Originally Posted by
keiko
BC ~ thank you for taking the rant fire from me. If you want to be considered an American then you must assimilate enough to understand hte TV, the Radio, The Newspapers, the laws and even *gasp* know enough of the native language to get a *shock* paying job that doesnt involve being a field hand.
When I lived in SoCal, aside from the bilboards that I couldn't read, what got on my nerves more than being asked if I want homemade toquitos from hte stolen Target shopping cart was the fact that you had to be BiLingual to get a job anywhere and that all dealerships advertised that they had someone on staff that could speak Mexican. If you don't know enough English to say "I want that car, how much?" you sure as hell shouldn't be allowed to drive one!
I'm fine with you and your friends/family speaking in your native tounge but that damned ghetto slang gets the fuck on my nerves. When some one gets pissed at me for not knowing what the fuck they said when I speak English and live in an English speaking country then I should be allowed to bitchslap you.
When I travel I plan to know at least six phrases in the native tongue
"Do you speak English?"
"Excuse me"
"Please"
"Thank you"
"Where are the facilities?"
"Call the doctor/police"
Before I move I will have at least a rudimentary grasp of both German and French... maybe Italian. And, if I keep this job tlll then, prolly Russian too.
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