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Post by Kliquid on Jan 8, 2008 11:29:06 GMT -5
No, they shouldn't have to.... On the converse, the rest of us shouldn't have to make special arrangements for them.
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Post by [MJH] on Jan 8, 2008 11:46:32 GMT -5
I find it rude if other people freely choose to come to other countries and don't learn the language. If say a Japanese person came to work in England, they should be able to talk their friends and others in Japanese as long as the others know japanese but they should also be expected to speak good English to an English person rather than trying to talk to you in Japanese. If I moved to Japan I would not hesitate to learn Japanese as that's the national language.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Jan 8, 2008 12:07:25 GMT -5
I find it rude if other people freely choose to come to other countries and don't learn the language. If say a Japanese person came to work in England, they should be able to talk their friends and others in Japanese as long as the others know japanese but they should also be expected to speak good English to an English person rather than trying to talk to you in Japanese. If I moved to Japan I would not hesitate to learn Japanese as that's the national language. See, you can get away with saying that. Because in England, the national language is English. But here in America, due to our bullcrap"we all descended from immigrants, so let's never alienate anybody ever, because that would make us hypocrites" mentality, we've never declared a national language. |
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Post by inrogers29 on Jan 8, 2008 12:18:11 GMT -5
English isnt our national language?
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Jan 8, 2008 12:26:01 GMT -5
English isnt our national language? Nope, despite the fact that it's the primary language of all our road signage, media, and stand mixer instruction manuals, it's never been officially declared the national language, because that might alienate the people who don't speak it. |
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Post by T R W on Jan 8, 2008 12:29:10 GMT -5
Yeah, God forbid we alienate anyone.
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Post by fair2flair on Jan 8, 2008 12:43:00 GMT -5
Yes they should. It would be the right thing to do. Especially when you work the counter at McDonalds and need to understand the order given to you. Makes you want to walk into a McDonalds and hold up a badge and yell immigration.
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Post by S on Jan 8, 2008 12:56:00 GMT -5
First immigrants in ENGLAND need to learn english  ... but yea, if you are accepted into a country in the view of getting a better life, the least you can do is learn the language. I understand that english techically isn't the national language in America, but i personally think its bollocks that it isn't |
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Jan 8, 2008 13:08:43 GMT -5
Yes...
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Post by Mastermind on Jan 8, 2008 14:04:15 GMT -5
i think they should learn english..it would just be smarter on their part if they did..
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Post by Blazer034 on Jan 8, 2008 15:16:58 GMT -5
Damn right they should learn English. They move HERE they learn OUR language, not the other way around. Simple as that. You took the words right out of my mouth! |
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Post by ultimatethey on Jan 8, 2008 15:21:55 GMT -5
They should i mean why should they come to the USA if they can not even learn English. If they can not they should stay were they came from.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 15:24:40 GMT -5
Yes, no question about it. When someone goes on vacation to a foreign country, they bring a book to learn that country's language. Immigrants that come here should do the same. There's a hardcore Spanish guy at my work and we're teaching him English, so far he just says "Hello how are you?" to every question.
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Post by fattic on Jan 8, 2008 15:25:29 GMT -5
Is this a joke? Of course they should.
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Post by wwe4ever on Jan 8, 2008 18:02:16 GMT -5
They should since very few people might know their language and primarily most Americans do speak english.
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Post by amxfiles on Jan 8, 2008 18:09:36 GMT -5
We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
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Post by theu5152 on Jan 8, 2008 18:48:27 GMT -5
LOL at all the people that think you can just learn a languge in 24 hours. Its hard to learn a language after you have been talking another all your life.
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Post by theu5152 on Jan 8, 2008 18:50:11 GMT -5
LOL at all the people that think you can just learn a languge in 24 hours. Its hard to learn a language after you have been talking another all your life
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Post by Mark on Jan 8, 2008 18:59:20 GMT -5
Get over it. There is only one right answer and thats to learn our damn language that we speak wich is english!
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Post by instant classic on Jan 8, 2008 20:46:45 GMT -5
Yes they should
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