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Is the unifying thing a two-way street? We want Spanish speakers to learn English to unify, but make them feel unwelcome?

Posted by ty97 Apr 8 '11, 11:04

If they have an insular, welcoming community, why go deal with the assholes?

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The thing to look at is whether 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants have learned English. - TWuG Apr 8, 11:36 2
- right. and the data i've seen mostly indicates that they do... - x Apr 8, 11:41 1
  - interesting stuff. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:49
LIR: I'm over here wondering who is going to shell out to teach English to all the Spanish speakers. - con_carne Apr 8, 11:18 3
- You can do both. But the anglo-spanish thing we got doesn't really encourage the assimilation - Will Hunting Apr 8, 11:25
- learning to speak the dominant language in a country and keeping your own culture are not mutually exclusive - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 11:21
- No one spent any extra money to teach me English. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 11:19
Speaking of streets, it's like we want immigrating Europeans to drive on the right after they move here... - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 11:17 3
- pssst. They already drive on the right. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 11:18 2
  - english, japan....who else? (I know sweden switched, that must have been fun driving that year) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 11:20 1
    - Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, maybe India. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 11:21

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