2009年3月25日星期三

識英文唔係萬能/You still cannot survivor if you know English

英文係國際語言大家都知. 但係如果住喺呢度, 識英文唔係萬能.
Everybody knows that English is an international language.  But when you live here, knowing English cannot help much for you to survivor.
Case 1:
初黎步,開咗個銀行戶口, 但係等咗好耐都未有提款卡.咁搵朋友打customer services. Customer services問點解唔係本人打黎check.朋友話:’文咁你係咪同佢講英文先?’ Customer services居然答:’ 呢度係奧地利, 我哋只係講德!’.
When I first came here, I opened a bank account.  However I had not got my ATM card for a long time.  Then I asked my friend to call the customer services centre.  The customer service officer asked why the account holder didn't call himself.  My friend said, 'He doesn't know German. Will you talk to him in English?'  The officer replied, 'Here is Austria, we only talk in German!'
咁都有!!/ Damn!!
Case 2:
前年大除夕中午同朋友去郵局(當日唔係公眾假期).點知摸門釘. 郵局已經閂咗門.週圍望都唔見有告示話提早收. 同時仲有7, 8個人都摸門釘.咁即係佢哋同大眾溝通有問題. 於是提議朋友一齊投訴.
Last last year new year eve, my friend and I went to the post office (it wasn't a public holiday).  However the post office had already closed on mid-day.  We looked around and there was no notice saying that they closed earlier.  At the same time, there were 7 or 8 people wanted to come to the post office.  There was something wrong with their communication to public.  Therefore I suggested to complain with my friend.
郵局website英文版去唔到投訴科.於是喺德文版用英文投訴. 到依家都未有回音.朋友文投訴幾日就有回復. 可見佢哋當英文冇到.
You could not send any complaint on the English version of the post office's website. Then I wrote in English on the German webpage.  I still have not got their reply yet.  But my friend complained in German and got the reply within some days.  See! They ignored my English complaint.
以上只係特別case, 喺遊客區啲人都會同你講英文.
These are only the special cases.  When you're in the tourist areas, people are willing to talk to you in English.

2 則留言:



  1. xxl
    Jan 25, 2010 12:20 AM

    我屋企 嗰 Hello淨係識講叉燒包, 鳳爪同唔該埋單. 佢都話 冇需要學, 香港人鍾意 講英文 喎!
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Jan 26, 2010 12:04 AM
    (Empty)

    xxl

    xxl
    Jan 24, 2010 10:42 PM

    我只係學 咗12個鐘泰文就 冇再 學 , 唔係 我聰明, 亦 唔係d泰文易 學.
    只係發覺 學 咗到 冇機會用, 身邊個個人都講英文.
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Jan 24, 2010 10:46 PM
    I have a friend who lived in HK for 11 years. He doesn't know any Cantonese. He said everyone talked to him in English.

    Lili Marleen

    Lili Marleen
    Mar 29, 2009 8:06 PM

    我覺得瑞士德語區既大城市如Zürich, d做服務性行業既見你唔係本地人都會主動同你講英文(有次响街邊檔買Brezel 食, 我同佢講德文, 對方竟然用國語同我講''你好'' ). 但一去度法語區, d人就有理無理都一輪咀同你講法文, 有次去Geneva某museum, counter個女仔就唔停口咁講法文(其實當時我個樣己經好puzzled, 唔知佢有無留意到), 直至我同佢講: er.... 我唔識法文, 請問你可唔可以講英文呢? 佢先識轉channel. 呢個情形發生過唔止一次, 但佢地又唔係態度唔好架喎, 唯一解釋係Francophone一般都assume係人都要識法文.
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 29, 2009 9:57 PM
    可能佢覺得你 係本地人 .

    Carine

    Carine
    Mar 28, 2009 8:00 AM

    其實同土耳其差不多, 有D人嘅英文水平真係唔係好得, 當然除旅遊區之外, 不過, 土耳其人都會用身體語言盡量同你溝通, 我同意樓下有位BLOG友風神講, "去度人地國家,識英文係bonus,唔識係正常。" 因為試過一次唔識路去問個警察, 當然, 佢D英文都唔得, 點知, 突然有個少年走過黎, 用英文問我係日本人定中國人之後, 佢居然用普通話同我講條路點行 , 都幾攪笑!!
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 28, 2009 10:28 PM
    我咁耐都未 試過有外國人 同我講 國語 .

