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| To hell with your English ! Anak Bond had on several occasions openly admited English is not a luxury to him, that he still needs some dictionaries by his side to guide him through the English writing. He's learning the language everyday, hoping one day he can master English even better than those borned with it. Some people in Sarawak online forums have the habit making fun of others' English. Anak Bond says that's very childish. He notices that people with this habit would resort to attack one's standard of English when they're feeling they're about to lose their argument, hence the need to change subject! In many cases, it works for this 'English teacher'... but that doesn't make him or her a better speaker. " English is not yet my strength," says Anak Bond, adding " otherwise now you'd be seeing me hosting a TV show together with Oprah Winfrey." Anak Bond had his three-year tertiary education at a local university, where most undergraduates during his time only care to make out the meaning of an English word during Microsoft or Macintosh lessons in the computer lab. Now English has becoming a universal language - thanks to ICT and globalisation - he says he's trying to catch up with English 1119 starting from where that smartass former Education Minister Anuar Ibrahim had left off in 1983. When Anak Bond said one of the ways he polishes up his English, apart from reading and watching TV, is going to Sarawak Talk and participating in the talk, his English tutor asked him if that helps. " In a way, yes," Anak Bond told her. " It helps make me confront English-speaking people, force me to be courageous in order to communicate with them in language they're good at." To hell with your English ! A poster told J@mes anak Bond one day to go back to school and start learning English. Unwilling to back down, Anak Bond replies, " My English is not good ! said that many times. But that don't make me any less human than you !!!" He continues, " Listen, idiot, you remind me of some lousy debater in school who ran out of 'modal' to support his argument then start to point out all grammartical errors in the opponent's sentences. What an easy way out !!! That kind of manner to argue is defeating the purpose of an argument where interaction of ideas is the main objective. So instead of getting preoccupied with schoolroom 1119 English why can't you just look at the real danger in front and draw the gun !!! SAY WHEN, RINGO. we can talk about... 1. what is a verb 2. what is a noun 3. what is an adjective 4. what is an adverb 5. what is a pronoun 6. what is a determiner 7. what is a preposition 8. what is a conjunction 9. what is an interjection 10. what is a sentence we can argue all day long why I use 'Neighbour' while you insist on ' Neighbor', or my 'favourite' against your 'favorite', or why my computer 'programme' is better than your 'program'!!! But that kind of talk is so FUCKING boring, I'm afraid. You know why I can be macho and you cannot ? Because you know the English rules and I don't. So while you worry about your English, I take a proper aim at you and sunk that bullet between your eyes. GAME OVER, JOHNNY ENGLISH. To hell with your English ! Replying to another post, J@mes anak Bond wrote: " Sorry my English is not that good, only Grade 6 SPM 1993, that being the reason why I always find it hard not constructing a sentence without making some grammatical error in it." " It’s no shame to admit my English is not flawless, given English is not my first language, no thanks to the Education Ministry under its former Minister Annuar Ibrahim in 1983. " They’re a few people among us here whose English were not affected by Annuar’s policy Bahasa Malaysia First, and this group of people continue to amuse me with their presumably ‘good command of English’ in their respective postings. Being an English learner I am, I find it’s hard to understand what they’re trying to say to me sometime. I’d like to exclude Rentap Raps from our English subject today because I have no doubt his English is of Oxford quality – I read Times Magazine, Readers Digest and National Geographic; Rentap’s English is in the similar stream. But they’re several postings here that carry English words which I have not seen before. Since I'm learning still, I'd like to have these 'English' people to tell me what exactly they're trying to say. I include thesaurus/wordlist for them to choose from. Your posting: Hello (ill-bred) James ak Bond r u still there (under my balls)? - Ill-bred: glossary- Rude or Charmless; Lacking in Courtesy or Uncouth? - Under my balls: What’s that? Your posting: This James ak Bond will reply soon, because his ego (dictates) to him his rotten to the core (charecteristics!) - Dictate: glossary- Say aloud or Read out; Utter or Order, State? - charecteristics: What’s that? Your posting: This reply hurts him (mostest), an uncommon (superlative) reserved specially for this ill-bred James ak Bond! - Mostest: What’s that? - Superlative: glossary- Excellent or Unmatched; Unbeatable or Untouchable; Best, Outstanding or Exceptional? Your posting: What he writes is utter (nonsense)! His style of writing has poor tastes! What he writes is a direct (affront) on himself! - Nonsense: glossary- Rubbish, Garbage or Baloney, Twaddle, Claptrap, Drivel, Gobbledygook, Gibberish? - Affront: glossary- Offend or Cause of offence, Insult, Injury - Your posting: Either one of them will reply soon to my (teasing). They really cannot stand any teasing especially with respect to their rotten (background) of being ill-bred! - Teasing: glossary- Banter, Mockery, Joking, Repartee or Wit, Chitchat? - Background: glossary- Backdrop, Milieu, Environment, Surroundings, Conditions, Locale, Set? Oh mister professor, please don't try to show off when you yourself can make mistakes." To hell with your English ! |
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