Public Opinion Differs from Obama's 'Learn Spanish' Attitude

[4sarge]

The more that I listen to some of what Mr Obama has to say, I have to wonder how he has gotten where he is, does he even think about what he's saying, or does he just read the script that he's been handed.

Definitely he's scripted.

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[Bigum1969]

Most common? I suppose you mean "between our East and West Coastlines", but when a billion Chinese people are speaking Mandarin, that kinda dwarfs the 300,000,000 total US population, I think.

Clearly, I'm not going to change your mind. Dialects, whether NE US, Southern US, London (UK), or Melbourne (Australia) are all forms of English. You go on calling it "American" if you like. Just don't be surprised when people I've never talked to either politely pull you aside to correct you.... or laugh behind your back.

Blessings,
B

I've got to agree. Saying someone speaks American sounds a bit ignorant.

 

[mar_2343]

The more that I listen to some of what Mr Obama has to say, I have to wonder how he has gotten where he is, does he even think about what he's saying, or does he just read the script that he's been handed.

Hey if O'b has to ad lib ( not read it off the tele prompter ) he messes it up every time, then the next thing you hear is he dosen't understand why everybody took it out of context. If he isn't reading the words coming out of his mouth you get the real unedited BARACK. Just think of all the crackpot liberals he is going to be bring with him if elected

 

[BloodEclipse]

4sarge good find. But still there are so many who think this empty suit is their salvation. That he will be different. Unfortunately I think he will be different and he will more farther left and take away many more of our freedoms in the process.

 

[Paul]

**** saying we have/should learn Spanish. I will learn it if im going to be traveling to a Spanish speaking country. English should be our official language. With many different kinds of people immigrating to this country over that past hundreds of years, why do the Mexicans get special treatment? All other immigrants learned our language. Why is Spanish what our kids should learn? Why not Mandarin since like 1/4 of the world is Chinese (yes i know not all of China speaks Mandarin)? Nothing pisses me off more than signs and other crap in Spanish....

 

[GetA2J]

I don't get all yoos sayin' BHO is bad for announcing that we all should learn a second language.
Just listen to some of these custom titles... like under the username where mine says "plinker"

Scutter01: Si hoc legere scis nimium cruditionis habes
SavageEagle: Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium
4Sarge: Stamus contra malum
Dogman: Molon Labe



I can understand most other titles.?.?.?.?

 

[4sarge]

I don't get all yoos sayin' BHO is bad for announcing that we all should learn a second language.
Just listen to some of these custom titles... like under the username where mine says "plinker"

Scutter01: Si hoc legere scis nimium cruditionis habes
SavageEagle: Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium
4Sarge: Stamus contra malum
Dogman: Molon Labe



I can understand most other titles.?.?.?.?

OK, you got me, straight from the comic books

stamus contra malo"we stand against by evil"The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as the preposition contra takes the accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum".

 

[SavageEagle]

I've got to agree. Saying someone speaks American sounds a bit ignorant.

So tell that to the millions of mexicans who refer to their language as Mexican... Or the millions of Australians who refer to their language as Australian.

All I'm saying is that no one here by any means speaks proper English. So you dont speak english, you speak a dialect of English. American. Disagree all you want.

BTW, as for my would-be "plinker", I just wanted to see if you would all look up what it says or just ask.

 

[4sarge]

So tell that to the millions of mexicans who refer to their language as Mexican... Or the millions of Australians who refer to their language as Australian.

All I'm saying is that no one here by any means speaks proper English. So you dont speak English, you speak a dialect of English. American. Disagree all you want.

I speak Hoosier, and I'm Damn Proud of it

Good One

Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium.*
From an abridged version of Rousseau's "On The Social Contract".

"Were there a nation of gods, their government would be democratic. Such perfect government is not for men."

It's brilliant, and only goes on to justify my belief in an aristocracy or complete monarchy as the best government for the human race. A veritable hegemony.

 

[Scutter01]

I don't get all yoos sayin' BHO is bad for announcing that we all should learn a second language.
Just listen to some of these custom titles... like under the username where mine says "plinker"

Scutter01: Si hoc legere scis nimium cruditionis habes

I'm not saying learning another language is a bad thing. I'm saying when we change things to accommodate people too lazy to learn English when they live in the U.S., it's a bad thing.

Oh, and mine translates as "If you can read this, you're over-educated."

 

[GetA2J]

I'm not saying learning another language is a bad thing. I'm saying when we change things to accommodate people too lazy to learn English when they live in the U.S., it's a bad thing.

Oh, and mine translates as "If you can read this, you're over-educated."

Scutter... I was being facetious.
...and thank you for the translation. what language is it?

 

[4sarge]

Scutter... I was being facetious.
...and thank you for the translation. what language is it?

They are all derived from Latin/Greek. I can thank my forced participation in College Latin - a requirement for us Ancient Romans

 

[Scutter01]

Scutter... I was being facetious.
...and thank you for the translation. what language is it?

Latin

 

[SavageEagle]

apparently mine translates to "I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery". And I get my translations via "the WIKI". For those of us (ME) who are obviously ignorant.

 

[abnk]

That would be because if you don't choose, it probably means you didn't understand the question. I don't like it either, but since the bank is a private business, your recourse is to go to the management and voice your opinion-- and hope the person to whom you're speaking respects the fact that this is America- if you don't understand something, it's YOUR responsibility to find a frickin' translator.

Oh, I did; I sent my complaint in my native tongue. Needless to say, I have yet to hear from them.

 

[Bigum1969]

apparently mine translates to "I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery". And I get my translations via "the WIKI". For those of us (ME) who are obviously ignorant.

I grew up in Southern California and had many friends that were Mexican. Not one of them referred to the language their parents often still spoke as "Mexican".

Maybe I've been brainwashed with too much political correctness, but I've never heard anyone -- who wasn't hurling an insult -- refer to the language spoken in Mexico as "Mexican".

BTW, I said it sounded a bit ignorant, not that you were ignorant.

 

[SavageEagle]

Maybe I've been brainwashed with too much political correctness, but I've never heard anyone -- who wasn't hurling an insult -- refer to the language spoken in Mexico as "Mexican".

BTW, I said it sounded a bit ignorant, not that you were ignorant.

Oh believe me I mean no insult to anyone, except those who force us to accomodate those who refuse to learn our language and live and work here.

And I didn't mean to refer to your post as calling me ignorant. But there are those out there rolling their eyes at my posts and calling me ignorant but I honestly believe they don't see what I'm saying and where I'm coming from. Maybe what I call our language sounds ignorant, but when it comes down to it, we have taken English and made it our own as other Hispanic Countries have made Spanish their own. Personally, I think we should all learn Native American languages to honor them...

 

[flagtag]

I'm too poor to travel to another country. So why should I have to learn another language?! Duh!!

 

[Dogman]

Molon labe ( mo-lone lah-veh) is reportedly the defiant response of King Leonidas 1 of Sparta to Xerxes 1 of Persia before the battle of Thermopylae (480BC), when Xerxes offered to let the Greeks live if they would lay down their weapons. The words MOLON LABE in Greek (see tattoo, under break room), are inscribed on the marble monument at Thermopylae. The words mean " Come and take them".

 

[Bill of Rights]

Hey if O'b has to ad lib ...he messes it up every time

O.B.... wasn't that the name of the tampon that was all over the news as being the cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome? :rolleyesedit:

Blessings,
B