Spanish before English? wtf
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I got a telemarketer last night in spanish. When I told him I don't speak spanish he sounded shocked as I have a hispanic last name.
I hate when people assume I speak spanish. I may have a hispanic last name but as Zark reminds me, I make a lousy Mezzican as I don't like guacamole or sour cream
I hate when people assume I speak spanish. I may have a hispanic last name but as Zark reminds me, I make a lousy Mezzican as I don't like guacamole or sour cream
You'd fit in well with the Quebec separatists...
I heard you do.
this whole thing is getting pretty ridiculous. when you move into another country, be prepared to learn/speak the native language there.
So, now that you live in SoCal, have you learned spanish yet?
I still remember enough from high school to get around functionally. But I only use it with the asshats that don't know English. Last time I looked at the map, it said "The United States of America", not "Los Estados Unidos de Mexico"
Live with it.
If you had your official language, should it be against the law to make a grammatical or spelling error? Would you have it be a misdemeanor or a felony?
you gringos are going to a minority in just a few years..
better learn to habla rapido!
better learn to habla rapido!
No, but the government would save some money not having to print everything in two languages.If you had your official language, should it be against the law to make a grammatical or spelling error? Would you have it be a misdemeanor or a felony?
i believe that if you PAY TAXES you should be able to speak whatever language you want. again.... IF YOU PAY TAXES.
i'm sick and tired of LULAC and other latino rights organizations trying to muddy the waters between equal rights for latino citizens and ILLEGAL immigrants. there is a big...big difference.
i'm sick and tired of LULAC and other latino rights organizations trying to muddy the waters between equal rights for latino citizens and ILLEGAL immigrants. there is a big...big difference.
I have to agree with you 100%
I think some people have forgotten what the word illegal means. This is evident in your thread about the guy growing pot.
Man, you guys don't EVEN know from language issues....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_québécois_de_la_langue_française
Businesses are fined and closed for violating language laws around here....ie: posting signs in ENGLISH....English is illegal here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_québécois_de_la_langue_française
Businesses are fined and closed for violating language laws around here....ie: posting signs in ENGLISH....English is illegal here.
Yo quiero tacos e burritos
De nada.Yo quiero tacos y burritos
I told you I make a lousy Mezzican. I can't even spell a one letter word
I'm all for preserving heritage and sh*t, but I shouldn't have to learn another language in order to interact with someone who immigrated (legally or not) into the country I was born and raised in, where I have spoken the same language my whole life. Official language or not, America speaks english. You come here, you learn our language. You don't like it? Find another country. Its not MY fault that your country is overrun by gangs and largely lives in third world squalor. If you move to Germany, they're going to expect you to learn German. Move to France, learn French. Move to China, learn Cantonese (or Mandarin depending on which part. both ideally). You get the point.
Ornery quebecois liberation front?
thats local dialect. different ball park. I grew up in Pittsburgh, you should hear how they slaughter the English language. And I still love it.
Oh my ****ing god, I got the biggest amount of **** up here for calling a deli "bag" a deli sack. I had no clue. And seriously, who the **** calls a water fountain a "bubbler".
Up until the ICE went batsh!t insane on enforcement, a majority of the undocumented workers in the country did, and couldn't/didn't file for refunds.
In the same vein, it's entertaining that the people who complain about the "damn messicans" are some of the same who don't seem to mind writing off their H2 as a business expense.
I have a hard enough time trying to comprehend some of the english that the white and african american population that were born here speak....
I love listening to my relatives talk in PA.
yous guys?
I love listening to my relatives talk in PA.
you left out maters....as in tomatoes.
I don't agree. I have a Russian coworker who only speaks Russian to his kid (shes about 1.5). So what happens when he sticks her in school and she can't speak English? If you want to live here and use the infrastructure/services you need to speak the language.
Dude, there are literally millions of people in this country who's parents don't speak a word of English, but speak perfect English themselves. If the kid is going to learn English, it won't be from her Dad who is going to learn far slower than she is. She will learn from being socialized at an early age and going to school. The bigger problem is schools NOT teaching kids English, or providing bi-lingual offerings to kids young enough to simply be immersed in English.
So, since I'm a legal immigrant (which is apparently like bigfoot, considering the hoops a white college educated no criminal record person had to go through) I guess I'm entitled to tell you all to start spelling words like neighbour and colour correctly, instead of like the inbred retard hicks y'all are?
Just wondering...
Just wondering...
GOLD!!!!
well, all this time i thought you were just ornery but now i know why you are the way you are; you ain't from 'round here is you!?
Only if we can insist that your people brush their teeth regularly and see a dentist once in a while!
Hmmm well if one cannot get basic English right, you might as well try a different language to see if you can do any better in that. 