It’s wonderful ... the world is such an interesting place isn’t it ... and humanity is so fascinating in its diversity ... and we are so fortunate that we live in an age when we can see and learn about so much more of it via tha box in the corner of our room, than we could if the only choice we had was to physically spend much of our lives travelling or to remain in isolation, largely ignorant of other lives and cultures ... and gardens 😀
Since its inception The BBC’s purpose has been to inform, educate and entertain ... to my mind last Friday’s GW fulfilled that aim in spades 😀
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm all for more of " this stuff " Bring it on. It makes a wonderful change to all the hopping, skipping and running around playing with balls to which we've been subjected for months on end. You really don't have to watch it if you don't want to @ju1i3.
I enjoyed the programm immensely, I wouldn’t want it every week but as a one off it was most enjoyable. If I had one criticism it would be, ( and I’m probably opening a can of worms here ) but why do people who have lived in the UK for twenty years or more still don’t speak English?
I have often wondered what a Spanish documentary about foreign retirees would sound like, I bet there would be subtitles
I assumed that those involved found it easier to be enthusiastic in their own tongue? I imagine the garden to be a retreat if you have limited conversational skills elsewhere.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
We are spoilt I think because English is spoken universally so we never have to make the effort to learn a new language when travelling. My middle son has travelled a lot and speaks only English, never had a problem anywhere in the world.
I wonder whether the people who were speaking their birth language on the programme may speak adequate English to 'get by' in their everyday lives, but might well be shy of speaking English on tv for fear of making mistakes and being ridiculed. It'ts bad enough being interviewed ... I virtually clammed up the first time I was interviewed on local radio
My experience when organising interpreters for a family I worked with was that the generation who were not educated in the UK could cope pretty well ordinarily, but when it came to understanding what hospital consultants were asking and telling them about their children, they quite rightly felt that it was so important that mistakes and misunderstandings didn't occur, that they requested (and got) skilled interpreters.
I am constantly amazed at the courage of the generation of folk from other countries who first came to to the UK years ago ... I really don't think I would be brave enough to leave my family and all that was familiar to go to a place on the other side of the world where I spoke little of the language, understood little of the culture and may never see my home or loved ones again and where I might not be particularly welcome. I know some have done it ... travelled to Australia, Canada etc ... but they must've been very brave souls.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I enjoyed a lot of it. In fact I can't think of a bit that I didn't, but there was something missing in how it all fitted together. No matter. Favourite bits: the Devon nursery, the Aga Khan Centre, the individual gardens/allotments, and Carol Klein, of course.
As far as the subtitles are concerned, I expect the participants can speak English but it might be a combination of being able to express themselves more freely in their mother tongue, and possibly a strong accent which may have been helped by subtitles anyway.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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Since its inception The BBC’s purpose has been to inform, educate and entertain ... to my mind last Friday’s GW fulfilled that aim in spades 😀
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You really don't have to watch it if you don't want to @ju1i3.
If I had one criticism it would be, ( and I’m probably opening a can of worms here ) but why do people who have lived in the UK for twenty years or more still don’t speak English?
I assumed that those involved found it easier to be enthusiastic in their own tongue? I imagine the garden to be a retreat if you have limited conversational skills elsewhere.
My experience when organising interpreters for a family I worked with was that the generation who were not educated in the UK could cope pretty well ordinarily, but when it came to understanding what hospital consultants were asking and telling them about their children, they quite rightly felt that it was so important that mistakes and misunderstandings didn't occur, that they requested (and got) skilled interpreters.
I am constantly amazed at the courage of the generation of folk from other countries who first came to to the UK years ago ... I really don't think I would be brave enough to leave my family and all that was familiar to go to a place on the other side of the world where I spoke little of the language, understood little of the culture and may never see my home or loved ones again and where I might not be particularly welcome. I know some have done it ... travelled to Australia, Canada etc ... but they must've been very brave souls.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As far as the subtitles are concerned, I expect the participants can speak English but it might be a combination of being able to express themselves more freely in their mother tongue, and possibly a strong accent which may have been helped by subtitles anyway.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.