MissVelvetDress_75
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Obviously you do care. You wouldn't feel as angry about the issue if you didn't.
indra said:A question for all those who want people who come to live in the US from other countries and speak a different language.
How long does an immigrant get to learn the language?
That's it exactly. It's bigoted, stupid and rude, no different than segregation. That nasty attitude should have died out ages ago.anitram said:But that sign is really ridiculously rude, and I think it's got very little to do with language and a hell of a lot to do with bigotry. They're making a bigger statement here, one which says a lot more about them than they may want us to know.
BluRmGrl said:
Obviously, there's an adjustment period... a time when you first move to the States and are learning the language. But even in my average-sized, southeastern NC city (Wilmington), we have FREE English As a Second Language workshops - which, yes, are widely advertised in Spanish. Anyone can pick up a few words a day; after a few months, you should be able to piece together simple sentences. I understand that it takes time to learn a new language and that kids pick it up faster than adults, usually. But so many of the Latinos that I come across daily in my work (auto & property insurance) have had established residences for over a year yet still expect us to have an interpreter on staff - and that's the point that I take issue with.
MissVelvetDress_75 said:Obviously you do care. You wouldn't feel as angry about the issue if you didn't.
NYRangers78 said:
after thinking about it, your right. i do care a great deal. i see american values and the english language falling by the wayside and nyc turning into a dominican republic, puerto rico, and mexican village. years ago immigrants came here and they had to learn the language and contribute positively to the country. now? immigrants,and not just the non speaking english ones, come here with this entitlement attitude. now, i have to sit through tons of things in spanish on the phone just to get an english menu or operator and thats a disgrace. i ve already gone on about this is another thread about national id's so i wont get into it again...to each his own.
NYRangers78 said:the way i see it, if u are living in colombia, then u should be speaking spanish. if u dont know spanish, then one should learn it if they are going to be liviing there. if u are living in america and u dont know english, then you should learn it. same as if i was moving to germany, id learn german.
dandy said:
just a thought: the people who founded the US and Canada didn't bother to learn the natives' languages when they first arrived here. in fact, they had no respect at all for the people who had lived on this land for centuries. they just came in and took over, by force.
how quickly we forget that our countries were founded by illegal immigrants.
BonosSaint said:I suspect the Senate considered it a purely political move by the relatively new Republican majority in the House. More symbol than substance.
MissVelvetDress_75 said:Those are the exact words displayed on a sign outside of a bar called "Mulligan's" in my city.
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unosdostres14 said:It's in towns like these where they can't teach evolution........ because it hasn't happened yet.
deep said:If your friend wont accept Jesus christ as her lord and saviour she may spend the rest of eternity shopping at Walmant Hell with no checkout lines.
AvsGirl41 said:
I also have a problem with the selective nature of which immigrants have to learn English, and which don't. In Denver, we have a large Spanish community and the city accordingly prints almost everything in both languages, and encourages everyone to learn Spanish.
But we also have an extremely large Russian and Asian population--but nothing is printed in Russian, Vietnamese or Japanese. No one is encouraged to learn those languages--your lucky if you can find a Russian language class. Why is it that if you come here from Mexico or South America, you get a pass, but not if you come from Europe or Asia?
My Polish friend still struggles with English after 20 years in this country--if he hadn't learned English, he wouldn't have been able to get his degree, or get a job here. No one ever offered him a Polish interpreter. Yet just yesterday, I'm berated by a Spanish guy who can't understand me, yet we handed him a college degree.
I'm a big believer in keeping your language and culture alive, but the hypocrisy of the language barrier angers me.
Moonlit_Angel said:
And I do think that if they're going to take the time to learn English, we should try and learn at the very least the basics of theirs.
Angela