Re: English Proficiency in ex British Colonies
From: Richard Herring (junk_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 03/29/05
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:30:46 +0100
In message <F6W0e.4209$H06.1903@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, leo
<someone@somewhere.net> writes
>frisbieinstein@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Maylasian is a partly westernized language so it is easier for a
>> Singaporian to learn English than for a Hong Kongite. That would be my
>> guess.
>> As evidence, English is spoken much better in Indonesia than
>>Thailand,
>> even though I'm told the educational effort is roughly the same.
>> Neither was ever a British colony, and Thai is not far from Chinese.
>
>Your theory doesn't pass a mustard. Malay is a minority in Singapore.
>75% of the Singapore people are Chinese. The rest of them are Indians.
And Thai is "not far from" Chinese only a little more closely than
English is.
>
>Hong Kong is homogeneous so English skill is not critical, although
>highly desirable in international trades, as in many other countries.
-- Richard Herring
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