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Title: Speak the language Post by kimmeesue on Oct 9th, 2005, 12:56am On the way home tonight we came upon a terrible car wreck. We live in the middle of Kansas which surprisingly, has a relatively large hispanic population. The driver and only occupant of the vehicle was badly trapped and fortunatley the first people on the scene were trained as first resonders. Unfortunately the man spoke not a word of English. And even though two of the people at the scene are half Mexican they speak no Spanish. It was a difficult situation as he was obviously in great pain but couldn't communicate where. This is fairly common in this area and I don't get it. Why would anyone choose to live somewhere and not make an effort to learn enough to communiate in an emergency. I'm not talking fluency, here, just enough to maybe save your own life. Just something on my mind as I sit here fighting the beast. Kim |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by ZAIRA on Oct 9th, 2005, 3:26am Oh my goodness... sorry Kim.... I can imagine it was a bad situation :'(.... how are you? |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 9th, 2005, 3:37am Why learn the language when this suck ass goverment will print every official form in 18 language's with taxpayer's money. Dont get me started on this one!!! |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by AussieBrian on Oct 9th, 2005, 5:16am Given our tourism industry we see many people here who can't speak English. They come from Japan, China, all through Europe, America. Can be a problem during emergencies. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by kimmeesue on Oct 9th, 2005, 5:33am on 10/09/05 at 03:37:46, Jonny wrote:
Jonny, Somehow I just knew this would get your attention. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Woobie on Oct 9th, 2005, 7:58am What cracks me up is when I'm dealing to people who dont speak English - either Polish, Greek, Asian, or Mexican.......... you try to tell them - for instance, that they cannot have their cell phones on the table. They say "NO ENGLISH". and you have to stop the game and use your hands to tell them - and make an ass out of yourself. Or maybe I have to tell them that they cannot split a 5 and an 8 (cuz they'll try anything)... they act stupid and think they can take shots. BUT - make a mistake and take their money, and all the sudden - they can recount the last 1/2 hour with the floorperson in English. AMaZinG! |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jimmy B. on Oct 9th, 2005, 8:00am Consígame a un hospital y déme las porciones de inyecciones de la morphine! ;;D The Tower of Babel, strikes again.... |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by AussieBrian on Oct 9th, 2005, 8:30am on 10/09/05 at 08:00:53, Jimmy B. wrote:
Concierge' of the hospital has a porcupine shooting up morphine? |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Sean_C on Oct 9th, 2005, 8:31am on 10/09/05 at 05:16:33, AussieBrian wrote:
I could manage Aussie if I was in an accident I think Brian. "It bloody well fuckin hurts here mate" Howd I do ;;D Cheers [smiley=me&mb.gif] Sean......................... ;;D |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jimmy B. on Oct 9th, 2005, 8:41am on 10/09/05 at 08:30:44, AussieBrian wrote:
LOL My spanish is about as good as my english but loosely translated "Get me to the hospital and give me lots (portions) of morphine injections. Probably should be "Llevame a un hospital...." |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by AussieBrian on Oct 9th, 2005, 8:44am on 10/09/05 at 08:31:39, Sean_C wrote:
Great start. Drop the aitches from 'hurts here', add 'givvus a beer' and you'll be right as rain. "Put a peg on your nose and strangle good prose, Then you speak like an Aussie, eh." |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Drk^Angel on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:08am Speak the language? Hell... I just wish they'd stop takin' all the good jobs at Wal-Mart so that I can get a promotion. :P PFDAN........................................ Drk^Angel |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:19am What is next?....somebody tell me what the fuck is next!!!! http://adjunct.diodon349.com/Attack_on_USA/wisconsin_program_helps_illegal_aliens_get_mortgages.htm |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Redd715 on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:35am on 10/09/05 at 09:19:45, Jonny wrote:
So...these illegal aliens who (indiviually) owe 10's of thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills, and because they have no SS#'S these bills are unreported on credit records, and they can get governmental assistance to buy a home and I can't? I never heard of this legislation Jonny, thank you for bringing this to light. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Gena on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:37am Thomas and I were talking about this. The way I have it figured out if we leave america, Move to Mexico forget how to speak english. Then sneak back in to America the gov. will pay for all my medical bills help me find a job and GET a HOME!!!! ::) |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by AussieBrian on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:37am on 10/09/05 at 09:19:45, Jonny wrote:
Um......errrrr........ beer? |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:40am on 10/09/05 at 09:37:53, AussieBrian wrote:
DAMN good answer, ;;D I'll hoist a brew to those words, Burp!! |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:47am "According to Michael Frias, a spokesman for the FDIC, “Banks aren’t legally required to verify legal status. There is no federal law which requires banks to verify the immigration status of foreign account holders.” The only problem with that statement is that illegal aliens are not merely “foreign account holders”, but are illegal inhabitants of the U.S., courtesy of our banking industry, which is inviolate of the laws of the U.S. Constitution" http://www.commonvoice.com/article.asp?colid=2501 WTF? |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by floridian on Oct 9th, 2005, 9:48am on 10/09/05 at 09:19:45, Jonny wrote:
