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| BEN NUCKOLS
Posted on 06/01/2018 7:03:51 AM PDT by BBell
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I don't think you need to think to hard about the ethnicity of the winner.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:03:51 AM PDT
by
BBell
To: BBell
The most proficient English speakers I know are all Indian-Americans. And I love the accent.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:08:05 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
To: BBell
Bewusstseinslage - usually followed by too much Jack Daniels...
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:10:06 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: BBell
“Bewusstseinslage”
Oh, c’mon! Can we at least stay in the realm of English here?
To: jalisco555
When they slow down enough to understand them.
You’re correct.
Africans are the same. Very precise.
I was in the audience at a symposium once where the host, a gentleman from Africa said “We will now tolerate some questions from the audience.”
I thought that was rather arrogant then realized it was a very precise use of the English language.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:12:18 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: jalisco555
India still maintains a lot of their historic ties to the English empire in their education system. More so than the English.
Arranged marriages helps also.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:12:19 AM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: BBQToadRibs
Exactly my thought as I heard some of the words used in earlier rounds. Need some Scrabble-type rules about words being in English. Of course, English is cobbled together from lots of other linguistic origins...
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:17:51 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: BBell
I don't think you need to think to hard about the ethnicity of the winner. One doesn't need to think hard about the ethnicity of probably 90% of the contestants. Most are either Indian or Asian.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:19:38 AM PDT
by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: 2banana
Bewusstseinslage - usually followed by too much Jack Daniels...Or more likely Apflekorn or something like that. JD probably isn't in much demand over there. ;-)
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:21:22 AM PDT
by
al_c
(https://conventionofstates.com)
To: BBell
Words that will never be used in conversation or in reports or in letters or in news or in .....
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:23:00 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: BBQToadRibs
Can we at least stay in the realm of English here?
Have you never felt any Schadenfreude? Things could have gotten wurst.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:27:08 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: SkyDancer
“Words that will never be used in conversation or in reports or in letters or in news or in .....”
CNN just needs “Trump bad.”
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:28:35 AM PDT
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: BBell
Twenty years ago my then eighth-grade son was the FL rep to the National Geo Bee; he had competed for the FL title four years. During those same four years, he came in third every year in the county spelling bee, and he was always the first non-Indian/American. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:31:52 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: BBell
Good spelling is a virtue. Spelling arcane words that have no bearing on day-to-day reality, to my mind, is an exercise that distracts from the acquisition of useful knowledge.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:31:56 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: T-Bird45
Exactly my thought as I heard some of the words used in earlier rounds. Need some Scrabble-type rules about words being in English
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:32:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BBell
Karthik is the 14th consecutive Indian-American champion, and 19 of the past 23 winners have had Indian heritage. He takes home more than $42,000 in cash and prizes.
To: Robert DeLong
Karthik is the 14th consecutive Indian-American championJust shows what most know. Some students go to school to actually learn while others are there to be babysat and absorb barely enough education to mutter 'you want fries with that' or struggle to give change even though the computer tells them how much is needed.
To: redcatcherb412
Either that or it is parental involvement, or lack thereof.
To: cyclotic
Agree. I have several acquaintances from Nigeria and Ghana. Their accents are a pure joy to listen to and their English is impeccable. I will admit to having difficulty listening to the Indian accent.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:05:02 AM PDT
by
bella1
(Je suis deplorable)
To: jalisco555; cyclotic
The most proficient English speakers I know are all Indian-Americans. And I love the accent.Certainly proficient, but for me it is the most difficult accent to understand.
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