn't going to fly very far.

Thomas Borchert writes:

Everytime one is sure you have demonstrated the maximum idiocy achievable,
you manage to top it again.

Which type of English counts as "without an accent" for you?

Mxsmanic,

Did they switch the power back on?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)