Speak english your in a english country!!

[NaturalHazard]

Went out the other night and outside a bar in town, hamilton new zealand was with the samoan boys and we are all speaking in samoan then some guy comes up to us and tells us that we are in a english country and should speak english. ***!!!???

He pretty much had a death wish for himself and his mates, I had to hold my friends back then some, NZ maori's, asians and other pacific islanders heard why he was causing trouble and he finally wised up and took off with his tail between his legs. Good thing too because I didnt want to spend the night in the cells or be faced with assualt charges. He was all tough when it was 6 of them and 3 of us but when the numbers started to even out and even go against him he started threating people with the law. What kind of ***** tries to start a fight then threatens people with legal action?

But back to being an *english* country what a load of ****, our national anthem is sung in two langauges english and nz maori. If I was speaking in maori with my maori friends would he have had a problem? If hes refering to our colonial heritage quite a few of the people who settled here from britain didnt come from england, quite a few came from ireland/scotland and wales, what if we where speaking gaelic eh? Anyway its a free country and anyone can speak whatever the hell language they want. Even clingon or lord of the rings elvish or whatever nerd speak.

[BitkaCK2]

I live in America. We speak American here... such that it is. I mean it kinda changes by neighborhood, the great melting pot and all. So yea... I coulda swore I had a point somewhere along the way.

*sigh*

bitkaCK2

[NaturalHazard]

I live in America. We speak American here... such that it is. I mean it kinda changes by neighborhood, the great melting pot and all. So yea... I coulda swore I had a point somewhere along the way.

*sigh*

bitkaCK2

Interesting I noticed a lot of the *american* players often speak spanish to each other? I think thats kind of cool, I even find that quite a few don't even have any hispanic heritage.

I like people speaking in different languages it makes the place more interesting.

I would have kicked his ass anyway. He prolly couldn't pick me up in a lineup. I mean we all look the same, right?

I use to work as a bouncer in town and I knew that theres camera's in that area.

[GeneralDiomedes]

Seriously tho, speak whatever the hell you want. However, don't expect it to endear yourself to your monolingual compatriots, especially at work.

[Keybreaker]

Went out the other night and outside a bar in town, hamilton new zealand was with the samoan boys and we are all speaking in samoan then some guy comes up to us and tells us that we are in a english country and should speak english. ***!!!???

He pretty much had a death wish for himself and his mates, I had to hold my friends back then some, NZ maori's, asians and other pacific islanders heard why he was causing trouble and he finally wised up and took off with his tail between his legs. Good thing too because I didnt want to spend the night in the cells or be faced with assualt charges. He was all tough when it was 6 of them and 3 of us but when the numbers started to even out and even go against him he started threating people with the law. What kind of ***** tries to start a fight then threatens people with legal action?

I would have kicked his ass anyway. He prolly couldn't pick me up in a lineup. I mean we all look the same, right?

[cheekysmile]

Ha reminds me of when i was in NZ and some big Aussie guy got wind of my accent and started to try and grief me (i'm English btw). He started on about cricket which i couldn't care less about so i just replied that i was surprised he was so enthusiastic as only girls play that back home.

Next thing i know i'm up against the wall thinking the comment was worth a broken jaw when a man mountain of a Maori stepped in and decided that this guy needed a lesson in hospitality.

Turned to me and said i could run along then went back to the Aussie who was now making peace with his god.

Far as i'm concerned you can speak whatever language you like

[NaturalHazard]

Ha reminds me of when i was in NZ and some big Aussie guy got wind of my accent and started to try and grief me (i'm English btw). He started on about cricket which i couldn't care less about so i just replied that i was surprised he was so enthusiastic as only girls play that back home.

Next thing i know i'm up against the wall thinking the comment was worth a broken jaw when a man mountain of a Maori stepped in and decided that this guy needed a lesson in hospitality.

Turned to me and said i could run along then went back to the Aussie who was now making peace with his god.

Far as i'm concerned you can speak whatever language you like

I think he was ****ed off that england won the ashes or something how long ago was this? I like aussies but some of them can be real ******s over cricket like bowling underarm in tests , or" sledging is an aussie art form. 4 more years mate four more years!!!

[Ganolyn]

What kind of ***** tries to start a fight then threatens people with legal action?

I believe the term you are looking for is "coward".

[oganos]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

[sebastianosmith]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

Qui·loquitur·lingua·mortua·quid·dicis·questi o
GRAMMATICUS·IO

EDIT: I prefer the Claudian "·" to no word separation.

