On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:37:31 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I find that perfectly clear, but an odd way of expressing the thought
>> you're having.
> 
> My wife already had a Masters in Computer Science before coming to the
> USA, and she learned a lot of English by studying the GREs. Early on,
> one day, she leaned over to me and said "Look at the sweater of the man
> with the sparsely distributed hair."   "The word is 'bald'."  "Oh, OK."
> 
> Just today, it was "do you need help to hoist the bicycle back onto the
> rack?" Perfectly correct, but way too sophisticated/educated a choice of
> words, at the same time.

Yep - I have a few friends who are of Chinese/Taiwanese origins, and they 
also express things in this manner as well.

I'm sure my Spanish is, comparatively speaking, much worse. ;-)

Jim

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