So if you were going to play baseball in japan for the next 20 years you wouldn't bother to learn the language? I am going to out on a limb and call bullshit on this one.
I was in a foreign country for a couple of months once. And by the end of my time there i was ordering food and making some weak small talk in that language. And i am terrible at learning new languages (almost flunked spanish in high school).
To live here for 10 years and not be virtually fluent in english is pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
It bothers the heck out of me. I don't expect him to be a master of elocution, however he is playing in the US and getting paid US dollars and somehow he could at least say thank you and i'm sorry my english isn't better and i will work on it. I went down to South Texas two weeks ago to sign some title papers on some beach property. I came out and there was a note on my car in Spanish and could read it somewhat and decided to find out exactly what it said. The manager said it notified me to move my car to the street because they were doing sandblasting and it would scratch the finish. I asked him why this was not in English and Spanish and he said we were 30 miles from the Mexican border and had quite a few Mexican customers. I said what about the US customers which i would guess would be about 70% and he didn't have an answer. I guess i better learn a new language because it looks like i am going to need it.
Just depends on your priorities.
I have lived in Costa Rica for 5 years and I am not fluent in Spanish. My need for it is exactly zero.
Complete waste of my time to even try. On my list of things to do I put it at number 500.
I would bet this is how Vladimir feels about learning to speak English.
WHAT THE F-CK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU GUYS OF COURSE HE CAN SPEAK ENGLISH ITS ALL A GAME THESE LATINS PLAY IN AMERICA.IF THE ANGELS WERE LATE IN PAYING VLADY SEE HOW FAST HIS ENGLISH IMPROVES (WHITE MOTHER F-CKERS MY CHECK BETTER BE IN THE BANK BEFORE WEDNESDAY OR I AM GOING TO FAKE AN INJURY) VLADY YOU SPEAK ENGLISH NO ENGLEY YOU SEE BOYS THESE LATINS ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH WHEN IT SUITS THEM ALL THE F-CKING MINOTOTIES DO IT ESPECIALLY THE CHINESE.
NO ENGLAY,NO ENGLEY (YOU JUST WON THE LOTTERY MR. CHIN) O.K. I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN TO COLLECT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.MR CHIN YOU DO SPEAK ENGLISH DONT YOU SORRY NO ENGLAY:WTF:
NO ENGLAY,NO ENGLEY (YOU JUST WON THE LOTTERY MR. CHIN) O.K. I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN TO COLLECT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.MR CHIN YOU DO SPEAK ENGLISH DONT YOU SORRY NO ENGLAY:WTF:
