Re: Culture clash

On Sep 9, 12:33 pm, Don Kirkman <dons...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does memorization and constant use do away with accented pronunciation
from the mother language?

I had to look up "to do away with" in the dictionary, you know. See
how hard English is sometimes. My answer is -- you get better and
sound fluent enough. If you go on a tour in a foreign country, say
Paris, they will provide a bilingual guide. He or she will speak
English to guide you and such English is fairly decent as long as you
are on the topic (history or geography or such). However, if you
switch to a subject that is totally unrelated with Paris such as the
Dallas Cowboys, forget their fluency.


So by your own words most geriatrics are good people but once in a blue
moon you get one who's a pain in the ***, so you hate the entire ethnic
(?) group and are "so ________ about American geriatric people)?

I still can't find the appropriate word for that. Perhaps, I should
put an "interesting" for positive lie and "a pain in the ass" for
negative honesty.

I notice many geriatric American people have Alzheimer's as well.
It's a different kind of comprehension. You say, "Now, you can change
your clothes. This is your shirt, isn't it?" Then, she says, "This
isn't mine!" I just drop my mandible to the floor and get help. Try
understanding how I feel when I have to judge someone is not normal.
That's very very sad.

One Sunday evening, one geriatric female patient died on me. She was
DNR (Do Not Resuscitate). It was my first time seeing a dead body.
That was a shock. I was so shocked that I could not speak properly.
However, the charge nurse was professional; therefore, she didn't make
any fuss about my language and took information. See, unlike those
smart asses in some newsgroups, true professionals don't look at how
fluent is the person is.



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