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Originally posted by xok85xo
i believe:
(and i apologize if this offends anyone) that if you live in the united states you need to speak english. i'm sorry, i don't care where you're from: israel, china, mexico, italy, mars whatever, it doesn't matter. i wouldn't move to france and expect to get by on english, no i would learn french and i would speak it.
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My thoughts exactly! I'm irritated every time I have to wait longer at the ATM because of that stupid screen asking whether I want to conduct my transaction in English or Spanish -- or when I call my doctor's office to get a prescription refilled and spend 5 minutes of my cell phone time listening to the Spanish version of the voice mail message when I already heard the English version. I'm in GEORGIA, not Mexico. If I was in Mexico, then I'd be taking some more Spanish classes so that I could function in the country properly.
I just don't believe that we should cater so much to non-English speaking people in this country -- if we'd stop putting everything in two or three languages, then folks might actually take the time to learn some basic English.
