"This is Merica, why don't learn english?"

So, this is what happened to me at the store earlier today... I was in the check out line at Safeway, and this little Mexican child starts speaking Spanish to me... I don't understand him at all. This old lady turns to me and says: "It's ok, he didn't say anything bad, maybe one day you should learn Spanish, and then she turned around". I was stunned at first, and was trying to come up with something better than "go back across the border" or something, but before I could come up with anything, this old guy behind me stepped out from behind and told her: "Your in (and I swear he said it) Merica! Why don't you learn you kids some damn English so he can communicate!" I had to have had a giant ass grin on my face at that point, anyway, I turned around, told the guy thanks, and checked out. It was great.

Jim tells me that each time I talk to him.

Classic! It's the melting pot. You blend into our society, not the other way around.

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Originally Posted by spyder

So, this is what happened to me at the store earlier today... I was in the check out line at Safeway, and this little Mexican child starts speaking Spanish to me... I don't understand him at all. This old lady turns to me and says: "It's ok, he didn't say anything bad, maybe one day you should learn Spanish, and then she turned around". I was stunned at first, and was trying to come up with something better than "go back across the border" or something, but before I could come up with anything, this old guy behind me stepped out from behind and told her: "Your in (and I swear he said it) Merica! Why don't you learn you kids some damn English so he can communicate!" I had to have had a giant ass grin on my face at that point, anyway, I turned around, told the guy thanks, and checked out. It was great.

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Merica... FU$K YEAH!
Good on the old timer for speaking some common sense.

I don't speak English, British, nor Northern Irish. I speak American.


English --------------- American

Bonnet --------------- Hood
Carpark --------------Parking lot
colour ----------------Color
Marlborough -------- Marlboro Ultra Light
Minister ------------- Secretary

Football.................Soccer

Boot...............Trunk
Saloon...........Sedan
Estate Car............Station Wagon
Lift.................Elevator
Rubber...........Eraser

Liberal..... Zombie, Sheeple, Tards?

Fag-------------------------- Cigarette
Drag/Suck a fag ----------- Smoke a Cigarette

Fag..........Cigarette
Chips.........Fries
Windscreen..........Windshield

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Originally Posted by Gman

Classic! It's the melting pot. You blend into our society, not the other way around.

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You're right but the government and these imports think otherwise.

I think I would of lost it.

dont think in english only american , feet and inches not metric

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Originally Posted by roberth

You're right but the government and these imports think otherwise.

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...but of course. The politicians have determined that what was right is now wrong and what was wrong is now right.

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...but of course. The politicians have determined that what was right is now wrong and what was wrong is now right.

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Thanks to the idiotic feel-good voters. We're so screwed.

I don't give a shit what language anyone speaks.



















PROVIDING they understand AND can converse in the language of the country, they have decided to settle in.

CRAZIEST THING is : for as much Mexico wants an open border policy with America. You go to Mexico's southern border AND they have it heavily patrolled by mexican troops!. ANY person caught illegally entering mexico gets detained. THEN when they have a bus load off they go, under armed guard back across the border.

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Originally Posted by jim

PROVIDING they understand AND can converse in the language of the country, they have decided to settle in.

CRAZIEST THING is : for as much Mexico wants an open border policy with America. You go to Mexico's southern border AND they have it heavily patrolled by mexican troops!. ANY person caught illegally entering mexico gets detained. THEN when they have a bus load off they go, under armed guard back across the border.

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Yep- you should see all the stuff Mexico does to dissuade illegal immigration... Can't own a business, different property rights (even if it is a temporary residence- ie: vacation home), voting, etc. Mexico, for all their faults, has a pretty good immigration policy. Although, when it comes to border security, I think we can take a lesson from Israel... and some nations (IIRC Sudan) shoot people who illegally cross the border.

tyre--------tire

My neighbors are ignorant Mexicans and refuse to speak english and they don't speak english with their kids. I just told them that they aren't doing their kids and favors by only teaching them spanish. I don't speak spanish with them. If they want to talk it has to be in english.

