Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)

Mxsmanic wrote in
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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

It's a skewed perspective with no basis in the reality of the world
today.

You're entitled to your opinion.

There are cases where non-German native executives would rather you
speak to them in German than English too.

For these executives, French was not their native language.


Whoosh
Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Miguel Cruz writes:

Only if you're in France, or have little interest in establishing
communication.

No, I was talking about interactions worldwide. French is the most
popular second language after English, so most people with an
education have studied one or the other (or both).

nope.

Wrong agin fjukktard


Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

What is the evidence for this?

The statistics I've seen in the past. My own experience mirrors the
statistics.




Annngh.

wrong again

Bertie

"El Maximo" wrote in
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Read this again, carefully.


You have never given me cause to follow your instructions.

You have always given me cause be highly skeptical of any of your
'advice'.



Bwawhahwhahwhahhwhahwhhahwhahwhahwhhahw!


I'm never skeptical of your's. I always know it's ****

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

Mxsmanic wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

Fair enough- but India still has over 3 times as many people
speaking Hindi as a native language than the number speaking
English as a secondary one.

Not so. There are far more than one billion speakers of English in
the world.

I didn't claim otherwise. Re-read the above.

I did. "Speaking English as a secondary one" means all speakers of
English, not just native speakers, and there are far more than one
billion such people in the world. This greatly outnumbers the number
of native speakers of Hindi. Thus, claiming the opposite--to say
nothing of claiming that there are three times as many native Hindi
speakers as English speakers--is clearly incorrect.



Wrong again, bunkruptcy boi


Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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El Maximo writes:

That probably works in France.....

Oddly enough, it works throughout a large part of the world.


Wow, is there anything you know anythng about?


Bertie

Craig Welch wrote:
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:

Extremely popular is meaningless. In the US, for example, which is
the most populous English speaking country in the world, high school
students are now learning Spanish at a rate almost 4 times that of
French.

The US is not the most populous English speaking country in the world.

I think at this point a reasonable rebuttal would go on to say something
like "The country with that honor is X, and my source for that
information is Y."

So here's what I consider a reasonable rebuttal to your rebuttal:

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top...eaker-map.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

You'll note that both web sites list the US as the country with the most
native speakers of English. At this point the typical Usenet rebuttal to
my post would be to say something like "Yes, but I meant to include
people for whom English is a second language, and my source is the same
Wikipedia page you reference. You'll note that it lists India as the
country with the most speakers of English, with China the second largest."

(I thought I'd save time by doing both halves of the dialogue. :-))

dgs wrote:

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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El Maximo writes:


Languages, plural?

Yes. I speak more than one and can teach all the languages I speak.


Which languages - besides English and French - are these?

I'm guessing "gibberish".

Craig Welch wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote:

Not so. There are far more than one billion speakers of English in
the world.


What are their names?


George. After George Foreman.

Jim Logajan wrote:

Craig Welch wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:


Extremely popular is meaningless. In the US, for example, which is
the most populous English speaking country in the world, high school
students are now learning Spanish at a rate almost 4 times that of
French.

The US is not the most populous English speaking country in the world.


I think at this point a reasonable rebuttal would go on to say something
like "The country with that honor is X, and my source for that
information is Y."

So here's what I consider a reasonable rebuttal to your rebuttal:

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top...eaker-map.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language


Wikipedia is NOT an authoritative source.