Thread Top 10 Most Livable Cities

ZRH said:
Sand. Duh.

Also, Japanese can speak English. Chinese, not so much and if they do they are fucking terrible at it.
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Pie, who posts here, and also works for me, has very good English and was born in China. Maybe he can give us some input on this. I'll ask him tomorrow.
 
Pork Soda said:
Pie, who posts here, and also works for me, has very good English and was born in China. Maybe he can give us some input on this. I'll ask him tomorrow.
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Most of my experience is at university I should add. They are grad students though so...
 
I think that's where people get confused over what language skills are like in other countries. Most people only encounter those who might have need of English when they are abroad. It's quite likely that a high percentage of well educated urbanites speak English in many countries but the general populace less so. My brother lived with families in rural areas for years and his experience will be totally different to someone who visits Tokyo on business. Toyota over here have a crash course in English for their Japanese staff moving over here as many aren't very good at it despite it being a subject they studied at school. Languages are compulsory up to ( I think ) 16 over here yet the majority of the population can't ask for an espresso in Rome or a cafe lait in France.
 
DJBrenton said:
I think that's where people get confused over what language skills are like in other countries. Most people only encounter those who might have need of English when they are abroad. It's quite likely that a high percentage of well educated urbanites speak English in many countries but the general populace less so. My brother lived with families in rural areas for years and his experience will be totally different to someone who visits Tokyo on business. Toyota over here have a crash course in English for their Japanese staff moving over here as many aren't very good at it despite it being a subject they studied at school. Languages are compulsory up to ( I think ) 16 over here yet the majority of the population can't ask for an espresso in Rome or a cafe lait in France.
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Un café au lait sil vous platt missyour!

Ta daaaaaa
 
DJBrenton said:
I think that's where people get confused over what language skills are like in other countries. Most people only encounter those who might have need of English when they are abroad. It's quite likely that a high percentage of well educated urbanites speak English in many countries but the general populace less so. My brother lived with families in rural areas for years and his experience will be totally different to someone who visits Tokyo on business. Toyota over here have a crash course in English for their Japanese staff moving over here as many aren't very good at it despite it being a subject they studied at school. Languages are compulsory up to ( I think ) 16 over here yet the majority of the population can't ask for an espresso in Rome or a cafe lait in France.
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I heard you talk on the phone. I really wish you British folk would stop screwing up the language.
 
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