also the slang we use in the USA doent work either as they
do not understand that and you have to explain it for an hour
and i agree with the sarcasm that is a problem also
Ted,
brb...ooops I was talking to my wife! :icon_cheesygrin:
I've been teaching my wife some of the slang we use in SoCal and she's learning quickly! Acronyms seem to work good...my wife will tell me
brb when needed!
Like you guys say...
PATIENCE is a must!!! Us being here, in China, we have learned what our wives have to deal with coming to our countrys...it's difficult to say the least! Fortunately my wife and I have much patience and love for each other... misunderstandings are at a minimum, unlike with my ex-wife...she speaks my native tongue great, we just could never understand each other....
LOLPlan on bringin your new wife back to your country??? Better understand what
THEY will have to deal with...try puttin your feet in their shoes and stay here for awhile! Nothing like sitting at a table, for dinner, with several people that don't understand your language and you don't understand theirs! Even the women that have learned your language...they almost never speak it here and tend to forget it!!!
My wife has an English class three evenings a week. I go there with her and the Chinese teachers often ask me for help! One lady, in the class, has profile on chnlove and it says: she speaks English fair....hahahaha...ok whatever...........and the lady I see having the most difficult time speaking/learning English, her daughter lived in New Zealand for seven years and speaks English great! But like somebody posted here they need to be fully immersed in our language to become good with it!
Jim