Yes, I say I am not Chinese,
Yes, I have very funny knees,
I spika Engrish velly well,
But you Yanks only tell me, go to hell.
You cannot unnerstan my written word,
To spika face to face is like a turd,
You drive on rong side of street all day long,
Then tell me my Engrish velly rong.
We tink American man velly funny,
Live like King in land of milk and honey,
But walk a mile in my shoe in Ozzie land,
American soon realise life ain't so grand.
To travel oversea is big dream,
Make lotsa money and try and keep da cream,
Many soon realise Engrish not so easy we agree,
Wish we were as happy as Rawknee.
Wherever one travels throughout the world, you will always find people that can't speak the native tongue.
Many because they have never had the opportunity to learn it properly, & others that are simply unable to fully understand and speak it fluently.
Many have also been shunned because they can't speak the language of whatever country they now live in and feel upset about it, try as they may to master it.
After being married to a Filipino for nearly thirty years, I would say that for a foreigner trying to understand the English language, is about as easy as a man trying to understand the female mind.
My two kids speak better English than their mother, and, unfortunately, can no longer speak their native tongue.
It's even harder for those in other lands where there can be many different dialects where natives from one part cannot understand their own countrymen/women from a different part of that country.
It can be very hard, if not impossible, for older people to learn a new language, in a new country.
Compassion and sign language can go a very long way to understanding each other.