As an immigrant myself, I'd say most other immigrant nowdays have lost it. From the dollar bill to the pledge, they wanted them to change and fit their taste......

Fanny = Female Genitals
Engineer = Machinist

Sausage Nigel's = Liberals

Piers Morgan = Douchebag

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Originally Posted by DOC

My neighbors are ignorant Mexicans and refuse to speak english and they don't speak english with their kids. I just told them that they aren't doing their kids and favors by only teaching them spanish. I don't speak spanish with them. If they want to talk it has to be in english.

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On the flipside of that, My father in-law is a first generation Mexican that up until two weeks ago I had never heard speak Spanish, reason being his parents, that hardly speak any English, came up to visit from Mazatlan to see Jess (his daughter) and I get married. He's lived in the U.S. now for 30 years and is a bigwig for Lockheed.

My grandparents on both the Irish and Italian side came to this country in the 1890's and the first thing they did was learn to speak American, it's not too much to ask for that a emigrant learn our language.

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

Piers Morgan = Douchebag

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HAHA

Lorry =Truck and my favorite Shunt = Crash What I find fascinating is you can find people that come from places like Ghana who can speak English and I remember a Destination Truth where they were way out in BFE and the people there spoke some English.

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Originally Posted by MrPrena

I don't speak English, British, nor Northern Irish. I speak American.


English --------------- American

Bonnet --------------- Hood
Carpark --------------Parking lot
colour ----------------Color
Marlborough -------- Marlboro Ultra Light
Minister ------------- Secretary

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hoover....vacuum cleaner
points....outlet
council flat....section 8 housing
dole....welfare
nhs....obamacare
petrol....gasoline

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

Piers Morgan = Douchebag

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I think that one is pretty much universal no matter what language you speak!

Garage = carhole

Excuuuuse me mr. Frenchman!

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Originally Posted by UrbanWolf

As an immigrant myself, I'd say most other immigrant nowdays have lost it. From the dollar bill to the pledge, they wanted them to change and fit their taste......

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In other words turn the new place into the old they just left from?

Wanker = well, use your imagination

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Originally Posted by kidicarus13

Football.................Soccer

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Actually, soccer is used in a variety of English speaking countries (not just the USA). I believed it is also used in South Africa, Australia, and Canada.

Just a little tidbit of trivial information.

Little frijolero speaks no English? When did he come across last night? Yeah! The border`s more secure than it`s ever been?

Conservative = Melting Pot
Liberal = Tossed Salad

I was told that Melting Pot is a racist term because it fails to recognize the different races. It also discourages "Racial Identity". The different races can maintain the racial identity but still be part of the whole society in a 'Tossed Salad'. That's what I've been told and read anyway.

The Italian, Germans, Irish, and others, have all melted in while still keeping there culture's heritage. October Fest and St. Paddy's Day pop up in my mind as examples.


Also-
Engineer = Mechanic too.

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Originally Posted by jim

PROVIDING they understand AND can converse in the language of the country, they have decided to settle in

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USA doesn't have an official language. This is a huge debate here, when I was working in NorCal, a lot of the stuff is printed in Japanese/Chinese( pacific islander langurs to be correct)
The government waste millions of dollars printing shot in foreign languages each year.

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Originally Posted by RonMexico

USA doesn't have an official language. This is a huge debate here, when I was working in NorCal, a lot of the stuff is printed in Japanese/Chinese( pacific islander langurs to be correct)
The government waste millions of dollars printing shot in foreign languages each year.

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This is true, did you know New Mexico officially recognizes both English and Spanish. This goes waaay back to before NM was a state (with a large Spanish speaking majority).

There was something I read somewhere that stated somewhere around ~80% of 1st Generation Hispanics want big Gov, with it dropping off to ~70, ~50% the 2nd/3rd generation afterward.