Imagine there's no countries, It isnt hard to do, ... But it isn't the hip dream coming true - it is economics reshaping the world. Simple fact is that the people in power have agreed that we 'need' cheep labor, and that makes the mold. So they set wages below the rate that would attract a local, but which are well above the wages in Central America. And they hire whoever applies (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). When those jobs are waiting, there is a journey to be made. Business hates borders and pulls the illegals in. Their government won't enforce immigration laws. And the scapegoat is anyone who has compassion and tries to make the lives of the illegals any better ... You think that if we cut them off from schooling their kids here or visiting emergency rooms or getting food from the local food banks they will decide to leave?? No. This problem will not be solved until the real causes are addressed, and the real causes aren't the laws in Wisconsin that make it easier to get a bank account regardless of your visa/work permit status. For some comedic relief, try "Your in America - Speak Spanish" by Paul Rodriguez: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004T6XE/702-1192154-9308826 |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by jimmers on Oct 9th, 2005, 10:01am jonny, I live in Wi. and believe me when I say that we have some of the most bleeding heart liberal asswipes running this state. Shit like this makes me look forward to the day when I retire and can leave for good. Out taxes have fucking skyrocketed and the services have gone down. High teen pregnancy (We won't blame the parent/s) High drop-out rates (We'll blame the teachers) Record murder rate (We'll blame that on the guns) High unemployment (We'll blame that on the alarm clock) Yep, If you were born and raised here, you get to work your ass off and not get jack-shit or: Come in illegally, fart out more kids than you can afford, sit on your lazy ass and Wi. will through money and homes at you. (At taxpayer expense) >:( Seeya, Jimmers |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 9th, 2005, 10:09am I say we send a few members of Congress to Mexico on the "guest worker" program.....FUCKERS!!!! http://www.minutemanhq.com/images/iwantyou4oct.jpg |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by floridian on Oct 9th, 2005, 10:19am on 10/09/05 at 10:01:30, jimmers wrote:
Jimmers - Good luck finding your conservative paradise. In terms of teen pregnancy, the top 10 states are (ranked from worst to least worst): Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, Alabama, Oklahoma And look at divorce rates, crime rates, poverty rates, illiteracy rates, or any other indicator. You'll find that the conservative states are guarding the worst end of the list. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by sandie99 on Oct 9th, 2005, 11:23am Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. That means that every Finn can speak both. There has been a lot of discussion over the years, though. Lots of people hate that the government forces them to learn Swedish but as things are now, everyone has to. Swedish was my first foreign language. I started to study it when I was 9. English came into the picture when I was 11. I've studied also German, Spanish and Italian. :) Sanna |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by jimmers on Oct 9th, 2005, 12:40pm When the hell did I say I was a conservative? Oh yea, I almost forgot. As soon as someone doesn't agree with something, give em a label. It must of been great being the President of your High School Debate team ;;D seeya, Jimmers |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by rextangle on Oct 9th, 2005, 3:16pm When I came to the US in 1985, I didn't speak a word of english... but I never expected anyone to speak french to me. So I worked my ass off to learn as much as possible and as quick as possible by watching TV, read the papers, etc... Luckily I've always had an easy time learning new languages. But I'm not surprised that spanish speaking folks don't learn! All the signs are in english and spanish, bus routes, customer service, manuals, etc... if you make it easy for them, why should they bother? But Kim, as far as your story goes, who knows? Maybe the guy is new in the States? Maybe just visiting? Every case is different... But if indeed he's been living here for years without bothering to learn the language, that's his loss... My 2 cents, Rex |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Charlie on Oct 9th, 2005, 3:26pm Quote:
Looks like you call liberals asswipes though. The one thing liberals need to do is to stop being liberal when dealing with the conservative talkshow screechers and the Republican noise machine. We have to pretend there is no middle ground. They do. If you live here, you need English. It's no mystery why financial institutions are happy to be bi-lingual. Money. English-only speaking Americans are increasingly at a disadvantage too. We are pretty obnoxious about not requiring language studies; like they did when I was in school. I can't say Latin did me much good. Girls always took French. Guys Spanish or German. Leave it to a goof like me to forget all the Latin I ever learned. What waste. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/sigh.gif Charlie |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by rextangle on Oct 9th, 2005, 3:33pm Charlie, As much as I hated the numerous years of latin and ancient greek I took, I finally find it useful when running into a word I don't know. The roots of a lot of words, or languages for that matter, derive from these 2. But trust me, when I was a teen, this crap made me crazy, and I hated it with a passion... Why???? Because nobody spoke these freakin languages! ;;D |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by kcopelin on Oct 9th, 2005, 5:04pm I have an idea... although we are all geographically separated I suggest that clusterheads around the world unite, form our own government (a benign monarchy led by Jonny) declare war on the US, immediately surrender and request foreign aid. whadya think? kathy |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Barry_T_Coles on Oct 9th, 2005, 8:27pm on 10/09/05 at 17:04:23, kcopelin wrote:
