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did you encounter a language barrier after going abroad from Pakistan?

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well not really i know how to speak urdu.. but after coming back my english surely was messed up for a few weeks

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**u mean when we came to a foreign land from our native countries?

no…i did my education back home through English medium. only problem i had when i went to an island in Canada where they have ‘Bayman’ accent which is harder to follow as compared to the one in the mainland.

strangely, after 11 years, i still have lots of problem understanding the Brit accent. when i visit my folks in London, my host’s children are born N raised there so they have the real Brit accent and i do NOT get 70% what they say. i feel embarrassed :(**

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not really, i never encountered any difiiculties in understanding or communicating during my stay in manchester or london. But yeah initially i found it hard to follow the scotish accent. :bummer:

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Coming from Pakistan to England… hell yeah! I still used to say Scooze me instead of Excuze me… and every time somone asked me something I kept throwing in Potowari or Pahri regional words and had a really bad stutter for a while… Thank heavens all that behind me now… :silly:

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I already was dealing with foreigners back home so I was at ease communicating in English therefore I was fer fer , fer fer from day one.

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^ Oi not fair… :aj:

Well I suppose it serves me right for skipping English classes in Metric. Afterall it was a perfect example of Karma. You see I spent all my time riding or playing hockey or kabadi instead of attending Enlish lectures. At the time I said something along the lines of why learn a language of another country which I have no intention to visit… oh my youthfull arrogance. look at me now a servant to the system in Britian. :bummer:

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^didn’t the military drill angraizi in ur head???

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Hahahaha Yeah they taught me to hate the subject even more. :bummer:

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no :cool: i think standard of english in our country is pretty good so yah :k:

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Standards have definately improved :k:

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Agree only if she wrote English with capital E and you pronounced definately as definitely. j/k , j/k ,
I agree . I see way better English used by Pakistani posters. Grammar , spelling and vocabulary . :k:

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:hehe:

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Why only english with a capital E? if ur going into grammar then rest of the sentence is not right either.

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oh my i got the question wrong :hinna: yes i had a hard time going from speaking german to english i would always mix up the words in sentences.. :hinna:

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You comment is another proof that standard of English in Pakistan has improved significantly. Mashallah.

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Thanks :biggthumb:.