Ahh my friend, nothing to be sorry about at all. I am afraid I already replied. But they seemed to take it well. I’m not a teacher myself and wanted to imply they were teaching me but not sure if that was lost in translation.

Look we have had some issues with emergency service “000” calls not going through and there are some tenuous connections to devices purchased offshore. Not discounting that. However we have had more and worse problems due to lack of investment in maintenance by the Telcos and we haven’t banned Telco C Suites yet. So… Yeah the game was rigged from the start. Knowing people who have worked near that level I know how little they actually DO. We could afford as a society to be without them.

Of course there is absolutely no chance this has been a situation which was overstated by Telcos that are salty about imports cutting into the profitability of their markets… Right! Right. Right?

Don’t know which country the origin guy is from, but in Australia they have been blocking “grey import” phone IMEIs because they may not work with our emergency services phone protocols. If 1 person could die from a problem not caused by the Telcos then that means a whole class of devices need to be banned…

As an Australian, we are exactly the same.

The next language I am going to put up is a lot more obscure, Tokelauan, apparently there are only approximately 4000 speakers. There are certainly no students from Tokelau in the class, but I know my friend will be excited by such a rare language being used, hope that flows through to her students as well. Thanks again, can’t express how much your help is appreciated.

So I went with “ô mossss, empilhascadêra fazenofavô?” and my friend told me the Brazilian students in her class “lit up!” They were so happy that they wrote a response: “Pó dexa, cumpadi” and apparently recorded a video together talking about how they came across their dialect in an English class at a little school in Australia. Thank you for making a bunch of people smile this morning!

Sure, why not! Thanks for getting back to me, again. Its little cultural things like this that I enjoy the most.

I wrote this on the board but my form was not as good as it might have been, the students corrected the mistakes I made and left me the following note: オッケー、まかせろ

Would this be an appropriate response, or would it come across as incorrect, rude or condescending?

先生方、ご意見をいただきありがとうございます。

Hey, I randomly selected a language to go first and it ended up being Czech. I got a reply under my note: Ano! Yea! But I must admit I am reasonably certain it was a machine translation. I don’t believe there were any Czech speakers in the class.

My friend was SUPER excited by the new language and apparently it sparked a good conversation in her class, she couldn’t wait to see what’s next.

Thank you again!

Σας ευχαριστώ

And

Faleminderit shumë

I really like that I am seeing common or similar words between languages.

Obrigado

The Greek part was copied off the web. I meant that I hope I can correctly write the Greek characters on the whiteboard. Hope they are legible.

Well I hope you can steer clear of any further problems. I fear you might just be ahead of the curve that’s coming for all of us. My country is already starting to slide towards shadowy figures exerting control over our officials to pass laws that are not in the best interests of the public… And looking at what is happening in USA, all very concerning.

Спасибо Or хвала ти

Is Cyrillic or Latin more used in Serbia? I like the novelty of trying to write Cyrillic clearly enough to be read but want to make sure I am using the more common form.

Kiitos

The lack of “Please” took me a moment to process, but I guess it’s just a linguistic niche that the language didn’t need to fill, and the use of “Thank You” made it redundant. Cool, thank you!

The sort of change that’s needed across many parts of the world these days my friend. But until that day, stay safe and don’t get into any trouble you can’t handle.

Cool, thank you!

Thank you I appreciate the offer, I fear that even if the world wasn’t in the state it is I would not have the financial means to take a trip like that right now. I think this will be on my list for once the kids have left home, and hopefully the world has achieved some level of equilibrium by then.

I hope one day to visit your country.

My wife has been a fan of Refika Birgül for several years and we have more than one of her recipes we prepare regularly.

I have also got friends and family who have served with the Australian Defense Force who have visited as part of world war rememberance ceremonies and been really impressed by the country.

Obrigado.

I’ve always wondered, if you know, how difficult is it to be clearly understood between Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese?

I have family who speak with a strong enough Scottish accent that understanding is very difficult for some people, but also there are words they use that are just different than what people in other English speaking parts of the world use. Is it like that, or less, or more?