And Aussie Brian as Minister for cultural affairs. I'm with you Kathy. Barry |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by kcopelin on Oct 9th, 2005, 10:16pm and the official language will be..... |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by don on Oct 9th, 2005, 10:21pm Quote:
Your tellin me. Every letter I send from work has to be on a boiler plate form that says "This is an important document, please have it translated". It has that little ditty in about 15 languages. Spell check hell! |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by kimmeesue on Oct 9th, 2005, 11:15pm on 10/09/05 at 22:16:37, kcopelin wrote:
OUCH!!!!! It's pretty clear in any language. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Barry_T_Coles on Oct 10th, 2005, 2:27am on 10/09/05 at 23:15:10, kimmeesue wrote:
Or should it CHatter |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by AussieBrian on Oct 10th, 2005, 4:22am Welcome to Clusteropia A benign monarchy where-in you greet the head of state by going down on one knee only, unlike a certain other country we could mention. Resident President - KJ the 1st. Minister for External Affairs - LeLimey Minister for Internal Affairs - Don Ministers of Religion - Minister for Education - Hospitals and Health - Sport and Rec - Languages - Economics - Policies - Nani War - Peace - Kulcha - Support - Margi Sewerage - Infrastructure - DJ Agriculture - Mines - Lies, damn lies & statistics - Police - Criminals - Changing the subject - |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Gena on Oct 10th, 2005, 7:51am on 10/10/05 at 04:22:28, AussieBrian wrote:
I's wood lic this JOBB - I's real edimatcated [smiley=laugh.gif] |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Melissa on Oct 10th, 2005, 8:09am I'll be the head of Agriculture!! ;;D BTW, how does a porcupine shoot up morphine?? Visuals anyone? |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 10th, 2005, 8:16am on 10/10/05 at 04:22:28, AussieBrian wrote:
I fixed it for you, Mate ;;D |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Oct 10th, 2005, 8:21am One of the local banks here now has a large number of customers dumping them because they started to offer house loans to illegal aliens. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jonny on Oct 10th, 2005, 8:23am on 10/10/05 at 08:21:27, ExplodingEyeBall wrote:
A huge FUCKENEH to those folks!!! [smiley=headbanger.gif] |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jimmy B. on Oct 10th, 2005, 9:53am on 10/10/05 at 08:09:05, Melissa wrote:
;;D ;;D...They've already got the needles.... Brian, you had me doubting my spanish literacy. It's been a while, but I was right dammit. ;;D "Consígame a un hospital y déme las porciones de inyecciones de la morphine!" means "Get me to the hospital and give me lots of morphine injections." If I remember my spanish, Consigame is Get me and Llevame is take me...so either are interchangeable, I think... [smiley=huh.gif] I need to know these things in case I'm in Mexico and get into a car crash. :D |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by ghost62 on Oct 10th, 2005, 11:13am on 10/10/05 at 04:22:28, AussieBrian wrote:
ok so I guess this is my ballot |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Drk^Angel on Oct 10th, 2005, 12:23pm WTF is Kulcha? PFDAN................................... Drk^Angel |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by ghost62 on Oct 10th, 2005, 12:29pm on 10/10/05 at 12:23:10, Drk^Angel wrote:
Culture ;;D [smiley=laugh.gif] |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by nani on Oct 10th, 2005, 12:30pm Policies? I really have to know... why policies? LOL Kulcha is a multi cultural Australian arts thing. ...policies? |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by ghost62 on Oct 10th, 2005, 12:34pm on 10/10/05 at 12:30:06, nani wrote:
you keep us flowing in the right direction with your grasps of policies and correct way of thinking. you are like the ying to our yang, the gretile to our hansle. ;;D :o |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by rickyshot on Oct 10th, 2005, 3:51pm As a member of a Jewish, African American (US , Jamaica and Trinidad,), Cherokee and Mic Mac Indian family can I nominate myself as minister of Kulcha? And Jonny Living here in Canada with it's policy of two official languages and in French Canada at that, I can't even begin to tell you the mess that it constantly creates to the point of possible separtion of a country that always looms over our heads. It is fuckery . And too bad because Canada is a great country to live although their penchant for political correctness drives me batty. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by AussieBrian on Oct 10th, 2005, 5:56pm And no prizes for correctly guessing the Minister for Donuts. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Jeepgun on Oct 11th, 2005, 8:14am Good job, Rex. When I lived in Japan, I didn't expect anyone to speak English, and set out to teach myself Japanese. I attained fluency within one year. There are still lots of words that I don't know, but I can understand, be understood, and I can get myself out of a jam in an emergency. |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by Drk^Angel on Oct 11th, 2005, 9:48am WTF is culture? :P PFDAN.......................... Drk^Angel |
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Title: Re: Speak the language Post by ghost62 on Oct 11th, 2005, 10:19am on 10/11/05 at 09:48:00, Drk^Angel wrote:
Sumpin most of aint got. Burp PPPfffffttttt |
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