Overhearing foreign languages is annoying!

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:32pm #1

Very simple,when i walk anywhere these days,day or night and i forget to bring my radio or mp3 player,all i hear are foreign language conversations on the street.Either on the phone or the bleating girlfriend or the overly loud mates.
Its annoying for the simple reason ,it just sounds like noise to me.
Extra noise.And im sure they dont tone it down as they know im not from wherever they are from.
who needs it.??

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 6:34pm

Racist undertones

ChunkyLover_53 · 24-01-2011 6:34pm

macroboy wrote: »

who needs it.??

Foreigners. To communicate.

My name is URL · 24-01-2011 6:35pm

Yeah, how dare anyone speak a foreign language. This is Ireland ffs, we should all be speaking.. oh wait

poisonated · 24-01-2011 6:35pm

Some can be annoying but I'm sure it is the same with English speakers in non-English speaking countries. That being said, I really like hearing most of them as they bring a sense of different culture to our society.

Canis Lupus · 24-01-2011 6:35pm

macroboy wrote: »

Very simple,when i walk anywhere these days,day or night and i forget to bring my radio or mp3 player,all i hear are foreign language conversations on the street.Either on the phone or the bleating girlfriend or the overly loud mates.
Its annoying for the simple reason ,it just sounds like noise to me.
Extra noise.And im sure they dont tone it down as they know im not from wherever they are from.
who needs it.??

There should be a vote for stupidest thread of the day cos you've got an awesome chance of winning.

Agricola · 24-01-2011 6:35pm

Move down da country. All you'll hear is the soft whisper of the wind and the bleating of frightened sheep.

admiralofthefleet · 24-01-2011 6:36pm

we sound foreign to them so it works out both ways

krudler · 24-01-2011 6:36pm

macroboy wrote: »

Very simple,when i walk anywhere these days,day or night and i forget to bring my radio or mp3 player,all i hear are foreign language conversations on the street.Either on the phone or the bleating girlfriend or the overly loud mates.
Its annoying for the simple reason ,it just sounds like noise to me.
Extra noise.And im sure they dont tone it down as they know im not from wherever they are from.
who needs it.??

The sound of your own ignorance not drowning it out no?

we'llallhavetea_old · 24-01-2011 6:36pm

i kinda like it...

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:37pm

Kasabian wrote: »

Racist undertones

Nothing racist about it. b4 you make any other PC assumptions,please try being objective.

Spunge · 24-01-2011 6:37pm

Que ?

Red Hand · 24-01-2011 6:38pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

i kinda like it...

Kinky, but each to their own, I suppose.

CokaColumbo · 24-01-2011 6:38pm

It's the worst when the foreigner is on the bus and on a mobile and the call goes on for ages. But fúck it, they have to communicate somehow and we communicate in a foreign language ourselves!

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:40pm

krudler wrote: »

The sound of your own ignorance not drowning it out no?

M..missing the point there i think.
There is nothing ignorant about the point im making.

landsleaving · 24-01-2011 6:40pm

macroboy wrote: »

Nothing racist about it. b4 you make any other PC assumptions,please try being objective.

You first.

Mankyspuds · 24-01-2011 6:40pm

They have a cheek alright. They should all just shut the hell up and learn sign language:)

Joneser · 24-01-2011 6:42pm

Tbh when I hear people speaking other languages it gets me interested and makes me want to learn the language so it isn't just noise to me.

chucken1 · 24-01-2011 6:43pm

macroboy wrote: »

Very simple,when i walk anywhere these days,day or night and i forget to bring my radio or mp3 player,all i hear are foreign language conversations on the street.Either on the phone or the bleating girlfriend or the overly loud mates.
Its annoying for the simple reason ,it just sounds like noise to me.
Extra noise.And im sure they dont tone it down as they know im not from wherever they are from.
who needs it.??

macroboy wrote: »

M..missing the point there i think.
There is nothing ignorant about the point im making.

Oh really??

landsleaving · 24-01-2011 6:43pm

macroboy wrote: »

M..missing the point there i think.
There is nothing ignorant about the point im making.

Should there be no cars? They make a lot more extra noise.

