Speak f**kin English !
May 1st 2006, 6:37 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by neill
Yeah, didn't Illinois want to declare that "American" and not "English" was their official language a few years back?
May 1st 2006, 6:42 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
No, though there's a rather nasty xenophobic movement that would have it so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement
May 1st 2006, 7:06 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Boiler
Why is it xenophobic when its English but not when any other language/country is concerned?
(shrugs)
May 1st 2006, 7:07 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Bad memories of colonialism and exterminating the indigenous Americans?
(shrugs)
(shrugs)
May 1st 2006, 7:13 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
1776 come to mind. At that point English settlement was very limited geographically.
Now the Spanish were much more succesful, so why not focus on the Spanish language?
Portugese probably second.
And do not forget the French.
May 1st 2006, 7:13 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Boiler
And do not forget the French.
May 1st 2006, 7:23 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I'm not. They are the most vehement anti-English folk on the planet me thinks.
May 1st 2006, 7:27 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Schnorbitz
Have you seen Brits on a booze cruise?
May 1st 2006, 7:28 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Schnorbitz
Maybe the anti-English thing is more prevalent in the cities or around Calais. And around Calais who can blame them? Have you seen Brits on a booze cruise?
May 1st 2006, 7:28 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I'm not. They are the most vehement anti-English folk on the planet me thinks.
May 1st 2006, 7:30 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Schnorbitz
I disagree. I have experienced some great French hospitality.
May 1st 2006, 7:31 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Schnorbitz
I disagree. I have experienced some great French hospitality. I have toured around France a couple of times on my motorbike and when you get out in the sticks, make an effort to parlez Francois and there is no problem. Maybe the anti-English thing is more prevalent in the cities or around Calais. And around Calais who can blame them? Have you seen Brits on a booze cruise? That's just my experience.
Think is more of a coastal thing. Some of the best hospitality i've had in France was in in Paris, and as you say actually having a go at the language makes things easier too.
May 1st 2006, 7:31 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I meant as in not having English "corrupt" French.
May 1st 2006, 7:31 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I meant as in not having English "corrupt" French.
May 1st 2006, 7:37 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Err, english on a booze cruise - don't bring the rest of us down with your lot matey
