Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Se habla English, Vol. II

Some of the comments on the previous article:
"Check any american coin. It says E PLUIBUS UNUM. (FROM MANY TO ONE)"

"He doesn’t speak spanish & won’t work for $8.00 an hour. We don’t have 8 extra people living in our house to split the the bills."

"...I don’t see how we can fault others who are 'just off the boat' for taking a while [to learn English]."

"They ruin our way of life, they ruin our schools,our neigborhoods, and most of them smell like barnyard animals."

"Quizás podemos conversar en coreano o ruso."

"They learned the language, they opened businesses, they became policemen and firemen and even politicians."

"This is America and English is the language of the land."

"People who don’t assimilate into the American culture publicly are an insult to the country that has welcomed them."

"The reality is.. we’re in a melting pot and communities are changing daily..."

"[Walmart] makes announcements over the PA system in both English and Spanish."

" We put up signs in Spanish, Korean, martian, anything that we cant think of to get the almighty dollar through the door. "

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