kites Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) Hi, I have been reading the forums on and off since past week. So can you tell me generally what the writer of the post means when he writes: "she said she learned her English while working in a factory" Edited March 6, 2010 by kites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel2003 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 If she worked in car factory in Detroit, why not? Anyhow, I suspect you made the post for s special reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMoran Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 That would indicate that the writer was under the impression that a female associate was able to learn a second language whilst working in a factory of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I would imagine the poster would have difficulty believing the girl learned English working in a factory, and may have learned it in a previous place of employment. The girl to save face wont admit to having worked in such an establishment, so says she learned English working in a factory. Perhaps the English teachers could advise, how many of them are employed to teach factory workers English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latindancer Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) Foreign companies have factories here where some of the office staff are English-speaking. So perhaps she worked with them.........or perhaps she simply worked in a factory where Filipinas were employed alongside Thais ( Filipinos are poorer than Thais so they come here to work sometimes). So she may have picked up Filipina-accented English. However it's a bit hard to interpret this sentence out of context. Edited March 6, 2010 by Latindancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mauberley Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 It depends what she did. If she's sewing trainers for Nike, I don't think she's going to be getting much in the way of free schooling but if she's a manager or an engineer or something like that, it's quite possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Don't read any more into this kind of question than what it is. It is not a trick. If you have just started to reed this form then you may have a way to go for higher education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintofsilence Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 If she was working in a beaver factory her friends would help her and of course the customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick75 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I would go with the "international business" angle, eg: she had many customers from around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I would go with the troll angle, as I suspect this topic is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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