El Keniano wrote:
I've never understood why Americans (especially Trump-supporting racists) are particularly hostile to language as beautiful as Spanish. /
First, are you suggesting all trump supporters are racist? You must live in a bubble.
Second, the language is about culture. Look at what the USSR did to Ukraine. One of the first things they did was try to erase the native language. Therefore elimanting the native culture. This is the first step in the NWO plan in taking over the world.
Half of americans are racists. Trump and this board are only the some proofs in a long line of incidents
Ezekiel bread wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
I've never understood why Americans (especially Trump-supporting racists) are particularly hostile to language as beautiful as Spanish. /
First, are you suggesting all trump supporters are racist? You must live in a bubble.
Second, the language is about culture. Look at what the USSR did to Ukraine. One of the first things they did was try to erase the native language. Therefore elimanting the native culture. This is the first step in the NWO plan in taking over the world.
I thought Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment the most refreshingly honest, and true, remark of the entire campaign.
I don’t quite understand your second point. Is English “native” to the United States? And are you suggesting the so-called NWO intent on “taking over the world” are Spanish speakers?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/03/31/can-spanish-avoid-americas-language-graveyardEzekiel bread wrote:
El Keniano wrote:
I've never understood why Americans (especially Trump-supporting racists) are particularly hostile to language as beautiful as Spanish. /
First, are you suggesting all trump supporters are racist? You must live in a bubble.
Second, the language is about culture. Look at what the USSR did to Ukraine. One of the first things they did was try to erase the native language. Therefore elimanting the native culture. This is the first step in the NWO plan in taking over the world.
Now tell me which languages is being erased by whom.
Ezekiel bread wrote:
First, are you suggesting all trump supporters are racist? You must live in a bubble.
Además de pendejos acomplejados sin cultura ninguna, son racistas casi todos.
Born in the USA wrote:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/nearly-half-in-top-5-u-s-cities-dont-speak-english-at-home-record-67-millionThis is an obamanation. Exactly why Trump won. Speak English!
Fake news from a far right political opinion website.
FAKE
Multi-lingual wrote:
In my home we speak two languages, English and Thai. I'm a native English speaker my wife is a native Thai speaker and we met here in the USA when she was in grad school. Lived in her country for a number of years but moved back to the USA so the kids could go to high school here. Although I'm fluent in Thai, except for reading and writing, and my wife is fluent in English, the kids are fluent in both languages. We all speak both languages at home. We will continue to do so despite what some Right Wing wackos think.
I don't think most folks gives 2 craps if you speak an additional language at home. There is a real issue though with folks that live in the US and cannot speak English.
What does it do for your job prospects if you can't speak the local language? What are chances a non-english speaking person lives in poverty compared with someone that speaks English (here in the US)?
What do these folks do in an emergency when an ambulance or police need to be called and they cannot communicate with locals. There is real potential for problems that would not otherwise exist.
If I'm going to live in a foreign country, I'm going to have, at least, a working knowledge of the local language. It is foolish not to.
joedirt wrote:
What they speak at home is their business and is nothing for you to be upset about. The primary reason for it is because couples are no longer procreating at the replacement rate, so in order to maintain a growing economy, we need legal immigration and migration. It is important for them to learn English, and most immigrants do a very good job of this as they understand it benefits them financially. On the flip side it also benefits you to learn Spanish as well, because being able to communicate effectively with those the comprise one of the larger segments of the labor force can only help you in your career. This battle has been going on since the founding of this country. Ignorant fools complained about it, while entrepreneurs welcomed it and made fortunes off of the less expensive labor (just as they did my Irish ancestors). As far as illegal immigrants are concerned, they are here criminally. They need to be deported and we need to increase the number of legal immigrants. Controlling the flow of immigrants is not something that should be opposed by either party as it creates a level playing field and can allow us to control unemployment rates while maintaining our social programs. The only way this works is by making the penalties on employers of illegals severe enough to pay for the cost of enforcement. When people no longer employ illegals, they will stop trying to come illegally.
If Americans aren't emigrating why do we need more immigrants?
Ben Franklin warned us about this problem. Too bad the politicians did not listen to him, right?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/02/swarthy-germans/48324/
joho wrote:
Multi-lingual wrote:
In my home we speak two languages, English and Thai. I'm a native English speaker my wife is a native Thai speaker and we met here in the USA when she was in grad school. Lived in her country for a number of years but moved back to the USA so the kids could go to high school here. Although I'm fluent in Thai, except for reading and writing, and my wife is fluent in English, the kids are fluent in both languages. We all speak both languages at home. We will continue to do so despite what some Right Wing wackos think.
I don't think most folks gives 2 craps if you speak an additional language at home. There is a real issue though with folks that live in the US and cannot speak English.
What does it do for your job prospects if you can't speak the local language? What are chances a non-english speaking person lives in poverty compared with someone that speaks English (here in the US)?
What do these folks do in an emergency when an ambulance or police need to be called and they cannot communicate with locals. There is real potential for problems that would not otherwise exist.
If I'm going to live in a foreign country, I'm going to have, at least, a working knowledge of the local language. It is foolish not to.
You would be surprised at how many Americans living abroad speak very little of the local language.
joho wrote:
Multi-lingual wrote:
In my home we speak two languages, English and Thai. I'm a native English speaker my wife is a native Thai speaker and we met here in the USA when she was in grad school. Lived in her country for a number of years but moved back to the USA so the kids could go to high school here. Although I'm fluent in Thai, except for reading and writing, and my wife is fluent in English, the kids are fluent in both languages. We all speak both languages at home. We will continue to do so despite what some Right Wing wackos think.
I don't think most folks gives 2 craps if you speak an additional language at home. There is a real issue though with folks that live in the US and cannot speak English.
What does it do for your job prospects if you can't speak the local language? What are chances a non-english speaking person lives in poverty compared with someone that speaks English (here in the US)?
What do these folks do in an emergency when an ambulance or police need to be called and they cannot communicate with locals. There is real potential for problems that would not otherwise exist.
If I'm going to live in a foreign country, I'm going to have, at least, a working knowledge of the local language. It is foolish not to.
I hope they don't give two craps either if they are out in public speaking a language other than English. Some people don't want to hear any other language spoken except English.
Happy Yom Kippur! wrote:
אני לא רואה שום בעיה כאן
Fake language invented in the late 19th century as part of the Zi*nist project intended to give their absurd claims on the ME legitimacy.
Because we are not procreating at the replacement rate anymore.
joedirt wrote:
Because we are not procreating at the replacement rate anymore.
US population is increasing steadily.
1967 200 million; now 319 million.
Born in the USA wrote:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/nearly-half-in-top-5-u-s-cities-dont-speak-english-at-home-record-67-millionThis is an obamanation. Exactly why Trump won. Speak English!
Fake News.
The Washington Examiner is political right wing opinion website.
All of their articles are negative towards people of color, Islam, immigrants that aren't from Europe or anything on the left.
Fake News to scare uninformed white folks who have very little interaction with people outside of their ethnic group or race.
habib wrote:
If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it must be good enough for everyone!
I will assume you are trying to be funny and sarcastic.
Jesus Christ spoke Aramaic.