BillyVance 34 #1 March 12, 2008 I can give you at least one reason... Okay, add your own reasons!"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #2 March 12, 2008 LOL When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
georgerussia 0 #3 March 12, 2008 Quote I can give you at least one reason... Translate please :D Seriously, what kind of cream is it?* Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. * Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 March 13, 2008 Quote Quote I can give you at least one reason... Translate please :D Seriously, what kind of cream is it? It's for hemmorhoids (spelling?). Those flappy very itchy outgrowths hanging from your anus. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #5 March 13, 2008 English ( at least, our 'version' of the language) is the primary language in the U.S.A. and I'm not even going to try, to learn 15,000 other languages just to be 'politically correct'. If, I were to move to another country (other than Texas), I would do my best to learn their language. Speaking of politically correct... whoever came-up with that dumb-assed idea, needs it shoved where the sun don't shine!!! So there! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lastchance 0 #6 March 14, 2008 Hear Hear. If you're going to live in this country, learn the language. I'm tired of hearing press 2 for spanish. This is America damn it. Speak AMERICAN or go back where you came from. (American is our version of the Queens English.) I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,989 #7 March 14, 2008 >and I'm not even going to try, to learn 15,000 other languages just to be 'politically correct' Fortunately, you don't have to! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,026 #8 March 14, 2008 QuoteHear Hear. If you're going to live in this country, learn the language. I'm tired of hearing press 2 for spanish. This is America damn it. Speak AMERICAN or go back where you came from. (American is our version of the Queens English.) Funny how that silly argument comes up so often. I wonder why you aren't speaking Cherokee or Iroquois.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n23x 0 #9 March 14, 2008 Based on my perceptions of Alabama et al, I'd say the main reason immigrants need to learn english is: They'll have a hard enough time understanding the yokels and hillbillies from said states, anyways. .jim "Don't touch my fucking Easter eggs, I'll be back monday." ~JTFC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #10 March 14, 2008 Quote >and I'm not even going to try, to learn 15,000 other languages just to be 'politically correct' Fortunately, you don't have to! Probably, just 1 other.Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #11 March 14, 2008 QuoteHear Hear. If you're going to live in this country, learn the language. I'm tired of hearing press 2 for spanish. This is America damn it. Speak AMERICAN or go back where you came from. (American is our version of the Queens English.) Amen!!! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #12 March 14, 2008 QuoteQuoteHear Hear. If you're going to live in this country, learn the language. I'm tired of hearing press 2 for spanish. This is America damn it. Speak AMERICAN or go back where you came from. (American is our version of the Queens English.) Funny how that silly argument comes up so often. I wonder why you aren't speaking Cherokee or Iroquois. Funny how that silly argument comes-up so often in regard to Native Americans!!! I'll bet they get a bit tired of hearing it. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #13 March 14, 2008 Quote Based on my perceptions of Alabama et al, I'd say the main reason immigrants need to learn english is: They'll have a hard enough time understanding the yokels and hillbillies from said states, anyways. .jim Well... isn't that special! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #14 March 14, 2008 Quote Hear Hear. If you're going to live in this country, learn the language. I'm tired of hearing press 2 for spanish. This is America damn it. Speak AMERICAN or go back where you came from. (American is our version of the Queens English.) I may be mistaken, but I believe that there is no such thing as an official language in the US. Neither is there an official religion, race, etc... Funny country that way. I would therefore recommend you press 1, and not wait for the other options. That should take care of that energy problem of yours "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtpoorpacking 0 #15 March 14, 2008 [:first i laive in az so i get the worste of it second they neeed to learn english so they can read the signs on the street like the ones that say STOP in english or theyll run right thru them and kill someone. CCCCUUUTTTAWAY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #16 March 14, 2008 Quote [:first i laive in az so i get the worste of it second they neeed to learn english so they can read the signs on the street like the ones that say STOP in english or theyll run right thru them and kill someone. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #17 March 14, 2008 With that "learn English" statement, I would add a few caveats. 1. When US citizens travel abroad, they should make an effort to learn the language for the countries that they might be visiting. 2. When someone who is not US born lives here and TRIES to learn English, that attempt should not be ridiculed or mocked because of their vocabulary. Both situations I've seen far too often Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #18 March 14, 2008 Quote I may be mistaken, but I believe that there is no such thing as an official language in the US. Neither is there an official religion, race, etc... Funny country that way. There is no "national language" here because there is no nationality. There is no "American", other than Native American...everyone else is just a U.S. citizen. Apparently, as far as most of the world is concerned...the U.S. is a nation of immigrants, with descendants having no specific nationality. I seriously doubt there is such a thing as a "nationality" anymore, very few purebred anythings out there, these days."T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #19 March 14, 2008 Quote Funny how that silly argument comes-up so often in regard to Native Americans!!! I'll bet they get a bit tired of hearing it. Chuck Sadly enough, few indigenous kids are learning their languages. Some rez' have language-based studies, but they're rare. But I can think of a few words that it's always hilarious to hear folks try to pronounce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,026 #20 March 14, 2008 Quote With that "learn English" statement, I would add a few caveats. ... 2. When someone who is not US born lives here and TRIES to learn English, that attempt should not be ridiculed or mocked because of their vocabulary. Both situations I've seen far too often So now y'all stop mocking my English! When I came here I simply spoke English. Now at this particular moment in time I speaks it real good.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #21 March 14, 2008 Quote Quote Funny how that silly argument comes-up so often in regard to Native Americans!!! I'll bet they get a bit tired of hearing it. Chuck Sadly enough, few indigenous kids are learning their languages. Some rez' have language-based studies, but they're rare. But I can think of a few words that it's always hilarious to hear folks try to pronounce. It is sad. I think, it's good that people know their native tongue especially our native peoples but, I don't see any of them refusing to learn our language. Then too, we have them neatly tucked-away on the 'rez' and never give them a second thought. Not until the topic of illegal immigration comes-up. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #22 March 14, 2008 Am I the only one that finds it really funny that the OP posts a thread about how immigrants should learn English. Then in his second post he doesn't know how to spell an english word? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #23 March 14, 2008 Actually one of my best friends is a linguist who has made great efforts to try to keep the Hocak language alive in Wisconsin. She worked with the tribe for several years building a language program. And the Lakota language is far from dead - at least in the Black Hills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,989 #24 March 14, 2008 >Then in his second post he doesn't know how to spell an english word? ?? That's pretty common, I've discovered. Most immigrants I know speak and write english far better than people who were born here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #25 March 14, 2008 QuoteAm I the only one that finds it really funny that the OP posts a thread about how immigrants should learn English. Then in his second post he doesn't know how to spell an english word? Some words are just tricky. I even added the parentheses because I wasn't sure and I didn't want to just get up and go get the dictionary. We mispell a word every now and then. What gets me is how immigrants fuck up the grammar of the English language. Granted, that's the hardest part for them to learn."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
