Thread: Is it really necessary to learn a host country's language?

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by Ban Saray

If you want to enjoy life here learn the language, if you want residency you pass a literacy test, citizenship is another level higher.
Australia does it, Slovenia does it.
IME it's only the lazy poms who refuse to learn, thyinking they know it all, as always. That's probably why they hate the UK due to the influx of people who don't need to learn English to get the social security, free health, and a commission flat?

you seem to have an insecurity complex about the "poms"

No, I wrote IME (In my experience), and I've met more Poms who when asked this question simply answer "Why should I", than you can imagine. All of these guys live and work with Thais all day.
If nothing else it is a safety issue.
But hey like I said I do what I do, they do what they do, it's a free world.

Originally Posted by chinthee

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by chinthee

Learn Chinese. Learn Russian. Learn Arabic. Learn Spanish.

Those are important world languages.

Exactly. But you forgot French, the universal language of love and a beautiful language period

Je parle Francais parfaitement mon ami!

Le papillon est un trou du cul.

Ban Saray, I agree a lot of English speakers get lazy as most people they work with speak their language but..

I was referring more to your rant than to that point in it

Seems there is general consensus speaking Thai is not essential but handy. So if you don't want to be handy-capped learning a little Thai seems sensible.

Recall recently where a Polish guy was tasered to death in a Canadian airport because he didn't understand enough English to respond to what the cops were saying to him.

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Le papillon est un trou du cul.

Je t'emmerde trou de bal, succeur de bites

Originally Posted by Norton

Recall recently where a Polish guy was tasered to death in a Canadian airport because he didn't understand enough English

A useful new classroom aid for the ajarns?

Originally Posted by Norton

So if you don't want to be handy-capped learning a little Thai seems sensible.

well, bugger me senseless.

Conversely, I can't speak Thai nor posess a Thai driver's license, when stopped by the BiB.

"Whadja say there officer, I caint speek no Thai."

Actually speaking Thai can be quite useful in a mundane dinner back home,

a small show off to demonstrate your language capacity,

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

but you are preaching to the terribly retarded.

In my case i dont need to learn to read or write Thai. I can speak plenty when i need to and can understand way more than I speak.
My work here involes the heavy consumption of time and there is no energy left to garner skills which are not essential here. My first priority is to provide for me and my gf. She is the Thai language expert and is salaried by me to deal with all events pertaining to that part of living here.

Your concept that maybe I am retarded by my choices tells me more about you than me, albiet even more than the fact you are a petty criminal from wales who spits on thais in his local shop.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

well, bugger me senseless.

Love it when you talk dirty to me.

Originally Posted by Texpat

Conversely, I can't speak Thai nor posess a Thai driver's license, when stopped by the BiB. "Whadja say there officer, I caint speek no Thai."

they usually speak enough english to fine you.

they don't speak welsh, nor have they heard of wales.

speak welsh and tell them you are from Kurdistan.

Originally Posted by Spin

In my case i dont need to learn to read or write Thai. I can speak plenty when i need to and can understand way more than I speak. My work here involes the heavy consumption of time and there is no energy left to garner skills which are not essential here. My first priority is to provide for me and my gf. She is the Thai language expert and is salaried by me to deal with all events pertaining to that part of living here. Your concept that maybe I am retarded by my choices tells me more about you than me, albiet even more than the fact you are a petty criminal from wales who spits on thais in his local shop.

that makes it ever so clear.

you don't need to speak the language of the country you live in, that would be just daft.

I understand now.

Originally Posted by Spin

albiet even more than the fact you are a petty criminal from wales who spits on thais in his local shop.

Brillant !!! lol

^
albeit that neither of you can understand the play with words.

"preaching to the retarded"

gettit.?

^ The play on words probably sounded better in your head in Thai

Originally Posted by Looper

A useful new classroom aid for the ajarns?

Good idea but set the voltage down. Don't want to be killing off paying customers.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

The play on words probably sounded better in your head in Thai

"nasty thick twat" does too.

, yeah gotta love sucking those bites!

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

"nasty thick twat" does too.

How about that one "Petit Bouffon Gallois" ?

Originally Posted by Spin

I can speak plenty when i need to

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

you don't need to speak the language of the country you live in, that would be just daft.

Reading English, not your strong point?

Perhaps you are dumbing down to Thai level?

Originally Posted by Spin

Perhaps you are dumbing down to Thai level?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

The play on words probably sounded better in your head in Thai

I think he is, another reason why not to learn Thai, it's really a language for "primitives",

and it brings an interesting question, does speaking a language make you think like a local ?

Originally Posted by Spin

Reading English, not your strong point?

staying sober isn't.

but that last post did me.

i agree.
reading Thai is an awful waste of time.

if anyone is thinking of it, don't bother.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

but that last post did me.

Come on, don't give up yet ? split the thread and make it your own for a double century candidate