In Reply to: Re: What Pino is trying to say is... posted by Susan on April 08, 2001 at 11:29:08:
are both from Italy and have not been in the United States for very long. Yet they speak better English than many people I know who were born and raised here. Just the fact that they are so willing to post when they know that they can be misunderstood because of their few remaining language barriers should be enough to humble most of us. I, for one, am extremely impressed with their willingness to put themselves out there. I won't even risk a simple conversation in Spanish with the cleaning lady at my job and I took Spanish for 5 years in school.
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: : Pino doesn't always have the best way to say things in English, but he tries. ;o) Give him a little more time, he's coming along very well.
: : -Sir Eldren
: ::::::Unless he is in 6th grade or lower, he should know better. Why tolerate someone who does not want to learn?????