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Max Parker

@cominagetcha.bsky.social

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“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of anything he was never reasoned into” Jonathan Swift

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Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 3m

Oh and the spectator piece is just an appeal to why vehicles to shield assets from taxation should be eliminated.

It would also simplify the tax code if you did so.

Whilst we're at it follow the Norwegian model and remove tax privacy, which makes cheating so much harder.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 15m

Waives in Norwegian.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 2h

After all, it has one of the best tunes.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...

Adriano Celentano canta "Prisencolinensinainciusol" da "Formula due" del 1973

YouTube video by Rai

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 2h

Gibberish?

youtu.be/Vt4Dfa4fOEY?...

How English sounds to non-English speakers

YouTube video by Brian and Karl

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 2h

Bona - Dialect rather than a language though

youtu.be/Y8yEH8TZUsk?...

How gay men used to speak - A short film in Polari

YouTube video by Brian and Karl

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 3h

@dankaszeta.bsky.social one for you I believe.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 3h

Ulriken from Fjellveien
Sandviken
Rundemann
Bryggen

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 4h

Much as many of them would deny it, they already live in the UK.

Not sure how you do a fluency test as there is no native speaker - it's like being fluent in classical Latin or Greek.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 5h

The point is to block

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 5h

Not subject to visas to live and work in the UK

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 7h

I've taken the equivalent test in Norwegian when I applied for citizenship and passed that at B2 for the 4 categories - I'm fairly sure most Brits do actually meet that.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

I get that, but I can't see many immigrants rocking up with an A level standard in Welsh and challenging the legislation in court.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

When 80% of 16-25 year olds have, or are taking A levels or equivalent - which would be the language requirement you're doing what the "all illegals get PS5s" do.

Pretending everyone who supports reform is a moron underestimates them - did you learn nothing from Brexit? Take them seriously.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

After all "the British Isles" is an Elizabethen invention.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

In joint statements the British and Irish governments tend to use "these islands" as the dodge - so maybe we're just the "these" isles in a couple of hundred years as language adapts.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

"These islands"

The Atlantic archipelago.

Britain and Ireland

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

The "point" being that you misinterpreted the phrase and hadn't read the article otherwise you'd have known that no one is going to need an A level in English to immigrate?

Frothing as badly as the flag shaggers do over invented claims adds little to the discourse.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

You're brave suggesting Ireland is part of the British Isles.

There are a very vocal contingent for whom that is heresy.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 10h

Immersion helps, and the motivation is higher when you can see yourself using it actively.

There is a general trend across Europe to increase the language requirements - Denmark lead the charge - as it's an essential tool to integration. The question here is if this is first application or renewal.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 11h

Yet you didn't read the article which clarified the point.

I haven't heard wassock in ages. It's like it's the 1980's and someone's got a brand new combine harvester.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 16h

I'm an immigrant to Norway and I passed the equivalent test in Norwegian at B2 for my citizenship application.

It's for skilled workers who have degree level equivalent or higher qualifications.

Given that a whole bunch will have been taught that degree in English is it unrealistic?

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 16h

Sadly it's the government's framing.

The rush to be first over being right means that you cut and paste rather than parse what CEFR B2 actually means.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 16h

Yet somehow you read the phrase A level standard and assume that means the standard for A level English rather than the standard required to study any A level?

Glad I stuck with Maths, Physics and chemistry.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 17h

He took A levels? He has an A level standard of English - in fact he has a degree level standard of English.

Max Parker @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 17h

As a qualified English teacher I would have expected a higher level of reading comprehension around the phrase "A level standard" and a realisation that doesn't mean an A level in English.