I never lived there

but I spent a couple of decades working with/against/alongside various EU institutions, which saw me in Brussels quite a lot. The lingua franca there is English, but not as we know it. And indeed I found idioms entering my own speech: "...if it would give the possibility to [do something]..." and so on. Bad English? Or adjusting my working vocabulary to make myself more comprehensible and thus communicate better? Or simply laziness after an Orval too many the night before? Honestly, I'm not sure...

Posted By: Old Man on December 2nd 2021 at 17:05:33

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Why have English football people started saying (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 16:23:33
- Where is Schteve in Holland ? (n/m) (Other Football) - helvegtheowl, Dec 2, 17:16:43
- I never lived there (Other Football) - Old Man, Dec 2, 17:05:33
  - The phrase "for sure" was basically invented by Bjorn Borg. (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Dec 2, 17:09:19
  - I can see how that can happen when you're speaking a lot to non English speakers (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 17:08:19
    - Well GP has coached quite a lot in foreign lands so (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Dec 2, 17:39:10
- This is my perfect moment... (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 2, 17:04:25
- There's nothing actually incorrect about that is there? (Other Football) - jAC, Dec 2, 16:49:49
  - No-one in England previously said "we are in a good moment" (Other Football) - norwaay, Dec 2, 16:55:48
    - Isn't this just mindfulness stuff coming through (Other Football) - camcan, Dec 2, 17:19:23
      - Foreign coaches have been saying it for a while (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 17:23:54
    - A moment is a "very brief period of time" (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 17:15:47
    - Or we are enjoying a good spell (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Dec 2, 17:12:53
      - We're in good form, we're playing well (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 17:13:37
- I'd rather they say that than describe a player as a "baller". (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 2, 16:35:53
- Was discussing this with my son the other day. (Other Football) - norwaay, Dec 2, 16:33:23
  - Yes, it's annoying that we're copying the incorrect translations of foreigners (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 16:43:55
- copying the foreign players we are influenced by the global use of english (n/m) (Other Football) - pinkney, Dec 2, 16:26:46
  - Yes, but I don't like it (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Dec 2, 16:32:08

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