MrStuffins · 24-01-2011 6:44pm

The point your making is non-existant!

You don't like hearing foreign languages, the alternative is you hearing it in English and listening to others' private conversations, which you shouldnt be doing either!

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:44pm

landsleaving wrote: »

You first.

I have already made the objective point,which is extra noise is annoying.
It really dosent matter where the extra noise is coming from.

A lot of people just missing the point and getting all personal.

What a surprise!

It wasn't me! · 24-01-2011 6:45pm

"Nosy person annoyed that they can't eavesdrop on conversations in a foreign language - Daily Mail Exclusive"

we'llallhavetea_old · 24-01-2011 6:46pm

macroboy wrote: »

I have already made the objective point,which is extra noise is annoying.
It really dosent matter where the extra noise is coming from.

A lot of people just missing the point and getting all personal.

What a surprise!

extra noise, wtf is extra noise supposed to be?! seriously?! people speaking english, why isn't this classed as extra noise?!

MrStuffins · 24-01-2011 6:48pm

By the way, as an Irish person speaking English, you ARE speaking a foreign language!

chucken1 · 24-01-2011 6:49pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

extra noise, wtf is extra noise supposed to be?! seriously?! people speaking english, why isn't this classed as extra noise?!

Cos its them there foreigners thats making the OP annoyed when he forgets his iPod or something....I hate sitting beside someone with one of them...really annoying being forced to half listen to someone elses music.

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:50pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

extra noise, wtf is extra noise supposed to be?! seriously?! people speaking english, why isn't this classed as extra noise?!

Very simple. You can understand what they are saying.
I spoke to a polish girl about this recently and she understood completely,
In fact she agreed it would be annoying.
"You hear just extra noise" was her quote.

So why are the pc brigade so uppity now?

its a valid point.Thats all.

foxinsox · 24-01-2011 6:50pm

Voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?

Oui?

Non?

Oh, you can't understand me?

Oh well...

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:53pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

By the way, as an Irish person speaking English, you ARE speaking a foreign language!

Oh dear i see,so while i was speaking my first words of english,there were my parents saying, oh no hes started speaking a foreign language.

deary me

we'llallhavetea_old · 24-01-2011 6:53pm

macroboy wrote: »

Very simple. You can understand what they are saying.
I spoke to a polish girl about this recently and she understood completely,
In fact she agreed it would be annoying.
"You hear just extra noise" was her quote.

So why are the pc brigade so uppity now?

its a valid point.Thats all.

no, it's not a valid point, just because your polish friend said so. "extra" noise, possibly one the stupidest things i've ever heard.

can you understand animals yipping and barking? cars? wind? are these all this magical "extra noise"?

cml387 · 24-01-2011 6:55pm

macroboy wrote: »

Very simple. You can understand what they are saying.
I spoke to a polish girl about this recently and she understood completely,
In fact she agreed it would be annoying.
"You hear just extra noise" was her quote.

So why are the pc brigade so uppity now?

its a valid point.Thats all.

Ermmm?
Why is it foreign languages specifically,rather than any conversation.
I merely seek enlightenment.

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:56pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

no, it's not a valid point, just because your polish friend said so. "extra" noise, possibly one the stupidest things i've ever heard.

can you understand animals yipping and barking? cars? wind? are these all this magical "extra noise"?

Ok i will explain it more simply for you.
Conversataions you cannot understand equal noise.
See.

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 6:57pm

macroboy wrote: »

Nothing racist about it. b4 you make any other PC assumptions,please try being objective.

I'll give you time

landsleaving · 24-01-2011 6:57pm

macroboy wrote: »

Ok i will explain it more simply for you.
Conversataions you cannot understand equal noise.
See.

Ah, so pretty much everything you say.

Glad that's all been cleared up.

MrStuffins · 24-01-2011 6:58pm

macroboy wrote: »

Oh dear i see,so while i was speaking my first words of english,there were my parents saying, oh no hes started speaking a foreign language.

deary me

Well I can't speak for your parents, but you speak English. You speak a foreign language.

maybe Irish speakers hate listening to you!

macroboy · 24-01-2011 6:58pm

cml387 wrote: »

Ermmm?
Why is it foreign languages specifically,rather than any conversation.
I merely seek enlightenment.