[Skavenaps]

Qui·loquitur·lingua·mortua·quid·dicis·questi o
GRAMMATICUS·IO

EDIT: I prefer the Claudian "·" to no word separation.

pretty bad latin, did you used an online traductor?

[sebastianosmith]

pretty bad latin, did you used an online traductor?

One must make allowances for drift. Classic Latin would be almost indecipherable for a modern audience. And it's not bad - Simply verbose when compared to what would be considered colloquial. I did at least include the correct punctuative. And "traductor", really? Don't mistake romantic derivations for original language or I'll be forced to break out my limited Romanian, înţelege?

[RedDragonScale]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

This is ridiculous.

Did you know that over 50% of all Americans actually speak more than one language?

My second language is Spanish and my wife's is French. Our neighbors speak English and Russian.

This myth that Americans only speak one language is stupid.

[MrFister]

This myth that Americans only speak one language is stupid.

A lot of the myths about Americans are stupid.

A lot of Americans are stupid.

The cycle repeats.

[Saaluta]

A lot of the myths about people are stupid.

A lot of people are stupid.

The cycle repeats.

FTFY

Saal

[Talon_Moonshadow]

This is ridiculous.

Did you know that over 50% of all Americans actually speak more than one language?

My second language is Spanish and my wife's is French. Our neighbors speak English and Russian.

This myth that Americans only speak one language is stupid.

It was a joke!

it was funny!

I LOLed even. (Does text-talk count as another language?)

[Talon_Moonshadow]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

Sooo true. lol.


I made a big deal on Facebook recently about how people who come to a new country need to learn to speak the native language of that country.

People coming to America can start by learning to speak Mohican!

[bigolbear]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

and they cant even speak that properly! im english btw if you hadnt guessed.

I feel for ya man, you are in a multilanguage country - the guy was clearly a prat, bad case of passive drinking.


Now i KNOW im gona get flack for this but here goes any ways......

First off let me say this: 1 im mixed race(but you wouldnt know it to look at me), 2 I have freinds and family from various ethnic origns. (all of whom are not relevant to my points below - they are british, in culture, in language, in outlook)

Im all for peace and love and tolerance and social intergration but...It can go too far.
Im english, im from a city called leicester. You may have heard of it you may not. Leicester has the highest concentration of non native population in the country. There is no such thing as an ethnic minority here - because they are not in the minority.

Now I couldnt give a **** what colour some ones skin is, where they are from and I couldnt give a **** what religion they are provided they dont try and impose their cultural ideas, language and 'religious laws' on me.

But unfortunately that is exactly what is happening here. Despite the fact i was born in this country, speak the native language fluently (and several others semi fluent) there are places in this city I cant go because im white(actualy im technicaly mixed race, i just LOOK white ffs), There are many places of bussiness I wont be served because I cant speak the language, and it is very common for people to have conversations in whatever language they please, If your not on holiday I personly think thats rather rude.

It should all be roses and wine, a multicultural melting pot - but you know what - it isnt. If I moved to a foreign country Id have the common decency to learn the **** language, abide by the local laws and embrace the culture. Us brits on the other hand are happy to change our laws to suit, happy to publish all official documants in 20 different languages and happy to pay extra taxs so theres always an interpreter on hand for things like the NHS or the police service. Some Long established bussiness have had to move locations to accomodate the wishes of imigrtants, most notably butchers but its certainly not all.

Im not racist, but I am intolerant, because I feel we've all been tollerant for long enough. Feel free to come and live in my country but please dont tell me how to live, what to speak, and what god to pray to. And have the common decency to learn our language, accept our laws and embrace our culture.

Id like it to be all freindly and nice but we have a problem here. And although I think the guy that attacked you in your own country for speaking one if its native languages was a total jerk, I do feel like my country could have used a few more total jerks in the last few years, maybe it would have slightly stemmed the tide.

[Vordax]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

Learning a second language in the US is required in high school. The problem in the US is that there is not much opportunity to actually use that 2nd language, so it is quickly forgotten. I took 3 years of spanish and can remember about 20 words now and never had a need to use it in day to day life.

Vordax

[Phemt81]

What do you call a person that speaks 2 languages? Bilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 3 languages? Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks 1 language? American.

LOL ! Mind if i +1 you?

Anyway it's not really true (even if funny), all americans speak a little bit of italian, they just don't know it... like all italians speak a little bit of english, even if they can't really understand it