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Old 11-21-2013, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Finland
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I'm sure they hate Finland for speaking a weird language I mean, if dunno what to put here can hate Norway just for the sake of hating it
I bet you mean 'a beautiful and lyrical' language?

I only hate Sweden.

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Old 11-21-2013, 08:02 AM
 
Location: Czech Republic
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So basically no one who plays a big role on the international stage.
The road to being not disliked is to be quiet and unassuming.
Exactly !
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Old 11-21-2013, 06:04 PM
 
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You're talking about Swiss being racist, so I am saying the same about Chinese.
No, it is not marketing. It is being prejudiced to fellow Asians.
Aside from that, parents in the school where my daughter goes keep on complaining about three teachers of their kids who are Indians from South Africa because they thought these teachers aren't capable of speaking English well because of their ethnicity. They based everything on their ethnicity without researching first about South Africa's official language which is English.
Many Chinese people do not know south Africans speak English as their native language. They just assume Americans, Canadians, British etc. are the authentic ones. They may be ignorant but not racist in this case.

In addition, learning English is also about learning a culture. If I were a student, I would prefer an American teacher over an Nigerian teacher, because I would live in the US in the future, not Nigeria.
I would also prefer a white teacher because many black Americans have a distinct accent which is inadequate for Chinese students to adopt.
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Old 11-21-2013, 07:10 PM
 
Location: classified
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I would say North Korea since everyone else just feels sorry for them (ordinary citizens, not their government).
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Old 11-21-2013, 09:41 PM
 
Location: Czech Republic
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Many Chinese people do not know south Africans speak English as their native language. They just assume Americans, Canadians, British etc. are the authentic ones. They may be ignorant but not racist in this case.

In addition, learning English is also about learning a culture. If I were a student, I would prefer an American teacher over an Nigerian teacher, because I would live in the US in the future, not Nigeria.
I would also prefer a white teacher because many black Americans have a distinct accent which is inadequate for Chinese students to adopt.
South African accent is almost like British accent.
Those Parents have already talked to those teachers many times so they were already aware that they could speak English very well.
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Old 11-21-2013, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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How do people feel about the Dutch Antilles? At first I didn't mind them but thinking more about it I don't like how they're slinking about down there riding on the Netherlands coat-tails acting as if they have a pass to the front of the line. Hell most of them wouldn't know the difference between a windmill and a gin-mill...
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Old 11-22-2013, 03:45 AM
 
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Swiss people are much more racist than Americans.
They literally hate foreigners (even Germans). If you are non-white and want to obtain a swiss citizenship... good luck.
Because Switzerland has an invasion of eu citizen who work for half price and many Swiss complaint.

Normaly it s Europe which should be invaded by Swiss workers... not the reverse.

The Swiss government is going to renegotiate these bilateral with Europe because Switzerland can not save Europe.

Why Europe don't fix their f.... Mess!??

It has nothing to do with skin color, it has something to do with national protection... Swiss like their country and don't want be invaded.

By the way, the Swiss vote and decide of how to run their country.

Swiss will f.... The USA government soon

http://www.opednews.com/populum/page...31021-703.html
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Old 11-22-2013, 04:41 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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I wouldn't get too cocky - Switzerland's economy is being negatively affected by what is happening in the Eurozone. It's surrounded on all sides and is highly intertwined - I don't think they can afford to peruse isolationist policies.
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Old 11-22-2013, 05:18 PM
 
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
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I'm sure they hate Finland for speaking a weird language I mean, if dunno what to put here can hate Norway just for the sake of hating it
I don't think Finnish is a weird language, perhaps only different of what we would expect for a nordic country. It sounds much like japanese, for those who don't know both languages.
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Old 11-22-2013, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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I don't think Finnish is a weird language, perhaps only different of what we would expect for a nordic country. It sounds much like japanese, for those who don't know both languages.
Finnish is a weird language, because it has only 9 consonantal phonemes. English has 19. Japanese has about 11 which are discernible to the western ear. Hawaiian has only 8.

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