Why Asians Speak English



The Beijing Olympics in China reminded the world that Asia is overtaking Western nations in everything from Olympic gold medals to economic growth. But it took test scores from kindergarten through 12th grade students in ...
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Of course Asians do better in English. We study harder!

We speak english to because we want to communicate our culture? So why do Americans continue to manipulate it?

No idea. I always thought we spoke english for communication.

Same here…

Eh who cares. haha As long as I can still cuss my teachers out in Korean, I’m happy.

Don’t you get in trouble?

Juliang - 08/30/08 7:36 am

Eh who cares. haha As long as I can still cuss my teachers out in Korean, I’m happy.

Just pick a random word in any language your teacher doesn’t know.
My favs:
“du hast mich!” (lyrics from German band Rammstein’s Du Hast meaning “You have me” or “You hate me")
“fromage! (Cheese in French)
“voordeur” (front door in Dutch)

Just make sure you add the hand gestures to make them think you are actually cursing them.

I remember when my US History teacher was telling us about this… Then he went on about how much we suck, in a joking kind of way…

Rofl. I think they would know some of those.

lol Some knew Fromage and questioned why I called them cheese but the others are very rare for teachers to know.

And Welcome to Ningin Lara! Great to see you’ve joined us.

You actually called your teachers cheese?

Juliang - 08/30/08 7:36 am

Eh who cares. haha As long as I can still cuss my teachers out in Korean, I’m happy.

Hey Im italian and cuss them in korean!~ we have something in common. LOL

hyoken - 08/31/08 5:21 am

You actually called your teachers cheese?

lol yeah. They had no clue.

Lol You speak Korean? How much do you know?

I learned fromage from watching Dexter’s Laboratory.