On Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:08:16 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote
whisky-dave wrote

When I was secretary of our staff socail club I was
asked to change the menus in the bar from saying
white tea/coffee to tea/coffee with or without milk.

And that was a perfectly sensible thing to do.

If there was a point to it,

Of course there was, the description is more obvious to more
people, particularly those whose first language isnt english.

what makes you think that.

I know that because I know what those whose dont
have english as their first language are more likely
to understand because I know so many of them.

maybe it's better to teach them English,

Not even possible with most of them.

It certainly should be, if tehy are at university
with the idea of getting a career.

Sure, but that doesnt involve teaching them what white tea is.

Yes it does.

They come to the UK to be proficient in their studies using the English Language, that is why they came to the UK to learn their chiosen subject as taught in English. There are plenty of good universities outside the UK that can teach the same subjects in French or German or even chinese but that's not always what employers want.
if you're going to work in research institions with any standing in the world they will most likely be conversing in English so it's a good idea to learn the language and even it;'s oddities if you really want to understand the langauge and what's going on around you.

Otherwise you'll never hear the bombay ducks quack echo.





reams of your stupid **** flushed where it belongs