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.
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02-11-2012, 06:29 PM #1Community Member
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Speak english your in a english country!!
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02-11-2012, 07:07 PM #2Community Member
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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.
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02-11-2012, 07:23 PM #3The Hatchery
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Seriously tho, speak whatever the hell you want. However, don't expect it to endear yourself to your monolingual compatriots, especially at work.
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02-11-2012, 07:33 PM #4Community Member
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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?
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02-11-2012, 07:38 PM #5Community Member
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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. Originally Posted by BitkaCK2
I like people speaking in different languages it makes the place more interesting.
I use to work as a bouncer in town and I knew that theres camera's in that area. Originally Posted by Keybreaker
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02-11-2012, 07:40 PM #6Community Member
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Originally Posted by NaturalHazard
I believe the term you are looking for is "coward".Anál nathrach
orth’ bháis’s bethad
do chél dénmha
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02-11-2012, 07:41 PM #7Community Member
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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
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02-11-2012, 07:51 PM #8Community Member
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An oldie but a goodie
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.
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02-11-2012, 07:56 PM #9Community Member
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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 Originally Posted by 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
, or" sledging is an aussie art form. 4 more years mate four more years!!!
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02-11-2012, 08:01 PM #10
Qui·loquitur·lingua·mortua·quid·dicis·questi o Originally Posted by oganos
GRAMMATICUS·IO
EDIT: I prefer the Claudian "·" to no word separation.Last edited by sebastianosmith; 02-11-2012 at 08:04 PM.
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02-15-2012, 11:09 AM #11Community Member
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The guy was a moron.
Speak whatever language you like.
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02-15-2012, 12:29 PM #12Community Member
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This is ridiculous. Originally Posted by oganos
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.
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There are situations that someone may feel excluded because he can not understand what is happening in a conversation but in my experience those violent reactions are a reflection of LOW SELF ESTEEM and other personality problems.
I will leave it there because language is a problem for some people. Is better to let hem vent out and read their arguments. Originally Posted by justagame
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02-15-2012, 12:32 PM #14Community Member
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A lot of the myths about Americans are stupid. Originally Posted by RedDragonScale
A lot of Americans are stupid.
The cycle repeats.
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02-15-2012, 01:35 PM #15Community Member
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Quoted:
"Speak english your in a english country!!"
Really?
How about:
Speak english you're in an english speaking country!!
Ain't that more better?!
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02-15-2012, 01:49 PM #16Community Member
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Sooo true. lol. Originally Posted by oganos
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!
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02-15-2012, 02:31 PM #17Community Member
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I can't tell if you're being facetious or simply an ignoramus. God help those poor students to whom you "teach" English. Originally Posted by SniptheShadow
Speak English. You're in an English forum.
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02-15-2012, 02:37 PM #18Community Member
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hehe, I was going to poke fun at the OP for the thread title as well. Since you already did it, Originally Posted by SniptheShadow
don't you mean:
"Speak English," or "Speak English! You're in an English speaking country."?
I think thatz more betterish!
To the OP though. Yeah, people like that annoy me as well. If it were supposed to be that way, all Brits
would be speaking Gaelic (or something earlier). All Aussies would be speaking Aborigine. All Americans would
be speaking whatever the language of the natives were in their area. Etc, etc, etc.
Signed,
An illiterate American.Last edited by herzkos; 02-15-2012 at 02:40 PM. Reason: to correct punctuation :) hope i got them all
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02-16-2012, 06:56 AM #19Community Member
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It was a joke! Originally Posted by RedDragonScale
it was funny!
I LOLed even. (Does text-talk count as another language?)I gave up a life of farming to become an Adventurer.
Originally Posted by Jandric
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02-16-2012, 07:27 AM #20The Werewolf
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pretty bad latin, did you used an online traductor? Originally Posted by sebastianosmith
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