English: the World's (eyewitness) language

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
That is a matter of getting used to it (and literacy). When I watch a German movie, I find the dubbed voices hilarious for a few minutes, and annoying afterwards.

Indeed. It was the general aversion to subtitled movies in the English-speaking world that made me think of my suggestion...

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I recommend puppets.

hu-hu, I always kinda enjoyed thumb puppets myself, hu-hu.

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Originally posted by Jigtie
hu-hu, I always kinda enjoyed thumb puppets myself, hu-hu.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g02jT8lXhaA&feature=PlayList&p=88C1D6D7C9465093&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=30

Sincerely, I think presenting the news as a puppet show would be more honest than the usual malarkey.

Originally posted by generalissimo
its because the gringos are either too lazy or too stupid to learn other languages.

(no sarcasm)

Masca la cabeza por favor.

Originally posted by joe beyser
Masca la cabeza por favor.

que?

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Sincerely, I think presenting the news as a puppet show would be more honest than the usual malarkey.

Can't really argue with you there.

Originally posted by generalissimo
its because the gringos are either too lazy or too stupid to learn other languages.

(no sarcasm)

It has nothing to do with laziness or stupidity, it has to do with need. Few people learn other languages unless they need to. Many non-English speakers are essentially forced to learn English.
I have lived all my life in a country where English is a second language for most people, yet I never needed to learn anything else (and so have not done so). Nobody I know personally has learnt French, Spanish or Chinese unless they absolutely needed to (even though they are not gringos, or native English speakers).
For the first time in my life I am actually now trying to learn Chinese for my own interest, and it is really really hard.
Are you too lazy or stupid to learn Chinese, or do you know how to speak it already?

Originally posted by twhitehead
It has nothing to do with laziness or stupidity, it has to do with need. Few people learn other languages unless they need to. Many non-English speakers are essentially forced to learn English.
I have lived all my life in a country where English is a second language for most people, yet I never needed to learn anything else (and so have not done so). Nob ...[text shortened]... ally hard.
Are you too lazy or stupid to learn Chinese, or do you know how to speak it already?

Are you too lazy or stupid to learn Chinese, or do you know how to speak it already?

thats different, I don't live in china.

However, I did make a huge effort to learn spanish while I lived in spanish-speaking countries, and I did learn english even before I went to live in the UK.