gruff Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 07:04AM
Out of what?
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 07:10AM
Notice the statue of liberty ? That should help with your query gruff
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 10:15AM
Get out of indigneous illiteracy land. Also known as YOUR fucking
NEIGHBORHOOD....
Tiw Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 10:58AM
America hasn't spoken English properly for years
Aussie_Frank Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 11:20AM
God damm you Tim, I'd woop your ass from here to Texas you god damm nigger
lovin hippie..LOL
Sorry, shouldn't make fun of Americans, there are allies
aDCBeast Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 01:51PM
Ahh Yes ... The motto of the arrogant and self-righteous american.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 02:56PM
so when are you gonna chime in B?
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 03:00PM
116202: Where I live I fondly refer to as the land of the toothless sister
fuckers, though metropolitan Dallas is only an hour away ; >
Though our rate of illiteracy leads me to understand the failure of our
educational system coupled with the uncaring attitude of many folks regarding
their own education as they come through it, and find both sad.
Tiw: True, the decline of "proper" grammar seems a byproduct of the
above stated educational issues along with our multicultural society, which by
nature mangles the common principles of language on a constant basis.
For myself, though I have a pretty firm grasp on our language and the proper use
of it, I murder it at will for my own amusement or as a tool to convey a
particular point :>
Aussi Frank : good to have you cats from down under with us, thanks ! I hope
that before I leave the building I get a chance to visit and personally view
some of the wonders of your back yard !
aDCBeast: Wanna see some great examples of arrogance? I think you can find that
attribute in a lot of places besides the good ole USA you seem so fond of
continually deriding. Try Europe for starters ; >
Self righteousness, hmmm ... that one also
exists here as well as again many other points on the globe, though I feel your
own constant carping against our system here certainly rates in that same vein
though, I doubt personal introspection has allowed you to envision it in that
way.
I wish we would just pull out of all our bases around the world, taking our
troops and our big $$ we spend there and bring 'em all home. Our role as the
worlds police force doesn't seem to be working and at too great a cost to
maintain this futile position in trying to do so.
Then simply fortify the borders with our troops and halt all further immigration
(we have plenty thanks), focus our attentions on the internal problems we have
such as our approach to education that more nearly mirrors a national day care
system these days. Work to re-integrate the folks that wanna live off the
public dole instead of trying to generate their own destinies and futures.
Limit welfare to a finite term of reasonable time to try and eliminate the type
of culture Lyndon Johnson envisioned in his "Great Society" dream.
Though we here in America have a lot of problems an issues assuredly, I still
love my country and wouldn't wanna be anywhere else as a permenant resident.
cesiuminjector Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 05:41PM
if i am expected to speak spanish in spain, and french in france why is it
unreasonable that we expect someone to speak the same language everyone else
speeks here - English (our version)
you might be able to sell me on pulling out of iraq-( lord knows i dont want to
be the worlds police force but i dont want leave iraq as is)
but i am all for fixing what lyndon johnson fucked up
John_Stone Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 09:21PM
Over 400 languages are spoken the the Chicago area. Well over 700 in New York
City. We are Polyglot Nation, get used to it.
cesiuminjector Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 09:31PM
yeah i know that this nation speaks alot languages, when your in court, or in
school, or filing your taxes you speak english. Speak any language you want when
your at home
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: February 21, 2006 11:54PM
We speak American here dumbass!
madbull Report This Comment Date: February 22, 2006 03:33AM
como? que?
aDCBeast Report This Comment Date: February 22, 2006 05:07AM
When you speak 6 language this "english only" shit looks a movement
for the stupid.
cesiuminjector Report This Comment Date: February 22, 2006 06:58AM
when 70 percent of all published print in the world is in english and every
industrialized, wealthy nation either speaks english or the corresponding
education system requires that english be learned maybe you should SPEAK ENGLISH
cesiuminjector Report This Comment Date: February 22, 2006 07:05AM
After weighing the above factors, George Weber, author of "Top Languages:
The World’s 10 Most Influential Languages" (Language Today, Vol. 2, Dec
1997), provides this list:
1. English (37)
2. French (23)
3. Spanish (20)
4. Russian (16)
5. Arabic (14)
6. Chinese (13)
7. German (12)
8. Japanese (10)
9. Portuguese (10)
10. Hindi/Urdu (9)
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Mrkim Report This Comment Date: February 23, 2006 12:29AM
"When you speak 6 language this "english only" shit looks a
movement for the stupid."
Wow aDCBeast, you managed to encompass arrogance, selfrightousness and even
managed to package it all into a nicely sophomoric little blurb, how impressive
!
No matter what candle you use to inspect it by, ENGLISH or at least the strange
version of it we typically use here in the USA, is STILL the most commonly
understood tongue here, whether it is the recognized "official"
language or not (which we don't have BTW).
By that reasoning alone it should be expected that it be understood and spoken
here. My belief is speak it or do just like the T shirt says.
Or ... perhaps a modern version of the "Tower of Babel" seems more
logical to you Beast.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: February 23, 2006 02:26AM
cesiuminjector said "you might be able to sell me on pulling out of
iraq-( lord knows i dont want to be the worlds police force but i dont want
leave iraq as is)
but i am all for fixing what lyndon johnson fucked up"
Gotta agree on both counts. I wish there were a graceful way to pull out of
Iraq, but at this juncture that dudn seem likely. Then again I ain't interested
in seein that shit hole as the new milleniums "Viet Nam" either, which
I have a great fear of :