Author Topic: Drunk Thread: Why does Spanish need to be put on every single thing now? (Read 1667 times)

Himu · « **on:** March 07, 2011, 01:21:33 AM »

Oh hey, there's a sign board at autozone in Spanish, but I can't find the English one.

How come there's not a board in Chinese? Or French?

Why are being so pc and catering to people who need to learn English anyways?

It's like, if I move to Italy, I should have the foresight to learn Italian before I move, right? Or at least make the attempt.

All other immigrants don't always get catered to in terms of the language barrier when they move here. They fix that problem by learning English.

So why do we have to cater to Spanish speakers? Yeah, yeah, their growing population! So?

I am drunk as hell, right now, sorry.

etiolate · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:21:57 AM »

white people speaking spanish sound like Peggy Hill

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:24:14 AM »

You live in Astoria now, right? Did you not notice all the places that have their signs in Arabic on Steinway St?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:28:25 AM »

uhh because there are far more spanish speakers in this country than any other minority language, thus there's a market demand therefore businesses would be fools to ignore it?

Himu · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:29:51 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 07, 2011, 02:24:14 AM

You live in Astoria now, right? Did you not notice all the places that have their signs in Arabic on Steinway St?

I do, but that's one corner of a huge city.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:32:43 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 07, 2011, 02:29:51 AM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 07, 2011, 02:24:14 AM
You live in Astoria now, right? Did you not notice all the places that have their signs in Arabic on Steinway St?

I do, but that's one corner of a huge city.

refer to what PD said

Diunx · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:29:07 PM »

Reb · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:34:39 PM »

Keep fighting amongst your selfs, that's how whitey remains on top.

Mupepe · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:01:38 PM »

Come on, Himu. You've been to my area of town in Houston and everything on Bellaire is in friggin Chinese/Vietnamese/Whatever. And the signs that are in English are LOL-worthy. I saw one the other day for a business that just said "An Insurance Agency" No name, telephone number, logo or anything else (not in English anyways). Just "An Insurance Agency"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:03:19 PM »

Mups put his balls on your forehead again didn't he Himu?

Mandark · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:29:48 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 07, 2011, 01:21:33 AM

It's like, if I move to Italy, I should have the foresight to learn Italian before I move, right? Or at least make the attempt.

A lot of American expats actually don't worry about learning the native language of their new home. I know a guy who lived in Paris for the better part of a decade and couldn't pass a middle school French exam.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:31:44 PM »

and because a lot of people in Europe speak English anyway, making the transition not as hard as moving to say, China.

Mandark · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:44:03 PM »

Man, whatever happened to the intellectually curious Himu, who would plug up his existential void through self-improvement? "Islam didn't work out, maybe I should learn Spanish!" that guy would say.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:56:35 PM »

Whenever I go to Dearborn I know I'm going to see lots of stuff in Arabic regardless of whether the business is owned/run by people of Arab descent.

It's about selling stuff to as many people as possible, not some attempt to flip the middle finger to red blooded 'murricans. There are few things more smh-worthy than seeing a facebook friend say something like "if I had a business I wouldn't advertise anything in Spanish. Learn English!!" Yea, no wonder you don't have a business

Beezy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:25:30 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 07, 2011, 02:29:51 AM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 07, 2011, 02:24:14 AM
You live in Astoria now, right? Did you not notice all the places that have their signs in Arabic on Steinway St?
I do, but that's one corner of a huge city.

What the fuck? When did you move?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:25:49 PM »

¿Donde esta El Parko, por favor?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:27:34 PM »

por favor sir, donde puede I encontrar el parque

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:51:08 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on March 07, 2011, 03:44:03 PM

Man, whatever happened to the intellectually curious Himu, who would plug up his existential void through self-improvement? "Islam didn't work out, maybe I should learn Spanish!" that guy would say.

Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 07, 2011, 03:50:46 PM

"Now I can't even go to the park because all the signs are in Spanish!"

I laughed out loud

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:51:27 PM »

¡Vamonos al parque!

Himu · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:53:08 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on March 07, 2011, 04:25:30 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 07, 2011, 02:29:51 AM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 07, 2011, 02:24:14 AM
You live in Astoria now, right? Did you not notice all the places that have their signs in Arabic on Steinway St?
I do, but that's one corner of a huge city.
What the fuck? When did you move?

a few weeks ago. don't post as much because i can't post at work, but i'm in houston now for a funeral, leaving tonight.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2011, 05:22:18 PM »

Do we complain about all those Ebonics signs Himu?

Himu · « **Reply #21 on:** March 07, 2011, 05:35:09 PM »

i would hope so!

cloudwalking · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2011, 05:54:08 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on March 07, 2011, 03:29:48 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 07, 2011, 01:21:33 AM
It's like, if I move to Italy, I should have the foresight to learn Italian before I move, right? Or at least make the attempt.

A lot of American expats actually don't worry about learning the native language of their new home. I know a guy who lived in Paris for the better part of a decade and couldn't pass a middle school French exam.

this this a million times THIS. i've lived in switzerland for 4 years now and the amount of anglophones i've come across who speak fluent swiss german or german... well let's say i can count them on one hand.

in my experience with expats here:
- the americans try to learn for about 3 months, then they give up but insist to anyone who asks that they are "still learning"
- the brits don't give a shit, probably because they seem to have a superiority complex compared to the rest of europe
- the canadians fare better here since they are from a country with 2 official languages and most can speak basic french since it is forced upon them in school. still most only speak a few phrases though.
- people from australia are too busy complaining about the weather

chronovore · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2011, 08:29:31 AM »

I'm fond of this joke:

If you speak three languages, you're trilingual.

If you speak two languages, you're bilingual.

If you speak one language, you're American.

Diunx · « **Reply #24 on:** March 22, 2011, 01:07:53 PM »

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Author Topic: Drunk Thread: Why does Spanish need to be put on every single thing now? (Read 1667 times)