I have no problem with people coming to america from other countries as long as they do it legally. but i would have to say that my biggest gripe is the whole "you dont have to speak english to be in america" bullsh*t. im sorry but we dont defend america from people that want to see us to our graves just to have a group of foreigners (legal or illegal) come here, get a house, drivers liscence, job etc and not speak a lick of english. for gods sake its what they teach us in school. im sure that if you go to russia or china or anywhere in the world where english isnt a major language they would expect you to learn their language as well. i just hate how we have to please everyone by giving them translators and crap. sorry but if you dont understand english, you better learn quick or get the hell out now.

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Originally posted by ampmaster:
No Hablo Engles?

What? What are you trying to say? Cause in spanish you are saying "Do I not speak english"?

Celtic made a good point far below me. Adults have less of a capacity for learning something such as a language. That area of development in the brain deteriorates with age. So it may take longer or be nearly impossible for one to learn a complex language like English. This situation can however be stressful occasionally.

No Hablo Engles?

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Originally posted by WorthWaitingFor:
I'm going to actually agree with Big.

I've always said that, if you're going to live in America, you need to learn our main language.

I bet you anything that France doesn't put five different languages on their box of tampons.

English may not be the official language but it's the most commonly used and main language of the country. If I went to live in Mexico or France or Italy, I would expect I'd need to learn their native language.

The feminine products I have only has two (English/French) and occaisionally Spanish. Which is a bit bizarre, seeing as I live in Seattle, and here the main language is English, but there are a lot of immigrants that speak Russian, Spanish and Japanese. I can't understand the Japanese accents at all, but I can totally understand the Russian accents, and usually the Spanish ones, but it can be a bit of a challenge at times.

Yeah. I wasn't really paying attention to it, so I can see how I thought it was something else. My apologies.

yeah it was about tolerance towards people who cant speak english. well at least the commercial i'm talking about was. Are you talking about the commercial with the waiter or whatever?

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that commercial was in america and was about immigrants who cant speak english here. and just because a few stuck up rich americans do it dosnt mean we all do.

Hmm, seems I interpreted that commercial wrong. But I wasn't generalizing. I was merely pointing out that while some immigrants expect everyone to speak their language when they move here, some Americans do the same elsewhere. Americans are not guilt-free.

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Originally posted by gangsta411:
n america we speak english, i hate all dees spanish gangstas who start talking in spainsh and think that they r ghetto. If they were put on da streets for 5 mins they'd be taken out by a brother.

wow sprechen sie englisch?

that commercial was in america and was about immigrants who cant speak english here. and just because a few stuck up rich americans do it dosnt mean we all do.

Haha, real funny. Don't quit your day job, pantera. Reactionary, I don't know anyone personally, but I have heard stories (not widely publicized stories, but true stories nonetheless) about some rich American tourist who goes to Spain, sits down at a restaurant, and tries to order something, but the waiter doesn't speak English. So the tourist gets mad about people not speaking English like they should, yada yada. Don't tell me you haven't seen that commercial...?

who the hell would want to go to france is the real question haha.

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Originally posted by clpo13:
Like the Americans who vacation in Paris or Berlin and yell at the waiters for not knowing English?

Who's done that?

No and I have no idea where you got that from.

you people really hate the fact that you are american dont you?

Like the Americans who vacation in Paris or Berlin and yell at the waiters for not knowing English?

as long as they at least try to learn english i dont care. But people who come here with so much pride about their own country that they think that everyone else should learn THEIR language instead of them learning english. And try and force their cultures on us, those are the people i disagree with.

Well it wouldn't hurt to try to learn English. But it's not like tons of other countries don't have more than one national language.

n america we speak english, i hate all dees spanish gangstas who start talking in spainsh and think that they r ghetto. If they were put on da streets for 5 mins they'd be taken out by a brother.

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When you say dialects and mention Jamacia, India and Canada, you mean accents. That is people who speak Hindi trying to speak English.

its not necessarily about ppl trying to speak hinglish as a mix of hindi and english is reffered to...
its not only about diffrent accent but it is somewhat diff where words are concerned to...infact some dialects are diff languages by themselves......