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To: A message; ShadowAce
"Welcome to America, now speak English" was written on the wall of the linguistics oppression room.

Huh? You're in a country, so learn to speak the damn language. I spent 15 years in Germany and didn't expect them to cater to my native language. My various dealings with the government were all in German, and it was my problem if there was something I didn't understand. In the early days I felt ashamed when an English-speaking German had to help me out (not that they were there to speak English, I just got lucky that they did).

The only concession to English was products I bought that were sold EU-wide, so they had text for the UK.

We need to go to the Swiss system, where immigrants get kicked out if they can't learn the local language in a reasonable amount of time (conversational, not necessarily fluent).

40 posted on 02/08/2006 11:31:58 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

Das stimmt!

Wann ich kann in Deutchland besuchen. Ich spreche Deutch.

I may not speak it well but I make every effort to do so. I am a guest in their country. IT IS A MATTER OF RESPECT.

I get pretty fired up on the language thing.


44 posted on 02/08/2006 11:41:25 AM PST by A message
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To: antiRepublicrat

"We need to go to the Swiss system, where immigrants get kicked out if they can't learn the local language in a reasonable amount of time (conversational, not necessarily fluent)."

Heck, we need to go to the Swiss system of a federal government, too.


81 posted on 02/08/2006 10:31:13 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
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