tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post2074899885008445248..comments2023-04-24T22:43:27.926+01:00Comments on Spindrifting South African sea monkey: My foreigners' guide to the English languagepohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post-87510859710362894642009-02-18T05:36:00.000+00:002009-02-18T05:36:00.000+00:00Tee-hee, as a sometime teacher of English to non-n...Tee-hee, as a sometime teacher of English to non-native speakers I often get asked, but what's the rule, what's the rule. When I say there is no rule I see a certain despairing look come across my students' faces...Louise | Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463696606000861953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post-16645103826203496342008-06-26T17:28:00.000+01:002008-06-26T17:28:00.000+01:00Yeah, I too am fluent in a certain pidgin lingo, I...Yeah, I too am fluent in a certain pidgin lingo, I worked for 8 months in a coffee shop in the UK, working only with Eastern Europeans and Spanish. By the end I could speak normal English no more. At my next job my German colleague had to correct me!pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006461670144722868.post-35914333591141486282008-06-26T15:33:00.000+01:002008-06-26T15:33:00.000+01:00If i had the time i'd post some stories about the ...If i had the time i'd post some stories about the Pidgin english i learnt from my Nigerian friends. I've as a result become semi-fluent in the Nigerian dialect of the English language.<BR/><BR/>but alas, some green bottles await me at a fellow of a fellow office-member(member, don't misread).<BR/><BR/>Now off to find those bottlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com