Because simply put,if you cant understand it ,its noise.

If you have ever been to a foreign country you will understand.

Has anyone here been to a foreign country????

LOL

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 6:59pm

foxinsox wrote: »

Voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?

Oui?

Non?

Keep going I'm nearly there

Oh well...

Keep going I'm nearly there

we'llallhavetea_old · 24-01-2011 6:59pm

macroboy wrote: »

Ok i will explain it more simply for you.
Conversataions you cannot understand equal noise.
See.

jesus...

i can't do this...

landsleaving · 24-01-2011 7:00pm

macroboy wrote: »

Because simply put,if you cant understand it ,its noise.

If you have ever been to a foreign country you will understand.

Has anyone here been to a foreign country????

LOL

Yep, all I did was make extra noise

aidan_walsh · 24-01-2011 7:00pm

Are you sure you don't just have tinnitus if you're hearing extra noise?

It wasn't me! · 24-01-2011 7:01pm

macroboy wrote: »

Because simply put,if you cant understand it ,its noise.

If you have ever been to a foreign country you will understand.

Has anyone here been to a foreign country????

LOL

Yes, do you go to foreign countries and get annoyed that you can't listen to what people are saying to one another? Because, wow, that's pathetic, and a bit creepy. Maybe you should, you know, just mind your own business.

macroboy · 24-01-2011 7:01pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

Well I can't speak for your parents, but you speak English. You speak a foreign language.

maybe Irish speakers hate listening to you!

Im sure if me and a bunch of mates went down the gaelteacht,and kept bleating on in english,the locals would just hear it as noise.

Now do you see the point im making??

Maybe you can understand now.

landsleaving · 24-01-2011 7:03pm

macroboy wrote: »

Im sure if me and a bunch of mates went down the gaelteacht,and kept bleating on in english,the locals would just hear it as noise.

Now do you see the point im making??

Maybe you can understand now.

Right, so you can't understand languages you don't speak? Is that your point?

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 7:03pm

macroboy wrote: »

Im sure if me and a bunch of mates went down the gaelteacht,and kept bleating on in english,the locals would just hear it as noise.

Now do you see the point im making??

Maybe you can understand now.

All I hear is a lamb bleating.

macroboy · 24-01-2011 7:04pm

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Yes, do you go to foreign countries and get annoyed that you can't listen to what people are saying to one another? Because, wow, that's pathetic, and a bit creepy. Maybe you should, you know, just mind your own business.

What are you on about?
When im in venice,i expect most people to be speaking foreign languages.
Are you ok?
This has nothing to do woth being nosey either.
I really couldnt care less what the are banging on about.
Do you see what i mean?

RichieC · 24-01-2011 7:04pm

macroboy wrote: »

Nothing racist about it. b4 you make any other PC assumptions,please try being objective.

Racists never STFU about "PC" either.

rebel10 · 24-01-2011 7:05pm

To be honest, I would prefer to hear the sounds of foreign languages in my ears than the roaring and screaming i hear every weekend in our town from the "natives."

Ever go abroad? Ever cringe when you hear loud, obnoxious and frequently drunken ramblings or abusive Irish falling out of pubs? I still would opt for foreign languages than that.

macroboy · 24-01-2011 7:06pm

Kasabian wrote: »

All I hear is a lamb bleating.

kasabian, lol , all i hear is your wheels turning,unplug man.

You getting all steamed up there.

macroboy · 24-01-2011 7:06pm

RichieC wrote: »

Racists never STFU about "PC" either.

lol ok this is getting stupid now.

:p:p

grenache · 24-01-2011 7:06pm

OP i hope you never have to visit a foreign country, for fear of your ear drums exploding with all the "noise". I really dont see what the rational objectivity of this thread is.

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 7:08pm

macroboy wrote: »

kasabian, lol , all i hear is your wheels turning,unplug man.

You getting all steamed up there.

Feck off, I am waiting for more French from Foxinsox :pac:

Overhearing foreign languages is annoying!

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