Speak English! Options

[radhikaeatsraman]

Okay, here's the deal. Hosing (known as Hosing Yu in chat) works in retail twice a week. He will sometimes get customers who don't know English or even bother trying to speak it. It gets him pretty annoyed, and I can see where he's coming from. Yen, on the other hand, believes we shouldn't be angry or irritated with these people and try to be understanding.

I believe that while in the United States, you should at least make the effort to speak English, even if it's not the best. If you don't want to do that, stick with someone who can speak it. Don't go up to people expecting them to speak whatever language. Yes, this is the US, and yes, there are many different cultures here, but there is one language that unites us; that language is ENGLISH. I wish some people would just realize that.

[ichigofan]

Well if we want to speak the native language of the NEW WORLD then we should be learning Native american languages. Its so annoying when people say SHxT like this its so ridiculous, we are all immigrants the only difference is that some of us were born here and or had money for lessons. Nowadays english classes cost loads of money which immigrants dont have. My mom was unable to learn english when she first came here but she picked up the language when people would talk to her in english.. its alright to be annoyed by it. heck sometimes i get fustrated too but I understand their issue