Thread: Languge Barriers, A Blessing In Disguise?

if i spoke fluent thai i would have been killed years ago.

Language barrier is a good thing. Too much English led to my last divorce. Now, I have a GF who speaks not one word of English and I couldn't be happier. We get along great on a normal level, but ain't no way we're going to have a complex psycho-drama and I like that very much.

Originally Posted by obsidian

if i spoke fluent thai i would have been killed years ago.

My Thai is nearly fluent and it nearly did get me killed.. Not by the lady though mind you..

Originally Posted by chinthee

Language barrier is a good thing. Too much English led to my last divorce. Now, I have a GF who speaks not one word of English and I couldn't be happier. We get along great on a normal level, but ain't no way we're going to have a complex psycho-drama and I like that very much.

I agree 100%.. And they say some thing are better left unsaid anyway; right?

Originally Posted by cali kid

Sometimes I may say something when speaking to a friend a about last weekend and she doesnt take notice...

Could it not be that perhaps she just does not find you or your conversations interesting, perhaps she just think's that she should endure your ramblings out of politeness but see's no reason to encourage them further?

Just a thought.

Noodles.

Originally Posted by obsidian

if i spoke fluent thai i would have been killed years ago.

I'm assuming you mean that in a confrontational context, in which case I have to say I agree 100%
It better that I cannot get my feelings across to some of the folks I meet along the way. I dump those feelings on here, as a vent.

Originally Posted by cali kid

Languge Barriers, A Blessing In Disguise?

I think so, as long as basic communication is working.

Originally Posted by chinthee

I have a GF who speaks not one word of English

That would be my ideal situation. Forced into learning the language.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Could it not be that perhaps she just does not find you or your conversations interesting, perhaps she just think's that she should endure your ramblings out of politeness but see's no reason to encourage them further?

That is exactly my point..

She doesnt find it interesting because she doesnt understand..
Gives me more freedom to speak freely.

In the Hebrew scriptures, a high tower built in Shinar (Babylonia). According to Genesis 11:1 – 9, the Babylonians wanted to build a tower "with its top in the heavens." Angry at their presumption, God disrupted the enterprise by confusing the languages of the workers so that they could no longer understand each other. The tower was left unfinished and the people dispersed over the face of the earth. This twatty myth may have been inspired by a tower temple located north of the Marduk temple and known as Bab-ilu ("Gate of God").

Anyway I personally would prefer it if everyone in the world spoke one language - Thai, English, whatever.

i speak fluent whatever. learned it in whatthefuck.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Anyway I personally would prefer it if everyone in the world spoke one language - Thai, English, whatever.

They tried it once before - "Esparanto" didn't catch on though

Back to the thread now!

I have had 3 serious partners
English
Belgian
Taiwanese

Each case there has been a common fluent language

English - English ( obviously)
Belgian - Dutch ( my second language)
Taiwanese- English ( her second language)

Have had quite a few in between but they all ended in failure due 100% to the lack of a common language that I could discuss domestic problems, daily news, everyday things- without one of us throwing a wobbly !

F.Y.I.

English = divorce
Belgian = contract in S America and I had to go
Taiwanese still going !
Just another slant on the question

English is always divorce. Speak Thai dee gwa.

Originally Posted by obsidian

if i spoke fluent thai i would have been killed years ago.

I'll pay for your lessons.

I think the langauge barrier can be a good thing. I have found that it leads to better communication becasue we make sure each other are clear on what is being said. We both have to pay attention to other one so we understand what is trying to be communicated. If you get lazy and do not listen well, then you can be in for a surpirse.

Originally Posted by chitown

I think the langauge barrier can be a good thing. I have found that it leads to better communication becasue we make sure each other are clear on what is being said. We both have to pay attention to other one so we understand what is trying to be communicated. If you get lazy and do not listen well, then you can be in for a surpirse.

That has to be one of the strangest concepts i have ever read.

'The language barrier leads to better communication' The mind boggles.

Noodles.

Originally Posted by chitown

I think the langauge barrier can be a good thing. I have found that it leads to better communication becasue we make sure each other are clear on what is being said. We both have to pay attention to other one so we understand what is trying to be communicated. If you get lazy and do not listen well, then you can be in for a surpirse.

Good points there, which I've found to be true.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

The mind boggles.

Does it also do the conga?