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Slacker007 wrote:
I think what John "may" have been trying to say was that two people were speaking another language in regards to John and his wife's situation at the store.
Yeah. I suspect one of these : (1) one of them did not speak English or (2) they were making a not so complimentary comment about John or his wife. :)
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I doubt it was (2)... more likely it was (1)... people just fear what they don't understand, for no logical reason. The guy was probably asking his backroom monkey whether the stuff was on stock or something. Being fluent in Spanish, if I hear anyone bad mouthing someone else because they think the other person doesn't understand... I'll speak up and say something.
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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:
most people in Europe speak 3-4 languages
I think that is probably only true of Scandinavians, Dutch and Belgians. Most of the rest speak only their own language and English. The majority of the British (I include Scots, Welsh and Irish) speak only English.
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How can it not be threatening to someone if you tell them the calibre of weapon you use in that context? How can the other person tell whether or not you are carrying? Yes, what they did was rude, but a polite request to speak English was all that was required. Mentioning the size of the gun she fires was totally unnecessary. Edit: not my 1-vote.
viaducting wrote:
How can it not be threatening to someone
Because it's not a threat to quote the caliber of a bullet.
viaducting wrote:
How can the other person tell whether or not you are carrying?
It would be pretty obvious.
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I guess you don't? I'm obviously generalizing...
Albert Holguin wrote:
I'm obviously generalizing...
:thumbsup: Well said, Albert!
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I fail to see the humour in threatening someone with a weapon just for speaking another language.
I guess that's the american way texan way ... :-D Have a 5!
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
eah but would you be bothered if two people spoke a foreign language in your presence?
Absolutely not. My ancestors didn't speak a word of English when they came over from Europe in the late 1800"s. I can care less if someone wants to speak their mother language. We all know America has no "official" language but try getting a job here without knowing some English. :) I think what John "may" have been trying to say was that two people were speaking another language in regards to John and his wife's situation at the store.
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I can care less if someone wants to speak their mother language
So it does bother you then? Personally I couldn't care less.
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Yes sir, it's the same as inhabitants but spelled in the european way of english. So now we have English english, US english, Canadian english and European english (not counting the island). ;)
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In a customer service situation, it's RUDE to speak a language other than the language used by the customer to initiate the conversation. Personally, I freakin' hate it.
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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, 1997I guess I'd have to have been there. It may have just been that the guy may have been wanting to exclude you from the conversation because they were discussing business matters. I've been to stores many a times where after talking to an employee, they step away to discuss the business matters in private. It could have been something similar here. *shrug*
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viaducting wrote:
How can it not be threatening to someone
Because it's not a threat to quote the caliber of a bullet.
viaducting wrote:
How can the other person tell whether or not you are carrying?
It would be pretty obvious.
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it's not a threat to quote the caliber of a bullet.
Suppose someone said to you: "Please move your truck. I fire .45ACP." or "Don't look at my wife. I fire .45ACP." All they are doing is quoting the calibre of a bullet, but I don't see how you could consider it anything but a threat.
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I guess that's the american way texan way ... :-D Have a 5!
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So, you and your wife don't know anything except English (actually broken English, aka American) and were pissed off because someone else was talking in a different language. What's funny is that you thought what your wife said was funny. :laugh:
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I guess that's the american way texan way ... :-D Have a 5!
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
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Wow, who'd have figured this: The uni-hole is ass-voting again! I do feel flattered by so much attentiveness. Cheers!
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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. :)
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Tom Deketelaere wrote:
There really is only one country where we learn 3-4 languages
Don't forget Switzerland.
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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.
I speak about a dozen different languages, though English is the only non-machine language. And I also speak .45ACP.
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Tom Deketelaere wrote:
The french refuse to speak anything but French.
They might refuse to speak it. Doesn't mean they can't.
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Trust me they can't. Well have to admit the the younger generation at least tries a bit now but it's barely understandable.
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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's not illegal to speak any language you want in front of someone in this country, just rude.
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Yep and it's one place I'll be avoiding on my world tour.
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Tom Deketelaere wrote:
There really is only one country where we learn 3-4 languages
Don't forget Switzerland.
We are talking about 3-4 languages, they speak 3 in Switzerland? Don't really know been a long long time since I went there so my memory is a bit fuzzy.
