Dan Gryder is a POS again

I always compare it to someone learning English as a second language from a British person, then their first experience trying to use it in the real world being with a person from the backwoods of Louisiana or the hollers in West Virginia.
 
charlie1017 said:
As far as the Puerto Ricans go, having been part of the US since 1898 and having K-12 Engrish [sic] classes doesn't help. 😄
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Do they have English classes in PR? I got a flat in my rental there and when I called the Hertz roadside assistance they didn’t speak any English. Neither did the security guard who came to see what I was about. Had to resort to 2015 Google translate, which wasn’t quite as good as it is now.
 
NovemberEcho said:
Do they have English classes in PR? I got a flat in my rental there and when I called the Hertz roadside assistance they didn’t speak any English. Neither did the security guard who came to see what I was about. Had to resort to 2015 Google translate, which wasn’t quite as good as it is now.
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Maybe it was the beard, man! :)
 
NovemberEcho said:
Do they have English classes in PR? I got a flat in my rental there and when I called the Hertz roadside assistance they didn’t speak any English. Neither did the security guard who came to see what I was about. Had to resort to 2015 Google translate, which wasn’t quite as good as it is now.
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We should make them the 51st state.
 
I’m not so sure they want to get “Hawaii’d”. At least according to the opening song by Ricky Martin during the Superbowl.
 
NovemberEcho said:
Do they have English classes in PR? I got a flat in my rental there and when I called the Hertz roadside assistance they didn’t speak any English. Neither did the security guard who came to see what I was about. Had to resort to 2015 Google translate, which wasn’t quite as good as it is now.
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Are there K-12 mandatory English classes in the entire system? Yes.
Are those courses enough to get people to a conversational English level? Absolutely not.
 
JordanD said:
I always compare it to someone learning English as a second language from a British person, then their first experience trying to use it in the real world being with a person from the backwoods of Louisiana or the hollers in West Virginia.
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Should we send Dan to TI?

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The tiny US island with a British accent

For hundreds of years, the residents of Tangier Island have maintained a unique relic of their colonial past.
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