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| mcjon77 Senior Member United States Joined 6613 days ago 193 posts - 248 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Egyptian), French | Message 9 of 21 22 November 2007 at 3:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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No worries. Different strokes for different folks.
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| apparition Octoglot Senior Member United States Joined 6652 days ago 600 posts - 667 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), French, Arabic (Iraqi), Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Pashto | Message 10 of 21 22 November 2007 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was expecting funnier. I kept waiting for a punchline...
Why did they have to make it 7 languages? I think it would have had the same impact with two, or even one foreign language. But now I'm trying to analyze humor... bad idea! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6896 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 21 22 November 2007 at 5:18pm | IP Logged | ||
There is nothing there to "get" and nothing in any way particular to the English language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Scott Horne Newbie Canada Joined 6227 days ago 34 posts - 38 votes | Message 12 of 21 22 November 2007 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I'm a native speaker of English, and I didn't get the "joke" either.
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| jstele Bilingual Senior Member United States Joined 6657 days ago 186 posts - 194 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean* | Message 13 of 21 08 December 2007 at 11:30pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, to me, it was funny because it made the "translator" look so ridiculous for having the audacity to approach it that way. I think it makes fun of her ignorance more than anything. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 24karrot Diglot Groupie United States speakingboricua.blog Joined 6386 days ago 72 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Russian | Message 14 of 21 09 December 2007 at 1:12am | IP Logged | ||
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I hate both clips. The first one at its best seemed boring and overdone, and at its worst is practically racist, as if only English is a language and everyone is just making animal sounds. The second... what kind of idiot doesn't know what a polyglot is? Did he not make it through middle school? Doesn't sound like an "impressive resume" to me. And what kind of interview question is that? Did he expect him to just bust out in 10 languages (oh, and NOT include that on his resume)?
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| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6246 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 15 of 21 09 December 2007 at 4:19am | IP Logged | ||
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seems you people are over-politically correct.
it's a joke, and should be seen as such, not as racism. i love catherine tate, although this clip wasn't really that amusing. the second clip was alright, just a tad stupid, some people would find it funny at least. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6870 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 16 of 21 09 December 2007 at 10:43am | IP Logged | ||
"Polyglot" isn't a very common word for lots of people, I'd wager. Speaking for myself, I would be very surprised if I asked the majority of students I know on my campus if they knew what it meant and got a correct answer. I still think a lot of them would use the term "linguist" instead. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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