[Oorang]

Afternoon JP, Just a thought to pass on. Something I did about 1 year ago out of frustration. I bought some of those sticky-backed labels at the office supply store that you can run through you computer printer. Printed on each sticker: America=English.

I keep a handful of them in my purse. Whenever I see something printed in any language other than english (on the bathroom door in the store, Home Depot gift card I received, etc.) I slap one of those stickers on over the foreign language. Maybe some folks will think I'm being "intolerant" but I don't care. Want to come to America you better learn the language.

When I go to another country on vacation I don't expect them to accommodate me and speak English wherever I choose to go. I'm just fed up with the PC in the country. This is America and our language is English!

Phew, I feel better.

[thecabal]

Wow, that's pretty subversive. ;)

[JustPiper]

The reason I love this idea is after my maternal grandparents came over here, when my grandpa would speak Polish, my grandma would not respond and it frustrated him to no end. But she was very effective in teaching him you came to your adopted country, you speak its language ;)

[WestCoastGal]

That is a great idea!!!!! Nothing annoys me more than having to find the English description in advertisements mailed to me or in instruction literature and in public places. I just thought this was a southwest USA problem, but it/they are migrating everywhere in OUR country. We are all here legally or born here legally and getting sick and tired of the hijacking of our country. /rant