    LAWPEG

    LAWPEG
    Mar 26, 2009 11:57 PM

    我去歐洲旅行都發覺,不是遊客區的話,好多國家的人未必識英文。
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 27, 2009 12:30 AM
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    Yahoo! User

    Yahoo! User
    Mar 26, 2009 7:08 PM

    my english very bad
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 27, 2009 12:27 AM
    No problem. Just study harder.

    __A_YAHOO_USER__

    __A_YAHOO_USER__
    Mar 26, 2009 5:09 PM

    講得啱,語言要經常用先有進步,啲法國人咁怕講英文,所以咪一直都咁差,無進步囉。
    其實中國人都係一樣架,好多學生去外國留學,淨係喺唐人街混,又只係同中國同學一齊,完全唔溶入當地文化,畢業之後,外語都係原地踏步咋。
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 27, 2009 12:29 AM
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    Rabbit

    Rabbit
    Mar 26, 2009 3:18 PM

    被無視的感覺真難受呢...... 不過德奧和北歐的情況應該比其他歐洲地方好得多了~
    問 information, 佢全程 只係用 法文解釋<------如果我還到,我會o嘴架 =0=||
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 26, 2009 4:57 PM
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    風神與蘇蘇

    風神與蘇蘇
    Mar 26, 2009 9:06 AM

    其實帶出另一樣野;雖然話英文係世界語言,但去到非英語系既國家,我地就要尊重人地既母語同文化。舉個例,成日係討論版見d人話去到日本,用英文溝通唔到,堂堂大國英文水平咁差等等。喂,果度係日本呀!人地本身係用日文,識英文係bonus,唔識係正常。只係有些香港人,去到外地用英文溝通唔到就覺得麻煩,又帶點高人一等既態度。最可笑既係,那些人的英文水平,並不怎樣出色!
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 26, 2009 4:56 PM
    所以 我都會學 一兩句簡單 嘅 當地語言

    __A_YAHOO_USER__

    __A_YAHOO_USER__
    Mar 26, 2009 6:50 AM

    英文喺歐洲梗係唔係萬能啦。我聽過好多人話法國人就算識英文都唔肯同你講,好鬼”吋”。不過我嘅法文老師就話其實係誤會。法國人大部份英文水準都唔好,但又好要面子,怕講錯俾人笑,所以盡量唔講英文,同”吋”無關。
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 26, 2009 4:53 PM
    要多用先會好 嘅 播 . 好似我咁 , 雖然喺度住但係小講 . 依家都未講得好 .

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  2. iris
    Mar 26, 2009 4:51 AM

    我呢邊好少少... 起碼人人都會亦肯講英文 都有遇過有人打電話黎sell野, 跟住我話我唔識swedish, 用英文問佢can u speak in English? 佢話no. 哈哈... 所以我都無咩動力去學Swedish~
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 26, 2009 5:09 AM
    北歐人好多都肯 講 英文

    Bluestare

    Bluestare
    Mar 26, 2009 3:38 AM

    English is useful in Northern Europe, Holland, Belgium and couples more countries; most people speak English there. If it doesn't work, u probably can try chiense . What I know is they like their own language so they may give u hard time when u speak English lol
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 26, 2009 5:11 AM
    But my Mandarin Chinese is suck.

    Solarman

    Solarman
    Mar 26, 2009 3:26 AM

    英文係歐洲多個國家都唔係好有用!我都身歷其境! 我記得瑞士啲舖頭星期六做半日,星期日同星期一都休息!平日好多舖頭仲要係收六至七點!真係冇佢收!
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 26, 2009 5:16 AM
    你一 講我突然醒起盧森堡星期一朝早 啲 舗 頭唔開架 .

    Poohada

    Poohada
    Mar 25, 2009 11:39 PM

    same to me here, most ppl cant speak english.... and i m really an exception, i dont speak portuguese but can still survive here.. of course, because i have a personal assistant, and in most cases, I use body language if I cant communicate with the ppl yes, though English is the linga franca, it is not international....there are so many cases that English is useless................. actually i admire u that u can speak German... i m too lazy to learn
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 25, 2009 11:57 PM
    My German is not that good but at least people understand me with my broken German.

    Bonekinho

    Bonekinho
    Mar 25, 2009 11:12 PM

    Wow...I always thought you could survive with English only in Germany and surrounding neighbours
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 25, 2009 11:21 PM
    That is a good way to force you to learn the language.

    Evans

    Evans
    Mar 25, 2009 10:59 PM

    響當地住過真係好唔同! 我都想去歐洲生活一段時間。
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    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    噢!地利 Oh!tria
    Mar 25, 2009 11:03 PM
    好好 嘅 生活體驗

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