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05-03-2010, 09:45 AM
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They do care!
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05-03-2010, 09:57 AM
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05-03-2010, 10:05 AM
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The one thing I dont understand is white American people who always get their panties in a bunch over the English language. "IF YOU DONT SPEAK ENGLISH YOU SHOULDNT BE IN AMERICA" crap. Like its a fault of somebody if they only speak Spanish. such hogwash.
There should be more pride in being bilingual. I mean, this is America right! A lot of people speak English and a LOT of people speak Spanish! Why are the English speaking folks "better" than Spanish speaking people? I'm embarrassed that I'm not fluent in Spanish. When I meet someone who speaks spanish & broken English, I dont think "oh.. well that guy needs to speak English if he wants to be in my country".. i feel embarrassed that I only know one language when most of the civilized world is bilingual!
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05-03-2010, 10:22 AM
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05-03-2010, 10:59 AM
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05-03-2010, 11:08 AM
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Other countries learn English as their second language because so many people in their countries speak English. Since we're a melting pot of all nations, just how many languages and what languages should we have to learn in order to be PC? I know a wee bit of french. How much good has that done me here in the USA?
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05-03-2010, 11:21 AM
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 take a wild guess what's by far the 2nd most useful language in America. It ain't French.
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05-03-2010, 11:31 AM
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I believe this country is enabling people NOT to learn English. I'm saying that out of respect for the country where you live, you should learn the language.
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05-03-2010, 11:37 AM
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I'll re-phrase your sentence. "Americans should learn Spanish as their second language because so many people in this country speak Spanish"
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05-03-2010, 11:40 AM
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Case in point. I have a friend who is an assistant trainer. He speaks Italian and Spanish. But his Spanish did him little good because the workers speak Chicano, and they don't speak Spanish or understand it very well. They made no effort to learn English or Spanish, so my friend had to learn their dialect in order to understand and be understood.
Kind of a double standard, I'd say. We've become a country of enablers and apologizers. I'm not ashamed that I speak English. I find it grating to go into a rest stop on a major U.S. highway, and the person behind the counter doesn't understand one word I'm saying. But, hey, that's me - totally unapologetic and not embarrassed.
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05-03-2010, 11:45 AM
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English is the de facto national language of the United States, with 82% of the population claiming it as a mother tongue, and some 96% claiming to speak it "well" or "very well". I'm supposed to cater to 4% of the population. - many of whom who do not speak English wouldn't understand Spanish if a gun were held to their head. People coming to American should learn English the same as Americans going to other countries should learn their language.
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