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Do people who come here need to learn English? We don't have an actual national language.

Posted by ty97 Apr 8 '11, 10:48

Sure, it's de facto our language, but it doesn't have to be.

And who's to say people aren't trying to learn? It's not something you pick up in a day. Our language is dumb.

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my first thought when reading this was that you were talking about people coming to ST ... not USA ... hahahaahahhaah -- nm - JenBro Apr 8, 12:39
Most of the world learns english AND a foriegn language, almost anywhere you can find someone who speaks it, here you have far less chance of - zeitgeist Apr 8, 11:04
Encouraged but not required. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 10:53
a single language is one of the things that gives us unifying characteristic. - Mel Profit Apr 8, 10:53 10
- The language divide in Canada cretainly amplifies Quebec's distance from the ROC. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:56 6
  - yes, but we screwed this up in some ways - Reagen Apr 8, 10:58 1
    - Not sure I think it was ever going to become truly bilingual, but I agree on the history. That said, right now, languages divides us. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 11:05
  - That and the fact that you guys are total dicks - Guigue Apr 8, 10:56 2
    - Says the province of "Take, take, take" without a single "Merci" or reacharound. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:58 1
      - You guys are just total idiots for giving, while we laugh at you all the way to the bank - Guigue Apr 8, 11:00
  - *certainly* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:56
- You can take this comment back to any point in America's history though. - Reagen Apr 8, 10:55
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- honestly, I think there is no way younger hispanics won't learn English. It's easy, and there's so much incentive. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:54
I think it's up to them. If they don't learn it, they limit themselves, but that's their choice. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:51 2
- This is how Tunisia feels about Hotkiss. -- nm - Amy Apr 8, 10:55 1
  - they should. and she is limiting herself. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:56
i figure it's supposed to be a free country, myself. i think people should learn english because it's the lingua franca of business here and so.... - x Apr 8, 10:50 5
- I would certainly advise people to learn English. I just don't get the anger at those who don't. - ty97 Apr 8, 10:52 4
  - *shrug* nor do i....nm - x Apr 8, 10:52
  - My Country, My Rules. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:52 2
    - but the rules doesn't exist! -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 10:53 1
      - *shrug* - znufrii Apr 8, 10:56
I still hope Esperanto catches on -- nm - Guigue Apr 8, 10:50
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in some ways our language is ridiclously easy to learn. No gendered nouns, hardly any tenses and our vocabulary is pilfered from every other language. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 10:49 4
- it's very easy to speak just a little English and make yourself understood. - loosilu Apr 8, 10:50
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  - I have an English-fluent Japanese co-worker who still has to constantly ask questions whenever we talk around her because of the heavy informality of - ty97 Apr 8, 10:53
  - I don't know if it's lazy writing, but yeah - when I hear someone speaking spanish in movies or TV... - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:52
Word to your second point. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:48

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