My Wife is Funny
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We live in Texas. In the United States. One of the few countries that is not brave enough to specify a "national language". This weekend, we were in a furniture store being helped by a Hispanic guy. In the middle of our visit, one of the warehouse monkies came up to him and started a conversation about some furniture that we were inquiring about. The conversation was entirely in Spanish. This really irritated my wife, so she interrupted them. "My husband and I speak English and .45ACP. How would you like to proceed?" Looks like I'll be getting a new t-shirt soon. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Strangely... In the UK, there is no National or Official Language. The UK Consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In England, there is no official Language, but in each of the others there is,English and Scots Gaelic or Welsh or Irish Gaelic. Strange that at a smaller level the little countries need an Official Language, and at a National Level, they don't.
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We live in Texas. In the United States. One of the few countries that is not brave enough to specify a "national language". This weekend, we were in a furniture store being helped by a Hispanic guy. In the middle of our visit, one of the warehouse monkies came up to him and started a conversation about some furniture that we were inquiring about. The conversation was entirely in Spanish. This really irritated my wife, so she interrupted them. "My husband and I speak English and .45ACP. How would you like to proceed?" Looks like I'll be getting a new t-shirt soon. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Well maybe you need to learn another language... you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages... And yes, I am hispanic and speak both English and Spanish (and I'm also from Texas). Edit: I also speak bad German, understand Italian (minus heavy accents) and Portuguese.
No, people in Europe mainly speak two languages, Their mother tongue and English. Except the English who speak every language in the world. They do this by speaking English VERY LOULDLY! and v e r y _ s l o w l y
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Well maybe you need to learn another language... you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages... And yes, I am hispanic and speak both English and Spanish (and I'm also from Texas). Edit: I also speak bad German, understand Italian (minus heavy accents) and Portuguese.
...but do you speak .45ACP?
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So would specifying a national language make it illegal for two people to speak a different language in front of someone who doesn't speak that language? I thought you Texans claimed to be all about freedom.
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...but do you speak .45ACP?
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So would specifying a national language make it illegal for two people to speak a different language in front of someone who doesn't speak that language? I thought you Texans claimed to be all about freedom.
It means that all official documentation would have to be in all official languages, road signs, warnings, anything that affects people and is issued by the state in fact. In Wales they have all the road signs in English and Welsh. Very confusing, as not many Welsh actually speak the language.
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No, people in Europe mainly speak two languages, Their mother tongue and English. Except the English who speak every language in the world. They do this by speaking English VERY LOULDLY! and v e r y _ s l o w l y
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I've done my fair share of traveling over there... point is... everyone else speaks multiple languages...
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...but do you speak .45ACP?
I thought that was covered in the "I'm also from Texas" portion... :laugh:
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I've done my fair share of traveling over there... point is... everyone else speaks multiple languages...
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I've done my fair share of traveling over there... point is... everyone else speaks multiple languages...
Albert Holguin wrote:
... everyone else speaks multiple languages...
I often speak gibberish after a few drinks... ...does that count?
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I've done my fair share of traveling over there... point is... everyone else speaks multiple languages...
Albert Holguin wrote:
everyone else speaks multiple languages...
This is true for India. Nearly everyone speaks their local language (tamil, malayalam, hindi, telugu, punjabi...) and English. Sometimes people speak more than one Indian language.
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It means that all official documentation would have to be in all official languages, road signs, warnings, anything that affects people and is issued by the state in fact. In Wales they have all the road signs in English and Welsh. Very confusing, as not many Welsh actually speak the language.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
It means that all official documentation would have to be in all official languages, road signs, warnings, anything that affects people and is issued by the state in fact.
I know what it means, I was wondering if John did. I just see no point.
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I guess you don't? I'm obviously generalizing...
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Well maybe you need to learn another language... you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages... And yes, I am hispanic and speak both English and Spanish (and I'm also from Texas). Edit: I also speak bad German, understand Italian (minus heavy accents) and Portuguese.
Albert Holguin wrote:
you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages
Hmmm not really. The french refuse to speak anything but French. The Germans might also speak English but not much. The Spaniards might also speak English. There really is only one country where we learn 3-4 languages and that's only half the country then. (Belgium, you know the one without a government ;P ) For the record I speak: Dutch, English, French and German.
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Albert Holguin wrote:
... everyone else speaks multiple languages...
I often speak gibberish after a few drinks... ...does that count?
Rhys "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe"
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Albert Holguin wrote:
you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages
Hmmm not really. The french refuse to speak anything but French. The Germans might also speak English but not much. The Spaniards might also speak English. There really is only one country where we learn 3-4 languages and that's only half the country then. (Belgium, you know the one without a government ;P ) For the record I speak: Dutch, English, French and German.
English, German, French and Spanish (French and Spanish are at a tourist level, German I am quite fluent having lived there).
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Well maybe you need to learn another language... you know, most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages... And yes, I am hispanic and speak both English and Spanish (and I'm also from Texas). Edit: I also speak bad German, understand Italian (minus heavy accents) and Portuguese.
As long as you exclude the UK from your definition of Europe. Most British people just speak English and Foreign - Foreign being shouting and speaking more slowly :laugh:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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No, people in Europe mainly speak two languages, Their mother tongue and English. Except the English who speak every language in the world. They do this by speaking English VERY LOULDLY! and v e r y _ s l o w l y
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Dalek Dave wrote:
speaking English VERY LOULDLY
How do you do that?
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As long as you exclude the UK from your definition of Europe. Most British people just speak English and Foreign - Foreign being shouting and speaking more slowly :laugh:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
