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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
Or they can't understand road signs telling them how to drive?
Or they can't read a menu in a restaurant?
Or they can't give directions to a tourist (or local), because they don't speak the same language?
Or they can't strike up a conversation with someone out in public? |
arrows are usually easily translated
they get the wrong food. it only hurts them
people fail to do that for all sorts of other reasons
I'd hate to live in a country that required a minimum level of amiability. |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
It's all good for you to look at the situation economically, from the comfort of your office chair, like a good little selfish capitalist... |
| quote: | | Originally posted by echosystm In fact, when I was in Sydney 3 weeks ago, I was talking to an Italian cab driver. He was put on construction sites in Sydney the day he got off the boat. They were later replaced by poms. The project ended up taking years to complete and was over budget, because the poms went on strike 3 times. |
Contradiction much?
You call me a capitalist then go on to say how good immigrants are for effective labour, regardless of their own welfare... |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
Or they can't understand road signs telling them how to drive?
Or they can't read a menu in a restaurant?
Or they can't give directions to a tourist (or local), because they don't speak the same language?
Or they can't strike up a conversation with someone out in public?
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i know plently of popele who live in the US and dont speak the language. they have social lives, they interact with other immigrants.
why do they have to learn it if they dont want to? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by eRRaTiK
email i just received...
2007 Australian Citizenship test
1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin
of, the term 'died in the arse'?
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2. What is a 'bloody little beauty'?
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3. Are these terms related: 'chuck a sickie'; 'chuck a spaz'; 'chuck a U-ey'?
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4. Explain the following passage: 'In the arvo last Chrissy, the relos
rocked up for a barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a Bex and
a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies, bickies
and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block after Dad
and Steve had a barney and a bit of biffo.'
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5. Macca, Chooka and Wanger are driving to Surfers in their Torana. If
they are travelling at 100 km/h while listening to Barnsey, Farnsey and Acca
Dacca, how many slabs will each person on average consume between
flashing a brown eye and having a slash?
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6. Complete the following sentences:
a) If the van's rockin' don't bother ...?
b) You're going home in the back of a ...?
c) Fair crack of the ...?
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7. I've had a gutful and I can't be fagged. Discuss
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8. Have you ever been on the giving or receiving end of a wedgie?
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9. Do you have a friend or relative who has a car in their front yard
'up on blocks'? Is his name Bruce and does he have a wife called Cheryl?
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10. Does your family regularly eat a dish involving mincemeat,
cabbage, curry powder and a packet of chicken noodle soup called either chow
mein, chop suey or kai see ming?
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11. What are the ingredients in a rissole?
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12. Demonstrate the correct procedure for eating a Tim Tam.
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13. Do you have an Aunty Irene who smokes 30 cigarettes a day and
sounds like a bloke?
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14. In any two-hour period have you ever eaten three-bean salad, a chop,
and two serves of pav washed down with someone else's beer that has been
flogged from a bath full of ice?
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15. When you go to a bring- your-own-meat barbie can you eat other
people's meat or are you only allowed to eat your own?
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16. What purple root vegetable beginning with the letter 'b' is required
by law to be included in a hamburger with the lot?
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17. Do you own or have you ever owned a lawn mower, a pair of thongs,
an Esky or Ugg boots?
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18. Is it possible to 'prang a car' while doing 'circle work'?
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19. Who would you like to crack on to?
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20. Who is the most Australian?:
a) Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson
b) John 'True Blue' Williamson
c) Kylie Minogue
d) Warnie
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21. Is there someone you are only mates with because they own a trailer
or have a pool?
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22. What does "sinkin p iss at a mate's joint and gettin para" mean? |
LMAO that's great :haha: |
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| Frenchie |
| I think that all depends on what you do or plan to do in the country where you don't initially speak the naive tongue. I didn't learn English until I started University. I really didn't need to. |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
:haha:
i know plently of popele who live in the US and dont speak the language. they have social lives, they interact with other immigrants.
why do they have to learn it if they dont want to? |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
It's all about fitting into society. People can only become "Australian" when they interact with people from this country. Hanging out at home all day, or at clubs/bars/workplaces only visited by other migrants who speak your language is not conducive to this. This effectively creates small sects of the community that are living in Australia, but are not a real part of this country. |
The above applies to any country.
Have can a person feel any loyalty or connection to the place they are living if they don't speak the language, and hence can't interact or form bonds with "real" citizens who have been living there all their lives? They may as well be back living in whatever country they came from, minus the war or whatever other reason(s) they left. |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
The above applies to any country.
Have can you feel any loyalty or connection to the place you are living if you don't speak the language, and hence can't interact or form bonds with "real" citizens? You may as well be back living in whatever country you came from, minus the war or whatever reason you left. |
why? Though I agree with that partially, there are a lot of people who don't speak the language and they congregate with others who don't and form their own little bond of FOB's. they get along fine, do well in life and have no complaints. |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
I think that all depends on what you do or plan to do in the country where you don't initially speak the naive tongue. I didn't learn English until I started University. I really didn't need to. |
What is your native language? French?
That's a completely different situation since so much of Canada is French... |
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| inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
Have can a person feel any loyalty or connection to the place they are living if they don't speak the language, and hence can't interact or form bonds with "real" citizens who have been living there all their lives? They may as well be back living in whatever country they came from, minus the war or whatever other reason(s) they left. |
so national pride & community involvement should be requirements? |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
why? Though I agree with that partially, there are a lot of people who don't speak the language and they congregate with others who don't and form their own little bond of FOB's. they get along fine, do well in life and have no complaints. |
...ergh.
Banging my head against a wall here.
That's fine, of course immigrants are happy if they have 500 other people living around with which to speak to and bond socially.
However they're still not integrating into society. |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
What is your native language? French?
That's a completely different situation since so much of Canada is French... |
So that doesn't apply to any other country that has a vast majority of another language?
and yes, French.
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
...ergh.
Banging my head against a wall here.
That's fine, of course immigrants are happy if they have 500 other people living around with which to speak to and bond socially.
However they're still not integrating into society. |
Bang a little harder. |
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