Races, culture and traditions....

ElRazur · 3 Jun 2006 at 09:56

Why is most india and pakistan food are cooked mostly with curry and garlic or at least taste so?

Why do we expect everybody to speak english, just because we do? We dont even attempt to learn other people's lingo and way....

theleg · 3 Jun 2006 at 09:59

ElRazur said:
Why do we expect everybody to speak english, just because we do? We dont even attempt to learn other people's lingo and way....

Speak for yourself.

ElRazur · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:00

Balddog said:
Speak for yourself.

I think it is a well known fact?

Chronos-X · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:01

On a practical level, its because at the moment, English is the lingua franca. Everyones changed to fit us. The balance is shifting more towards Spanish and Mandarin however :eek:

but English is still very much alive in business etc. so won't be going any time soon.

ElRazur · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:05

Chronos-X said:
On a practical level, its because at the moment, English is the lingua franca. Everyones changed to fit us. The balance is shifting more towards Spanish and Mandarin however but English is still very much alive in business etc. so won't be going any time soon.

Interesting you said that, iirc chinese language is suppose to be the next english language now due to it population, cheap labour, aggressive capitalism etc. I better start taking some lesson now

theleg · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:08

ElRazur said:
I think it is a well known fact?

No its not...I dont expect everyone to learn english for my benefit.

theleg · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:08

ElRazur said:
Interesting you said that, iirc chinese language is suppose to be the next english language now due to it population, cheap labour, aggressive capitalism etc. I better start taking some lesson now

Absolutely everyone in asia is learning english...chinese included..

Loki · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:21

ElRazur said:
Why is most india and pakistan food are cooked mostly with curry and garlic or at least taste so?

Garlic is local produce and because of the relatively high temperatures you get a lot more mosquito's and bugs in the air. Garlic acts as a natural insect repelent and the midgys are less likelley to start sucking on your skin as a result.

Curry. Traditionally its a way of stewing pretty old meat and fish. Kills a lot of the bacteria in it

ElRazur · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:50

Balddog said:
Absolutely everyone in asia is learning english...chinese included..

If you say so but i still standby what i said.

Loki
Thanks for that, i understand why now...Thanks

theleg · 3 Jun 2006 at 10:59

ElRazur said:
If you say so but i still standby what i said.

I do say so :dunno:

Chinese wont replace english...simply because english is already well established as the language of business throughout the entire world...including china itself.

The Chinese have to learn english to do business abroad...English speakers can do business in China without having to learn Chinese.

RoboCod · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:11

Swedish.

Because the generalisation that many of the women are hot and blonde seems to be true!

axe · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:14

Jin's Song is Learn Chinnese!

and theres more people in china who speak english then there is english speaking peoplein england :eek:

RoboCod · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:20

Chronos-X said:
The balance is shifting more towards Spanish and Mandarin however but English is still very much alive in business etc. so won't be going any time soon.

I don't think it will be "going" any time ever lol. The percentage of the world's population speaking either English, Spanish, Hindi/Urdu, Chinese, Arabic, etc will become more equal as opposed to mostly English that is all. You will also see higher percentages of a multi-lingual population.

EDIT: a la this graph on world population.

Yas786 · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:26

ElRazur said:
Why is most india and pakistan food are cooked mostly with curry and garlic or at least taste so?

Its to keep the blood sucking vampires away from us.....

Never heard of an ingredient called curry :confused:

, will have to ask my mum later when she wakes up

As for garlic, think your confusing us with the froggies mate

, we do use some garlic in our food but not most of the time.

RoboCod · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:32

Spawn said:
Never heard of an ingredient called curry,

Curry

Yas786 · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:35

Captain Planet said:
Curry

Hehe oops my bad

alexakasloth · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:39

Chronos-X said:
Aussies and kiwis are cool. They're basically like us, but a bit more chilled out.

I would love to live there

my best friend has just moved there, just north of Sydney. Can't wait to go and visit him

ElRazur said:
Interesting you said that, iirc chinese language is suppose to be the next english language now due to it population, cheap labour, aggressive capitalism etc. I better start taking some lesson now

At the College that I am going to next year they are making manderin compulsory for anyone who want's to take a course :eek:

Digital Punk · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:41

ElRazur said:
Why do we expect everybody to speak english, just because we do? We dont even attempt to learn other people's lingo and way....

I don't expect people to speak English when I'm abroad.
If I'm in a foreign country then I will attempt to speak the local language, just like I'd expect people to attempt to speak English when they're in England.

squiffy · 3 Jun 2006 at 11:48

English goes back to Imperial times, so it's pretty obvious English is the most common language. Same for Roman times...latin was introduced into occupied countries, and existed for a long time afterwards.

ElRazur · 3 Jun 2006 at 13:01

Balddog said:
I do say so :dunno:

Chinese wont replace english...simply because english is already well established as the language of business throughout the entire world...including china itself.

The Chinese have to learn english to do business abroad...English speakers can do business in China without having to learn Chinese.

Some million years bc.....the dinosaur thought they own the earth. Think about it.