As a retired United fan
________
I can understand that. It does get exhausting.
Are you saying that you live in Mallorca, Spain and yet only know enough Spanish to order a beer...
Like; "una cerveza por favor"?
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
keep the germans out of mallorca
island's got enough of them already
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 20 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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They just point at the egg & chips picture on the menu in Benidorm.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 28 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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This is a very fair point but if its a dig at the OP wasn't he just quoting Klopp?
Would be good to see Mallorca back up the top for a bit, quite liked watching them in the late nineties/early noughties.
Best wishes Beeb
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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Any foreigner in any country feels obliged to try and learn the local language. In countries where u have a large amount of foreigners together (ex pat's etc) you expect there to be less willingness as it is essential to going about your day. It's not exclusive to people from the UK. If I go to China town in Soho or new York I'm not surprised when I hear lots of Chinese. Makes total sense to me.
comment by TBag. (U11806)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 28 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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This is a very fair point but if its a dig at the OP wasn't he just quoting Klopp?
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Well he did quote Klipperty, but he was also quoted himself as he implies that he lives there but can hardly speak a word of the lingo... apart from can I have a beer please.
Which is a bit daft.
comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
As a retired United fan
________
I can understand that. It does get exhausting.
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Yes it does. Especially when we got relegated in the seventies.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
Are you saying that you live in Mallorca, Spain and yet only know enough Spanish to order a beer...
Like; "una cerveza por favor"?
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My Spanish is actually quite good. However I'm still struggling with the weird Catalan dialect that is dominant here.
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
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Did I feck!
If I was such an out and out loser, I'd be a Scouser.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 4 hours, 53 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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Until recently I editored sSpanish language magazine, so I can just about order a beer.
Even wine.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 3 hours, 9 minutes ago
comment by TBag. (U11806)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 28 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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This is a very fair point but if its a dig at the OP wasn't he just quoting Klopp?
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Well he did quote Klipperty, but he was also quoted himself as he implies that he lives there but can hardly speak a word of the lingo... apart from can I have a beer please.
Which is a bit daft.
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What really is daft is that nowhere in the op did I mention that I couldn't speak the language. Klopp did.
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
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Did I feck!
If I was such an out and out loser, I'd be a Scouser.
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comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
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Did I feck!
If I was such an out and out loser, I'd be a Scouser.
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Think they need to look at other options. He is a manager on the slide.
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
Are you saying that you live in Mallorca, Spain and yet only know enough Spanish to order a beer...
Like; "una cerveza por favor"?
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My Spanish is actually quite good. However I'm still struggling with the weird Catalan dialect that is dominant here.
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Try this.
una cervesa si us plau
Mallorquin is a different dialect from that in Catalina.
Over here, a beer is a caña.
Or Catalunya, if you want to be so semantic.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 day, 2 hours ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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Many "Brits" can't speak English very well and, if you check some JA606 offerings, they cant spell or construct a sentence that can be understood as being a thought from an "English speaking" citizen.
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 day, 4 hours ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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So the “Brits” are out of order wanting people to speak the local tongue, but the brits who go abroad and don’t speak the local tongue are “a bit daft”
What is a bit daft is you diving in to stick the boot in on the OP, when you’re the only one looking like Trigger’s brush here .
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 22 hours, 39 minutes ago
Mallorquin is a different dialect from that in Catalina.
Over here, a beer is a caña.
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in castllian a glass of beer is caña
mallorquin is one of the 3 recognised catalan dialects
Catalan proper and valenciano being the other 2
there is no separatist sentiment in Mallorca or the Valencia region...they feel proper Spanish
Really?
Pay me for my time and I can photograph three roadside signposts within 5Km of my house - each with the Castilian spray-painted out, and Mallorquin translation added.
And no. That wasn't my work.
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posted on 6/4/21
As a retired United fan
________
I can understand that. It does get exhausting.
posted on 6/4/21
Are you saying that you live in Mallorca, Spain and yet only know enough Spanish to order a beer...
