tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post114430888820798146..comments2024-03-27T15:47:17.599+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Putting accent on "get used to it". In the new global economy this is a skill you need to acquire.secretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1144313406952454482006-04-06T12:50:00.000+04:002006-04-06T12:50:00.000+04:00A curmudgeonly economics professor taught a first ...A curmudgeonly economics professor taught a first year PhD macroeconomics course at UCLA.<BR/><BR/>Every other sentence was peppered with the phrase "rational expectations horseshit."<BR/><BR/>In late October an earnest mainland Chinese student went to a colleague in the class to ask for help with the mysterious concept of "rational expectations horseshit." He had dutifully copied it into his notes on every instance that it been uttered by the professor.John B. Chiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208312356775869565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1144312481414981702006-04-06T12:34:00.000+04:002006-04-06T12:34:00.000+04:00Thumbs up for Stanton and his "get used to it" phi...Thumbs up for Stanton and his "get used to it" philosophy. English is fast becoming the lingua franca of the world and yet Heidgerken is complaining just because people don't have a perfect accent?!! Have you noticed how American TV news subtitles people speaking English with a non-American accent? . . . cracks me up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1144310011985282332006-04-06T11:53:00.000+04:002006-04-06T11:53:00.000+04:00We had a Nigerian lecturer for our dynamics module...We had a Nigerian lecturer for our dynamics module in a Mechanical Engineering degree. A lot of the foreign students, especially the Malaysians, struggled to understand what he was saying. They were considering complaining, until us natives pointed out that understanding every word he said did not help us to understand any of the subject matter.Tim Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037178111868843708noreply@blogger.com