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Old 12th November 2006, 07:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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"Looneyt0on" <looneyt0on@> wrote in message
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"Inabn Yunes" <InabnYu...@Naboria.com> wrote:

> > Listen, the only reason English is widely spoken in the US is because is
> > the
> > language of the empire that ruled over other, the majority, European
> > immigrants.
> > Just check the last names of any school classroom. About 70% is not of
> > English descent.
> > Then you have 10 states with Spanish names and a few that Spanish is
> > also an
> > official language.
> > For God's sake, New Spain extended from today's New Mexico to Panama
> > including Texas and California. New England is just a little part of the
> > North East.
> > In today's world, is hard if not impossible to keep Spanish speaking
> > people
> > from forgetting their heritage. We are here to stay, or lets say, come
> > back
> > and there is nothing anybody can do about it so, lets start learning
> > Spanish
> > and English can remain as a second language.


> I never asked them to forget their heritage, I asked them to learn
> English. If you don't want to learn the language that most people in
> that country speak, then why bother living there?


LOL. So what about Switzerland?

> If I moved to a
> country where the language was not English, I would learn to speak the
> lanuage that the country uses.


No way. WASPS are not able to learn any other language. It's against one of
their amendment. Just look at them when they travel to Europe. They expect
everybody to speak English. Now watch when Europeans come to the US (they
all try their best to speak English).

> It's not about heritage, it's about
> education.


The US has none. So what's your point?


 
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Old 12th November 2006, 09:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Trustee of Truth wrote:
> "Looneyt0on" <looneyt0on@> wrote in message
> news:1163127900.369444.319920@h48g2000cwc. o...
> "Inabn Yunes" <InabnYu...@Naboria.com> wrote:
>
> > > Listen, the only reason English is widely spoken in the US is because is
> > > the
> > > language of the empire that ruled over other, the majority, European
> > > immigrants.
> > > Just check the last names of any school classroom. About 70% is not of
> > > English descent.
> > > Then you have 10 states with Spanish names and a few that Spanish is
> > > also an
> > > official language.
> > > For God's sake, New Spain extended from today's New Mexico to Panama
> > > including Texas and California. New England is just a little part of the
> > > North East.
> > > In today's world, is hard if not impossible to keep Spanish speaking
> > > people
> > > from forgetting their heritage. We are here to stay, or lets say, come
> > > back
> > > and there is nothing anybody can do about it so, lets start learning
> > > Spanish
> > > and English can remain as a second language.

>
> > I never asked them to forget their heritage, I asked them to learn
> > English. If you don't want to learn the language that most people in
> > that country speak, then why bother living there?

>
> LOL. So what about Switzerland?
>
> > If I moved to a
> > country where the language was not English, I would learn to speak the
> > lanuage that the country uses.

>
> No way. WASPS are not able to learn any other language. It's against one of
> their amendment. Just look at them when they travel to Europe. They expect
> everybody to speak English. Now watch when Europeans come to the US (they
> all try their best to speak English).
>
> > It's not about heritage, it's about
> > education.

>
> The US has none. So what's your point?


Yet YOU came here for YOUR education.
You've been whining since you arrived here.
It's all rather simple. You don't like it? GO HOME!

 
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