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#1338314 - 04/13/12 03:55 PM

Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]

cwjga
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Registered: 11/06/08
Posts: 3696
Loc: NY

Originally Posted By: past tense

"We" don't print everything in Spanish. There's a lot in TX, though I hardly see a lot of bilingual signage in Upstate NY. There's tons of signage in Alaska in Japanese for the huge, year-round influx of Japanese tourists who come through and spend millions of dollars to bolster the local, and in turn U.S., economy.

Everyone learn English before you come to America for a vacation! NOW! NOW! LEARN IT NOW! For your ten days in the Grand Canyon! Or your wine tour in the Finger Lakes! Spend six months learning English so no one thinks you're ILLEGAL!

Schools are reguired to print, many thigs in english and spanish. Why not German. Ask the county how much they spend printing in spanish. They don't print in French. There is no need to print in any language but English. My parents came here not being able to speak english and they agree 100%.

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#1338316 - 04/13/12 03:57 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: Chicago Jesus]
cwjga cwjga Senior Member Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 3696 Loc: NY	Originally Posted By: Chicago Jesus Originally Posted By: past tense (P.S. I know I don't come around much anymore, but I'm glad some things--like cookie's moronic posts--haven't changed a whit. Makes me less homesick! xoxo) I miss you sweet heart. HB $\:\)$ Back and as spitful as ever. _________________________ "Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong." Calvin Coolidge
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#1338319 - 04/13/12 04:00 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: cwjga]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Originally Posted By: cwjga Schools are reguired to print, many thigs in english and spanish. What schools and where? Certainly not in Upstate NY. Districts where there are heavy Spanish speaking populations, I imagine. This hardly impacts you if you live in Upstate NY. Originally Posted By: cwjga Why not German. Oh please. Don't be so obtuse. Originally Posted By: cwjga Ask the county how much they spend printing in spanish. What county? Seneca County? I'll ask you, since you're the one making the claim. Please present to us how much "the county" (if not Seneca, yours) "they spend printing in Spanish". Originally Posted By: cwjga They don't print in French. There is no need to print in any language but English. Well, that's obviously and demonstrably false. If your premise is that everyone is printing everything in Spanish because there are large populations of non-English speakers, then by definition there is a need to print in that language. Originally Posted By: cwjga My parents came here not being able to speak english and they agree 100%. Big woo for your parents. My gram came here not knowing any English either. I'd ask what she thinks but she's dead. _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338320 - 04/13/12 04:01 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: cwjga]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Originally Posted By: cwjga Back and as spitful as ever. Um, excuse me, but I have a normal salivary output. I am a little sweaty, but it's like 85 outside. _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338321 - 04/13/12 04:02 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: Chicago Jesus]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Originally Posted By: Chicago Jesus Originally Posted By: past tense (P.S. I know I don't come around much anymore, but I'm glad some things--like cookie's moronic posts--haven't changed a whit. Makes me less homesick! xoxo) I miss you sweet heart. HB $\:\)$ xoxo _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338322 - 04/13/12 04:03 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: cwjga]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Originally Posted By: cwjga Schools are reguired to print, many thigs in english and spanish. Why not German. Ask the county how much they spend printing in spanish. They don't print in French. There is no need to print in any language but English. My parents came here not being able to speak english and they agree 100%. For someone so obsessed with people speaking English, your grasp of the written language is a little tenuous, don't you think? Let's start with capitalizing "English" and "Spanish" and then move on to spelling and punctuation. (Great job on nailing "French" though. Never accuse me of not giving credit where due!) Edited by past tense (04/13/12 04:04 PM) _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338323 - 04/13/12 04:08 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	I happen to live in a place in which a large population of legal residents and citizens are still primarily Spanish-speaking. Like, if they're speaking Spanish you can't really tell that they're ACTUAL 'MERIKUNS! It's like, super crazy and mind-blowing. Like, seriously. _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338326 - 04/13/12 04:22 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
Rascal Rascal Gold Member Registered: 06/05/00 Posts: 16944 Loc: Brewerton, NY, USA	Originally Posted By: past tense I happen to live in a place in which a large population of legal residents and citizens are still primarily Spanish-speaking. Like, if they're speaking Spanish you can't really tell that they're ACTUAL 'MERIKUNS! It's like, super crazy and mind-blowing. Like, seriously. I hope you carry a gun... _________________________ [image]http://www.jeep4ever.ca/images/graphics/bouncing_red_TJ_03.gif[/image]
