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HERE HERE!!! RIGHT ON AND YOU TELL'EM! Another true American speaks (IN ENGLISH) and makes all sound points!!!

I think pretty much most people in this country feel like you do. The problem is the Dems who dont want to hurt the poor little hispanics feelings. We are taking away the rights of their people by not allowing them to speak their language....HORSE POOP!

Well, Wizard isn't there someone you can give a complaint to...listen I may be Cuban by birth but I AGREE WITH YOU 100% I myself can't stand when that happens anywhere...and I HAVE A BIG MOUTH SO I WILL SAY...you know that's rude no one else understand and just when they start BAD MOUTHING ME IN SPANISH......I LET THEM HAVE IT --- IN THEIR LANGUAGE....in fact, not too long ago Well, that good friend of mine, said I lost the friendship because I asked her at a function NOT TO SPEAK TO ME IN SPANISH.....I mean she could have said its important, may I speak to you for a moment AND NOT COME TO THE TABLE FULL OF EUROPEANS..I felt so embarrased..then when I said please speak English she said it was her native, we got into it.....AND YOU KNOW WHAT......DON'T MISS HER ONE DAM BIT....it is rude. Just like in McDonalds when you are ordering food AND THEY ARE TALKING VERY LOUD IN CREOLLE.......some poeple ARE JUST DAM RUDE.

This is irritating and there is no reason for them not to learn ENGLISH. They can go to these technical centers and take ESOL classes for free!! I can't take a SPANISH class for free and I am an English speaking AMERICAN. They don't want too learn English because our government caters to them. Call ANY one of the government services. Quite a few of them now are answering in Spanish, then speaking English. Or 'for Spanish please press 2'. Give me a break! Want to stop a major part of the problem. Bust all of these Landscaping services that are hiring and paying these people under the table! No offense to anyone who owns a Landscaping business that is not practicing this technique.

An English speaking American cannot even go to learn their language because in the Spanish courses you are taught to speak 'proper' Spanish, and that is something most of them cannot do because they speak 'Spanglish'.

Then when you speak to these people, they act like you owe it to them to speak in THEIR native tongue.

I learned to speak Spanish for this very reason. That way when they are speaking I do understand it, and while they are thinking I am the typical 'white chick' that doesn't understand, the first chance I get I let them have it.

Your co-workers. When they start speaking in a different language, you and a friend should get together and start talking jibberish and laugh your butts off. Then spread the word you are speaking in Navajo Indian, or some rare language. It worked for me before I learned Spanish. They sure in the hell didn't like not knowing what me and a friend w

This is a subject that stikes a nerve with many of us.

My adopted son is 1/2 hispanic and hispanics everywhere assume he speaks spanish. I love when we go grocery shopping because he is a very outgoing boy and will strike up a conversation with almost anyone. The hispanics think they need to speak spanish to him. He looks at them like they have lost their minds. Then I come in and tell them (IN ENGLSIH) "no, that's okay we already have someone to mow our lawn". Suddenly and magically they speak english and decide to tell me how offended they are. I laugh and walk away. It is pretty fun!

sensible,

So when they come here legal or not and cannot speak OUR language it is my responsability to teach their lazy butts? NOT! They need to assimilate and get off their lazy butts! While I hate to admit it you are correct it is not the Dems fault. Bush has sat on this one as millions have swamped us and our economy. If not for us paying for the MUCKING FEXICANS every DESERVING American would have health insurance.

No, Deb - that's an 18 hand Belgian

I got him six months ago - he was going to be put down because he was so spooky. A bad, bad man beat and starved him for a year.

I reclaimed him. Now little kids can ride him.

Like you, I love horses.

I deal with spanish speaking people all the time. Its amazing how they can't speak a word of english until the subject of money comes up. Then they understand every word!!!

He's big on the head hugs.

I spent my first entire month with him just holding him in the pasture to get him familiar with me. For another month I'd be lucky to ride him for five minutes. Those little trips, with all of the rearing and bucking and spontaneous seven-foot leaps in random directions, did the trick tho.

I rode him for 3 1/2 hours last weekend. We had a blast. Nothing like a spirited draft.

rotty - I'm there with you

And the Spanish aren't the only ones. Ever work with Indians? They DO speak English, but don't do it SPECIFICALLY to exclude other people.

I was actually going to learn Hindi (I speak 4 languages already) but then it occured to me, "Why?" To reenforce this behavior?

It is REALLY good to see I'm not alone in this

Your not alone, there are many people who comment on my TEE SHIRTS I wear, but most are afraid to say anything..

"I sorry I'm a Monority and only speak ENGLISH"

" Press 1 for ENGLISH
Press to DEPORT
SAVE AMERICA PRESS 2 NOW"

I have about 5-6 differant shirts I wear to WAL-Mart and stores that deal with alot of illegals here in DELAND

Just an idea here, let's petition whoever to stop making signs, instructions, and anything else being printed in anything other than ENGLISH. What a waste of time, effort, and money to print everything in two languages instead of the one this country recognizes.

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I mean seriously it sounds more like jealousy than truly feeling insulted.

In fact, no, it is NOT their right to speak a foreign language in the workplace. The employees from the Salvation Army are suing as the ACLU tries to establish that right through the judicial system

It isn't paranoia or delusions of grandeur, neither am I surprised that you couldn't make your point, so you created a new one and tried to make that.

It IS very rude, and when you ask them to stop it in the workplace, you see the race card played quicker than you'd believe. In this case, the real frustration is that the people involved don't speak English well and need to be practicing it, but don't, putting extra work on those of us who have to explain to them, usually only to get back something other than what we wanted.

Probably got hired by another non-english speaking person.
I have no prob if one wants to speak their native tongue, but in the workplace,,,we all need to be on the same page...for safety reasons if nothing else!
If they can "learn" our monetary system...why not our language? Or our "laws"?