Quote:
Originally posted by AlphaFrog
In Montreal, this thread has no relevance, as we are discussing issues in the USA. Can you give me an example of a major US job market where French would come in handy??
|
Forest for trees - I was simply giving an example of why situational differences create a sort of tautology . . . "Second languages are better because it's better to know more than one language." This point is not unique to Spanish.
My entire point is that it's not a particularly insightful issue, and has no bearing on the thread as a whole - can you tell me how the relevance of Spanish on your job experiences influences immigration policy, or changing the National Anthem in Spanish?
You're applying specifics, where I'm claiming those specifics are relatively unimportant to the overall point. We've veered way off-course, into a sort of ivory-tower discussion of the utility of language in general - and that's a complete strawman, in my mind, when discussing whether or not it's appropriate to sing the National Anthem in this (altered) Spanish form.
(Also, I realize my last post came off a little snippy - I was in the process of editing it as you posted, I probably should have explained better, as in the above)