Like; "una cerveza por favor"?
posted on 6/4/21
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
posted on 6/4/21
keep the germans out of mallorca
island's got enough of them already
posted on 6/4/21
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 20 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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They just point at the egg & chips picture on the menu in Benidorm.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 28 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a very fair point but if its a dig at the OP wasn't he just quoting Klopp?
posted on 6/4/21
Would be good to see Mallorca back up the top for a bit, quite liked watching them in the late nineties/early noughties.
Best wishes Beeb
posted on 6/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Any foreigner in any country feels obliged to try and learn the local language. In countries where u have a large amount of foreigners together (ex pat's etc) you expect there to be less willingness as it is essential to going about your day. It's not exclusive to people from the UK. If I go to China town in Soho or new York I'm not surprised when I hear lots of Chinese. Makes total sense to me.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by TBag. (U11806)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 28 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a very fair point but if its a dig at the OP wasn't he just quoting Klopp?
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Well he did quote Klipperty, but he was also quoted himself as he implies that he lives there but can hardly speak a word of the lingo... apart from can I have a beer please.
Which is a bit daft.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by Clockwork Red (U4892)
posted 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
As a retired United fan
________
I can understand that. It does get exhausting.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes it does. Especially when we got relegated in the seventies.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
Are you saying that you live in Mallorca, Spain and yet only know enough Spanish to order a beer...
Like; "una cerveza por favor"?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My Spanish is actually quite good. However I'm still struggling with the weird Catalan dialect that is dominant here.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
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Did I feck!
If I was such an out and out loser, I'd be a Scouser.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 4 hours, 53 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Until recently I editored sSpanish language magazine, so I can just about order a beer.
Even wine.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 3 hours, 9 minutes ago
comment by TBag. (U11806)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 28 minutes ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a very fair point but if its a dig at the OP wasn't he just quoting Klopp?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Well he did quote Klipperty, but he was also quoted himself as he implies that he lives there but can hardly speak a word of the lingo... apart from can I have a beer please.
Which is a bit daft.
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What really is daft is that nowhere in the op did I mention that I couldn't speak the language. Klopp did.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
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Did I feck!
If I was such an out and out loser, I'd be a Scouser.
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posted on 6/4/21
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Out of interest OP did you vote for Brexit like some of the ex Pat's living in Spain who now have to return to the uk ?
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Did I feck!
If I was such an out and out loser, I'd be a Scouser.
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posted on 6/4/21
Think they need to look at other options. He is a manager on the slide.
posted on 6/4/21
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
Are you saying that you live in Mallorca, Spain and yet only know enough Spanish to order a beer...
Like; "una cerveza por favor"?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
My Spanish is actually quite good. However I'm still struggling with the weird Catalan dialect that is dominant here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Try this.
una cervesa si us plau
posted on 6/4/21
Mallorquin is a different dialect from that in Catalina.
Over here, a beer is a caña.
posted on 6/4/21
Or Catalunya, if you want to be so semantic.
posted on 7/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 day, 2 hours ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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Many "Brits" can't speak English very well and, if you check some JA606 offerings, they cant spell or construct a sentence that can be understood as being a thought from an "English speaking" citizen.
posted on 7/4/21
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 day, 4 hours ago
makes me laugh when Brits moan about foreigners (especially brown ones) who live in their own communities in the UK who can't speak English very well. And because of that think they should force them to learn it as a requirement, or send them home 'where they came from'.
Whilst most UK expats cant even order a beer in their chosen country.
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So the “Brits” are out of order wanting people to speak the local tongue, but the brits who go abroad and don’t speak the local tongue are “a bit daft”
What is a bit daft is you diving in to stick the boot in on the OP, when you’re the only one looking like Trigger’s brush here .
posted on 7/4/21
comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 22 hours, 39 minutes ago
Mallorquin is a different dialect from that in Catalina.
Over here, a beer is a caña.
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in castllian a glass of beer is caña
mallorquin is one of the 3 recognised catalan dialects
Catalan proper and valenciano being the other 2
there is no separatist sentiment in Mallorca or the Valencia region...they feel proper Spanish
posted on 7/4/21
Really?
Pay me for my time and I can photograph three roadside signposts within 5Km of my house - each with the Castilian spray-painted out, and Mallorquin translation added.
And no. That wasn't my work.
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