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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Completely unlike that I'd imagine, considering we all share a common language, even if it gets a bit mangled regionally, you can still get the gist of it or speak slowly and clearly and if all else fails, write it down
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Reminds me of the Rory Bremner sketch with Bush Snr, Gorby and Maggie.
Bush: English is my first language, French is my second language, when I'm abroad I can speak English or French
Gorby: Russian is my first language, English is my second language, when I'm abroad I speak English
Maggie: If you speak slow enough and loud enough, they usually understand.
I can't read welsh, well ok, I can, I just don't understand it and I may get ll's and dd's wrong, but I need the added expense of having Welsh translated into English.
To my knowledge, there are no How to learn Welsh classes in my area.
I love the idea that people from the Indian sub continent will have no comprehension of English, normally from the same people who harp on about how great the British Empire was (oh the irony).