🗣 :engerland: Should English be spoken in England?

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In some cases the English language is weaponised and immigrants are told not to learn it, mainly women, education is a dangerous thing.

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Thanks to the Ayatollah’s gap year in Granada

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Which cases? Just keeping you honest, Bazza.

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He played it badly, naively, but he was put in a position he should NEVER have been in.

The experiment failed, and has now put this country in REAL trouble.

#capitals

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Education is a dangerous thing to cultures.

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That article seems to pin the blame on lack of adequate childcare stopping these women attending lessons. Don’t see anything suggesting that their culture is a factor.

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At the bottom.

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The fact 99% of the article was dedicated to another factor suggests culture is not the primary thing holding refugee women back from working. If you can post an article where 99% of it is about cultural barriers for refugee women in the UK that would make sense.

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The fact is you’re diverting after failing to read that bit.

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I cannot confirm or deny this as you were away at uni but reckon you have the capacity to learn enough to get by. After all we both passed the language test before secondary school didn’t we?
I went to Italy in 1992 to stay with cousins. Hoped to learn a bit. There for a month. Liked a boy so tried really hard to learn. I would sit there in the mornings with an electronic translator thing, some comics and taught myself. Enough to ask for stuff, be polite etc.

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You can confirm I knew fuck all about Spanish before I left for the exchange though :wink:

I can post my exam result if @fatso really is that interested. Like Alan Partridge.