[Travis McGee]

Cali is gone.

[nufsed]

Molina says that Spanish has been a “cornerstone of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles--------------

That's why 50% or more of their kids fail top graduate high school.

[SevenofNine]

Steelfish I have ride the Gold Line they do have Spanish HELLO

Also Blue and Green line they said first stop so so then they have in Spanish

I am serious

[DBrow]

There is no need for most, if not all, “bilingual” stuff in the USA.
If you come here you should learn that the door out is labeled “EXIT”. It is so degrading to think that people can’t get out if it’s not labeled SALIDA as well. And they’d walk right past a drinking fountain when they are thirsty unless the button is labeled Agua. (The place I’m working this week has ONLY agua on the drinking fountain- I must know what that means or I can’t guess what will happen if I push the button, eh?)

Open, close, Mens, and so forth.

But go into Mexico and you had darned well better know what an E with a slash through it means, and if you don’t know SALIDA you will remain in the restaurant forever. The Mexicans expect you to know functional Spanish, no accommodations.

It’s not even Spanish-speakers that push for these things, either, it’s usually an English speaking politician.

If you come here from Mexico, Finland, or Kenya you should have or get real quick a functional grasp of English. American English.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I think it’s time to do some renaming of our own:

Starting with “The Angels” (formerly Los Angeles). Saint Francis (San Francisco). Saint James (San Diego).

The Crosses, New Mexico. “The Step” Texas.

“The Big River”. (pretty simple to translate)

Oh. And the great red state of ... Mountain.

[rwa265]

The Molina I know is a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. And he speaks very good English.

[heleny]

"Gold" refers to a color, as well as to the precious metal. The names of the other light rail lines in the LA MTA are Red, Green, and Blue Lines, so it follows that "Gold" refers to the color, not to the metal.

"Oro" translates as "gold," but I always thought of it as just the metal. Does "oro" also refer to the color in Spanish? If so, shouldn't the proper Spanish translation be La Linea Oro, where "oro" would be used as an adjective; if not, then why doesn't the Spanish-speaking lobby propose La Linea Amarilla?

[Don Corleone]

Language Borders Culture!

[AuntB]

““I think it would be a nice gesture if it was named in Spanish,” Bojorquez said.”

I think it would be a nice gesture for these Latinos to start admitting they don’t live in Mexico, etc any more!

[annalex]

Half of California toponymics are Spanish to begin with. What’s a big deal?