Dog-amoto Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Fabio Capello seems to think so. Good luck to the guy
Noodleman Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 I'm sure you could pick up enough to get by after a month if you took lessons every day. Besdies all he'll need to know is. "Stop hoofing the ball to Rooney." "Lampard you're a fat useless ****." "FFS Robinson you ****"
ReZourceman Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 If you studied it for 8 hours a day (IE, as your job) I cant see why you wouldnt get the basics down.
Shino Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 You can learn more than the basics in a month if you put some effort in it.
ReZourceman Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Yeah, when I say "The basics" I mean, a general understanding and a library of words.
MoogleViper Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 As long as he learns how to tell them "You aren't getting in on reputation anymore" and "learn to pass a ball and not just hoof it" he'll get along fine. Sorry for the rip-off Noodle.
gaggle64 Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 This is a good sign. Keagen and McClaren were born and bred Englishman, look where that got us. Sven on the other hand was the result of a live Cod being cross bred with the Stockholm branch of Ikea.
Zell Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Well I don't think Keagan and McClaren failed because they were English, there have been many successful English managers. It was just that the reason they were picked was mainly because they were English, which is stupid.
Ramar Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I wonder if he knows how to say "we've got a football thread".
Guest Stefkov Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 If he memorizes the words 'Gerrard and Lampard cannot play together' then he's good in my books.
gaggle64 Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Come to think of it, why is English even a nescerry skill? Just give him a spiked cricket bat with Lampards name written on it, we'll be well on our way to World Cup glory.
Iun Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I'm feeling the Lampard hate here I've learnt enough Chinese in 8 months to get on with the basics of my job, and the rest is diagrams and gestures, so good luck to the guy.
Cube Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 If you put the effort in, it wouldn't be difficult. Who is this Fabio Capello anyway?
gaggle64 Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Top flight italian coach, apparently a demanding, no-nonsense kind of a bastard. He plays to win. FABIO CAPELLO FACTFILE1946: Born in San Canzian d'Isonzo, Gorizia, Italy 1964: Makes pro debut for Ferrara side SPAL 1973: Scores as Italy beat England at Wembley for first time 1991: Appointed head coach of AC Milan 1992: Wins first of four Italian league titles with Milan 1994: Milan beat Barcelona 4-0 in European Cup final 1997: Wins Spanish league with Real Madrid 2001: Guides Roma to their first Scudetto for 18 years 2004: Wins Scudetto in first season with Juventus 2007: Guides Real to La Liga during his second spell
Shorty Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I feel like if I knew anything about football I'd have to close or merge this thread. But since the entire topic is lost on me, I'll have to pass....
Dog-amoto Posted December 18, 2007 Author Posted December 18, 2007 Yes, I know there's a football thread but this topic was created to ask if you can really learn a language in such a short time, not to talk about his appointment. Can lock if you want though.
Supergrunch Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I feel like if I knew anything about football I'd have to close or merge this thread. But since the entire topic is lost on me, I'll have to pass.... Same for me... Anyway, it depends on your situation and ability. If you're already multi-lingual in other European languages, and have a girft for language, then one month is probably within the realms of possibility. But the same wouldn't be true for say, someone who only spoke Arabic, even if they were intelligent.
MoogleViper Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 This is a good sign. Keagen and McClaren were born and bred Englishman, look where that got us. Sven on the other hand was the result of a live Cod being cross bred with the Stockholm branch of Ikea. And Sven was also shit.
Ramar Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 And Sven was also shit. As England manager. Far from it. He was a very decent manager, lost very few matches. The only thing that let him down was the piece of shit media this country has, delved too far into his private life.
MoogleViper Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 As England manager. Far from it. He was a very decent manager, lost very few matches. The only thing that let him down was the piece of shit media this country has, delved too far into his private life. He lost the matches against half decent teams. He had a good record 'cos we played teams like a drunken Jamaica. The first half decent team we faced in the world cup we lost.
Ramar Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 He lost the matches against half decent teams. He had a good record 'cos we played teams like a drunken Jamaica. The first half decent team we faced in the world cup we lost. I remember us beating Germany and the current world leaders Argentina under Sven... We narrowly lost to Brazil in 2002 who went on to win the World Cup. We destroyed Croatia under Sven, a team McDonut couldn't beat.
Fierce_LiNk Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 I remember us beating Germany and the current world leaders Argentina under Sven... We narrowly lost to Brazil in 2002 who went on to win the World Cup. We destroyed Croatia under Sven, a team McDonut couldn't beat. I agree with you, the media made too much of it. England won games, but the football wasn't as spectacular as it should have been. Nevertheless, they won games. With McClaren, they played worse and underperformed. Far too much of the blame was placed on Sven. At the end of the day, he's not one of the 11 players on the pitch. As for the question in hand: Of course you can learn English in a month, if you set your mind to it. He seems like a very, very determined guy. I doubt he'll be up to the standard of a university graduate, for example, but he doesn't need to be. As long as he can get his point across, then thats all he needs to know.
Tales Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Daniel Tammet learned Icelandic, one of the most difficult language to learn, in just one week. So it is possible, it just depends on the person. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet Tammet is capable of learning new languages very quickly. To prove this for the Channel Five documentary, Tammet was challenged to learn Icelandic in one week. Seven days later he appeared on Icelandic television conversing in Icelandic, with his Icelandic language instructor saying it was "not human." Segments of the interview showing Tammet responding to questions in Icelandic, were televised on the January 28, 2007 edition of the American news show 60 Minutes. The guy is nuts btw: Tammet holds the European record for memorising and recounting pi to 22,514 digits in just over five hours
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