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radhikaeatsraman
post Aug 2 2006, 02:24 PM
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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.
 

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rawtheekuh.   Speak English!   Aug 2 2006, 02:24 PM
RCcola   i have to agree with you that tourists in the US m...   Aug 2 2006, 02:26 PM
baby_in_blue   QUOTE(RCcola @ Aug 2 2006, 11:26 AM) i ha...   Aug 2 2006, 03:39 PM
Freaky Krazer   well radhika if you feel that way so bad I dare yo...   Aug 2 2006, 02:27 PM
xoxo_koala_kisses_   True. What irritates me is when people pretend not...   Aug 2 2006, 02:28 PM
Jeng   QUOTE(xoxo_koala_kisses_ @ Aug 2 2006, 3...   Aug 2 2006, 07:06 PM
rawtheekuh.   I don't need to do that, Yen. I've got ple...   Aug 2 2006, 02:28 PM
Freaky Krazer   QUOTE(rawtheekuh. @ Aug 2 2006, 3:28 PM) ...   Aug 2 2006, 02:31 PM
RCcola   QUOTETrue. What irritates me is when people preten...   Aug 2 2006, 02:28 PM
parallel   Whoa...Hosing. Anyway, I think that if people mo...   Aug 2 2006, 02:30 PM
digital.fragrance   Sometimes I take offense to people who speak anoth...   Aug 2 2006, 02:31 PM
broken inside   QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Aug 2 2006, 12...   Aug 3 2006, 06:45 PM
eternalyfe   QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Aug 2 2006, 3:3...   Aug 4 2006, 08:18 AM
Angelina Taylor   QUOTE(eternalyfe @ Aug 4 2006, 9:18 AM) ...   Aug 4 2006, 10:18 AM
rawtheekuh.   Don't let it bother you, Rachael. People speak...   Aug 2 2006, 02:33 PM
digital.fragrance   ^ I know... it's just... well it's like sh...   Aug 2 2006, 02:34 PM
RCcola   i love it when my family talks about me in tagalog...   Aug 2 2006, 02:36 PM
ROARxD   Hmm, people who can't speak english should def...   Aug 2 2006, 02:37 PM
Angelina Taylor   You must understand that sometimes, you'll bum...   Aug 2 2006, 03:20 PM
Angelina Taylor   ^ Why would it be so necessary? I went to France w...   Aug 2 2006, 03:40 PM
lolita kitty   My stepmom works in a hospital, and she has the sa...   Aug 2 2006, 04:37 PM
marzipan   If you think all tourists should speak English, ho...   Aug 2 2006, 04:41 PM
Billy Joe   Yeah. I'm sure you can't speak every langu...   Aug 2 2006, 04:47 PM
T0rmented_Soul   ^ Exactly, we can't expect immigrants to speak...   Aug 2 2006, 04:57 PM
gigiopolis   Are you talking about immigrants or tourists? Be...   Aug 2 2006, 05:36 PM
rawtheekuh.   I'm talking about immigrants, Gigi. I can unde...   Aug 2 2006, 05:39 PM
gigiopolis   QUOTE(rawtheekuh. @ Aug 2 2006, 3:39 PM) ...   Aug 2 2006, 05:53 PM
lalalaLANUH   If they're immigrants they should try making ...   Aug 2 2006, 05:50 PM
rawtheekuh.   Well, I'm not asking new immigrants to have pe...   Aug 2 2006, 05:59 PM
Freaky Krazer   ^I think when he was telling you what shake he wan...   Aug 2 2006, 09:01 PM
icy_wonderland   It's stupid for people who immigrant to anothe...   Aug 2 2006, 10:59 PM
Angelina Taylor   QUOTE(icy_wonderland @ Aug 2 2006, 11:59 ...   Aug 3 2006, 09:13 PM
ichigofan   Well if we want to speak the native language of th...   Aug 2 2006, 11:35 PM
msladyliberty   Now that the debate of legalizing immigrants in th...   Aug 3 2006, 06:52 PM
icy_wonderland   ^no, because I don't live in an English speaki...   Aug 3 2006, 09:16 PM
Angelina Taylor   QUOTE(icy_wonderland @ Aug 3 2006, 10:16 ...   Aug 3 2006, 11:04 PM
xiMiJix   did you know that alot of hispanic immigrants are ...   Aug 3 2006, 09:23 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(xiMiJix @ Aug 3 2006, 10:23 PM) did...   Aug 4 2006, 08:23 AM
Cake.   well immigrants might not have the money to learn ...   Aug 3 2006, 09:35 PM
Mountain Vista Cheer   Everyone speaks English in Highlands Ranch just wh...   Aug 3 2006, 09:39 PM
x___F0RG0TTEN   ahh omg i know. it's so annoying. i mean, if y...   Aug 3 2006, 11:21 PM
guy fawkes   While it is certainly not wise to travel in a coun...   Aug 3 2006, 11:49 PM
Born in a burial gown   Take it easy everyone! I got to Belgium few y...   Aug 4 2006, 09:04 AM
dancingkait   i think that tourists should attempt to speak engl...   Aug 4 2006, 11:50 AM


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