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If Trump gets elected does that mean ENGLISH would be the nationally recognized language again?

Posted on 08/19/2015 4:29:30 AM PDT by conservativesister

Walked into a drugstore yesterday and the "lady" told me how much it would be, I could not understand her ?Spanish?, asked her again, still the same - she turned the screen around and pointed to it - REALLY - this is still America. One can only wish! But to give credit the lady is WORKING - not using our system.


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To: conservativesister

Do they have to dial “1” for Spanish in Mexico?

I didn’t think so.


21 posted on 08/19/2015 5:07:31 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: conservativesister

Trump has no use for the Constitution or Founding Fathers, so anything is possible.


22 posted on 08/19/2015 5:34:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway (,)
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To: x1stcav

My Grandfathers parents came from Norway, but he never learned Norwegian. English only, except for saying “ja” instead of yes. My mom says it, too. Even I do occasionally.

It’s just the way it was done-you assimilated.


23 posted on 08/19/2015 5:36:02 AM PDT by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: conservativesister

You may want to adjust your assumption about someone’s working and not accepting the dole. There are more than just a few working AND taking the handouts as a well. This is not limited to persons of color either.


24 posted on 08/19/2015 5:38:16 AM PDT by ClockDoc ( - Let the churches attend to the poor and the Gov. attend to our enemies.)
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe the time has come for a Trump because of all the damage of the last 7 years.


25 posted on 08/19/2015 5:39:31 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: NorthstarMom

Yeah, you became an American. What magic.

Missing now.


26 posted on 08/19/2015 5:40:20 AM PDT by x1stcav (Oh! No! I just learned Freddy Mecury was a queer.)
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To: conservativesister

Yes, it’s nice that she’s working, but she’s taking a job an American could have had.


27 posted on 08/19/2015 5:40:37 AM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: Catsrus

When you get that “Press 1 for English “ beesnip, I hope you do as I do,i.e., express disapproval in a polite but firm manner to the manager.


28 posted on 08/19/2015 5:53:19 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: NorthstarMom
My Grandfathers parents came from Norway, but he never learned Norwegian. English only, except for saying “ja” instead of yes. My mom says it, too. Even I do occasionally.

Adopted by an Austrian lady who grew up in a warzone; in her 80's she still gives me the occasional order and automatically the heels click: "Jawohl!!"

29 posted on 08/19/2015 6:04:13 AM PDT by GoneSalt (+NooB+"I STAND WITH DONALD TRUMP-HE'S TERRIFIC-HE'S BRASH-HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH"~TED CRUZ~)
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To: conservativesister

That would require Trump to learn English—which would be yuge.


30 posted on 08/19/2015 6:07:56 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

I was at Disney World in February, traveling alone, and occasionally stopped to ask someone if they would take my picture in front of a Disney landmark. No kidding — I usually had to ask a few times before I found someone who spoke English.


31 posted on 08/19/2015 6:51:10 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: C. Edmund Wright

We could start by not having taxpayers pay for gov’t mandated interpreters for services. I used to teach ESL to adults and it was amazing how long some of those people lived here and still didn’t know basic survival English.


32 posted on 08/19/2015 7:43:34 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604
We could start by not having taxpayers pay for gov’t mandated interpreters for services.

Rusty - that sounds like a fabulous idea to me! In addition to the practical factors, it kind of sends the right message.

33 posted on 08/19/2015 7:46:27 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: mazda77

I had an incident at a Jack in the box, ended up me loudly telling the help they needed to learn English. You could have heard a pin drop in there. Then I called the corporate office and complained. They just sent me coupons for free food.


34 posted on 08/19/2015 7:46:49 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: x1stcav

A lot of Hispanics fought on our side in Texas and California, so I don’t think wiping out history is a good idea.


35 posted on 08/19/2015 7:50:10 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Catsrus

I usually just hang on and it usually comes back to English. Didn’t work when I called the IRS.


36 posted on 08/19/2015 7:51:42 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: x1stcav

California has hundreds of Mexican names.

As a child I lived for several years in El Toro, and before that Mission Viejo.

After that, San Mateo county.

It would be quaint if not for all the mexicriminals infesting the state.

Don’t be mad at our ancestors who kept the mexi names. Be mad at the elites who are replacing us with primitive 3rd world savages as part of an orchestrated attack on our people.


37 posted on 08/19/2015 9:11:55 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan ('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
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To: Rusty0604

I was at a wedding in San Antonio and sat next to an old Mexican who spoke no english despite having snuck into America in the 1940s.

I found that repulsive and the antithesis of what makes us great.

He and all like him must be excreted if we are to survive as a culture and a Nation.


38 posted on 08/19/2015 9:26:06 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan ('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
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To: T-Bone Texan

If I moved to a foreign country the first thing I would do is learn their language. I would not dream of demanding interpreters, in order to get free benefits of all things. That is just total disrespect for the taxpayers. We are just stupid.


39 posted on 08/19/2015 9:36:05 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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