Comments on: Speak English, you lot vs. No English, please http://dailygumboot.ca/2010/02/speak-english-you-lot-vs-no-english-please/ using ideas from everywhere to build community Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Peter Joerdell http://dailygumboot.ca/2010/02/speak-english-you-lot-vs-no-english-please/comment-page-1/#comment-12557 Peter Joerdell Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:10:01 +0000 http://dailygumboot.ca/?p=2355#comment-12557 Hey Kurt, thanks for the feedback. I kinda thought you'd dig it. Yeah, maybe I'm a bit harsh on Oettinger. But you can't waggle your finger in the face of the populace and then not perform yourself. The real problem is Westerwelle, I absolutely agree. If he weren't the FS, nevermind, but in that position, it really means breaking some china. Talk to you soon, *Pete (German Version) Hey Kurt, thanks for the feedback. I kinda thought you’d dig it. Yeah, maybe I’m a bit harsh on Oettinger. But you can’t waggle your finger in the face of the populace and then not perform yourself.

The real problem is Westerwelle, I absolutely agree. If he weren’t the FS, nevermind, but in that position, it really means breaking some china.

Talk to you soon, *Pete (German Version)

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After watching all the videos and reading your post I have two observations.

One, that I’d cut the Oettinger a bit of slack. He’s trying and in my mind, that’s important. Though he’s obviously got some pretty limited English, I certainly feel an affinity (as that’s probably how I sound when I speak German! :) )

Second, Guido Westerwelle is pretty unimpressive. Thanks for posting the video. Gotta say its pretty surprising that the foreign secretary would totally shrug off an international journalist at an international press conference on principle. My particularly favorite part was when he said he understood English and would be happy to have tea and yet still someone translated the question for him.

Great post and keep up the great work!

Kurt

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