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#1338328 - 04/13/12 04:24 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: Rascal]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	If the bears didn't get me, the scary Mexicans won't. _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338330 - 04/13/12 04:39 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Side note: I've really missed the lengthy process of watching "making a new reply." Find your words! I can't wait! _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338333 - 04/13/12 04:45 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	You didn't delete it fast enough, lover. Originally Posted By: cwjga Are you done yet? I see I was right and could not help but take a shot at my parents too. I didn't take a shot at your parents. I took at shot at you. What they think is as irrelevant as what my dead grandmother thinks, just because they all "came here speaking no English". Why not just discuss what you think vs. what I think? That seems fair, and less vulnerable to you or me interpreting what other people think to suit our needs. Originally Posted By: cwjga That liberal tolerance continues to amaze me. It is one of my favorite things about liberals, along with taking things to extremes. Taking things to extremes? Like complaining about American money printed in Spanish? Like throwing out ridiculous examples, like "why don't we print signs in German"? Like pointing out that people who are obsessed with making America ENGLISH ONLY are frequently inept at using the language themselves? CALL ME AN EXTREMIST. I'm down. Originally Posted By: cwjga If it makes sense to print something in a second language, like street signs in Japanese, because you have a lot of tourists, then by all means the local officials should be able to figure that out. Bravo. Okay, so signs for tourists who visit for finite amounts of time=great. Signs for people who live, work, and spend money in that country every single day=bad. I'm totally following this awesomesauce logic! Edited by past tense (04/13/12 04:51 PM) _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338335 - 04/13/12 04:50 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
cwjga cwjga Senior Member Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 3696 Loc: NY	lover? really? Thanks _________________________ "Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong." Calvin Coolidge
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#1338336 - 04/13/12 04:50 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	I'm quick on the draw, lover. Originally Posted By: cwjga Could not even resist the temptation of taking a shot at my parents, pitiful See above. Originally Posted By: cwjga In case anyone cares the words above are not a proper sentence. Most of your words aren't. We're used to it. Everyone but cwjga needs to know English to be a real 'Merikun, m'kay? _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338337 - 04/13/12 04:51 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: cwjga]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Originally Posted By: cwjga lover? really? Thanks. Smooches. Never mind that last period you missed. I added it for you! _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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#1338344 - 04/13/12 06:20 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
Della Della Gold Member Registered: 12/22/04 Posts: 16234 Loc: Seneca Falls	Originally Posted By: past tense (P.S. I know I don't come around much anymore, but I'm glad some things--like cookie's moronic posts--haven't changed a whit. Makes me less homesick! xoxo) BWAHAHAHA!! Oh how I miss you luv! _________________________ What a shame to have to beg you to see we're not all the same
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#1338369 - 04/13/12 09:15 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
Chicago Jesus Chicago Jesus Senior Member Registered: 01/16/12 Posts: 6092 Loc: Cocktails with Regie and Tiger	Originally Posted By: past tense If the bears didn't get me, the scary Mexicans won't. I wouldn't take bets on that one. _________________________ Liberty anywhere is a threat to Collectivism everywhere. Remember.... Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
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#1338379 - 04/13/12 09:49 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: Dizzyt]
VM Smith VM Smith Diamond Member Registered: 11/28/05 Posts: 34268 Loc: Reality	Quote: If it were so bad and didn't prove anything or save any cost why would other states even waste their time contemplating this decision. Because other states have lots of stupid people in them, also. With a law like that; it would be easy to think that the Florida government was the dumbest, but they do have stiff competition. _________________________ The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. John Hay (1872)
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#1338385 - 04/13/12 10:01 PM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: cwjga]
VM Smith VM Smith Diamond Member Registered: 11/28/05 Posts: 34268 Loc: Reality	Quote: Back and as spitful as ever. You say she's as a spadeful? I've never been to Planet cwjga, and am not bilingual, so could you please put that in a form that's understandable to an English-speaker? This is America, after all, so I know you won't mind. Thanks in advance! _________________________ The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. John Hay (1872)
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#1338436 - 04/14/12 05:04 AM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: cookie]
teedoff27 teedoff27 Senior Member Registered: 10/11/11 Posts: 1677 Loc: S2Hphoto	Quote: Borders: Closed! Good thing they didn't say this before your ancestors came over or right now you would be in living in some 3rd world country in a cardboard shanty eating dirt..... Or dodging bullets and bombs $\:\/$ Also speak for yourself...WHO is gonna pick our apples and strawberries come harvest time??? I for one am not interested in paying $20 for a quart of strawberries _________________________ Spiritual people INSPIRE me Religious people FRIGHTEN me
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#1338448 - 04/14/12 09:39 AM Re: I am 100% for this!!!!!! [Re: past tense]
past tense past tense Diamond Member Registered: 03/05/03 Posts: 29608 Loc: Houston, TX	Originally Posted By: past tense Never mind that last period you missed. In retrospect, I missed a real opportunity here. I can only apologize, and remind you all how out of foron fighting practice I am. Hope you're all well. I'll try to pop in more often! _________________________ http://blogs.fingerlakes1.com/snowcones/
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