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busterb · 05-22-2005, 08:26 PM

I see they have got in swing of things now.

weather . WTF are people thinking?

Pie · 05-22-2005, 08:33 PM

Y'know, this is the only country I know of where the inhabitants try to make ignorance a virtue.

Read your own sig. (Or have I completely misinterpreted your statement? I hope so.)

busterb · 05-22-2005, 08:49 PM

I guess I was just wondering why english isn't the norm for the usa. As in CA. where they had to print vote ballots in something like 23 languages. WTF I know, just a dumb redneck

BTW so nice of you to judge me.

Happy Monkey · 05-22-2005, 09:22 PM

English is the norm. That's why the normal page is in English, and the experimental one is in Spanish.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-22-2005, 09:58 PM

For now.

busterb · 05-22-2005, 10:04 PM

HM. By golly I had almost figured that experimental part out, but why spanish? As much money as wally world & others owe China, why not Chinese?

busterb · 05-22-2005, 10:17 PM

I guess no one bothered to notice that the page was for Jackson, MS. Hell according to most folks, we've not learned to talk english yet.

Pie · 05-23-2005, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

BTW so nice of you to judge me.

That's why I left wiggle room in my statement. I can only judge you by what you say.
In most places, learning 2-3 languages is the norm for literate individuals. Somehow, in the US, knowing more than the required one language is considered a bad thing -- somehow disloyal. What does that say about us? Are we so cock-sure that we have the answer for everything that we can ignore the rest of the world?
- Pie

wolf · 05-23-2005, 08:41 AM

Refusing to speak English is the bad thing.

We laud the multilingual here, last I checked.

jaguar · 05-23-2005, 09:29 AM

Quote:

What does that say about us?

Ask the waitstaff in any major european city. They'll tell you, throughly.

Catwoman · 05-23-2005, 09:41 AM

:handup: Vouch for that. I've met most of them.

Perry Winkle · 05-23-2005, 11:42 AM

This thread reminds me of a lame joke:

What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages?
Tri-lingual

What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages?
Bi-lingual

What do you call a person who speaks one language?
American

russotto · 05-23-2005, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguar

Ask the waitstaff in any major european city. They'll tell you, throughly.

Like we give a shit what a bunch of snooty servers with superiority complexes think. I don't much care what the waitstaff thinks of me personally here, why would I care there?

jaguar · 05-23-2005, 12:39 PM

because they handle your food before you eat it.

busterb · 05-23-2005, 05:13 PM

I once could read, speak a fair amount of German, some Indonesian and a little dab of Farsi,sp? Iran. But really in US. As in south. Your not exposed to anything to learn. When I was in school, I don't think they even taught spanish. Couldn't find a teacher?

Say in Frankfurt, you catch a train. In ten or twelve hours you might pass though six or eight languages. Oh well

05-22-2005, 08:26 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	NOAA Weather I see they have got in swing of things now. weather . WTF are people thinking? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-22-2005, 08:33 PM	#2
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Y'know, this is the only country I know of where the inhabitants try to make ignorance a virtue. Read your own sig. (Or have I completely misinterpreted your statement? I hope so.) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-22-2005, 08:49 PM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I guess I was just wondering why english isn't the norm for the usa. As in CA. where they had to print vote ballots in something like 23 languages. WTF I know, just a dumb redneck BTW so nice of you to judge me. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 05-22-2005 at 08:58 PM. Reason: add

05-22-2005, 09:22 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	English is the norm. That's why the normal page is in English, and the experimental one is in Spanish. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-22-2005, 09:58 PM	#5
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05-22-2005, 10:04 PM	#6
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	HM. By golly I had almost figured that experimental part out, but why spanish? As much money as wally world & others owe China, why not Chinese? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-22-2005, 10:17 PM	#7
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I guess no one bothered to notice that the page was for Jackson, MS. Hell according to most folks, we've not learned to talk english yet. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-23-2005, 08:41 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Refusing to speak English is the bad thing. We laud the multilingual here, last I checked. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-23-2005, 09:41 AM	#11
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	:handup: Vouch for that. I've met most of them. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-23-2005, 11:42 AM	#12
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	This thread reminds me of a lame joke: What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages? Tri-lingual What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages? Bi-lingual What do you call a person who speaks one language? American

05-23-2005, 12:39 PM	#14
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	because they handle your food before you eat it. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-23-2005, 05:13 PM	#15
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I once could read, speak a fair amount of German, some Indonesian and a little dab of Farsi,sp? Iran. But really in US. As in south. Your not exposed to anything to learn. When I was in school, I don't think they even taught spanish. Couldn't find a teacher? Say in Frankfurt, you catch a train. In ten or twelve hours you might pass though six or eight languages. Oh well __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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