Why We Don't Learn Spanish

Nothing wrong with learning a foreign language but this article came off very condescending to me.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articl ... cleID=2568

Why We Don't Learn Spanish

By Doug Bower
September 27, 2005
I just bet you had absolutely no idea that the U.S. Senate, on February 17, 2005, declared this the "Year of the Foreign Language Study". You didn't know, did you? Ah ha! I knew it!

It is true.

Yes, this year is the Official Year of Foreign Language Study. And it's about bloody time, I would like to add. In case you are wondering why your elected officials bothered with passing this resolution, on taxpayer's time and money, it is because most of America is afflicted with a dreadful and painful lack of foreign language ability.

This, my foreign-language-illiterate fellow American, is because we have this disorder (and this is true) called, xenoglossophobia, which is the fear of foreign languages. Moreover, in America it is â€â€

How about you imbeciles learn english first before we even consider learning Spanish since your on our land and you came here. :evil:

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At the writing of this article, the Minuteman Project Movement is growing leaps and bounds that will, in my view, cause an even greater U.S. isolationism from Mexico. Perhaps this regression will take the U.S. back to the days when learning a foreign language will be outlawed or at least dropped from the school's curriculum altogether. Anything is possible and stranger things have happened.

RELAX, DOUG. Keep reading and studying and maybe, just maybe someday you'll get it. "Anything is possible, and stranger things have happened." 8)

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Well folks, many Americans who move to (or even just visit) Mexico do not bother to learn Spanish.

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What kind of a retard moves to Mexico from America!

When he says that line about Americans visiting in Mexico I think of Milton in the movie "Office Space" complaining about the salt on his margarita glass.

From the web site:

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Expatriates Doug and Cindi Bower have successfully expatriated to Mexico.

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They don't even live in the US any more.

The web site also has his e-mail address. :twisted:

I saw a Cheerios commercial today where a Hispanic family was eating breakfast and speaking spanish to each other. Then some White girl (the maid, I guess) came in with a box of Cheerios and said "Who wants some more!"

Then at the end the announcer read (in English) "Cheerios: they're just that good!" or something like that.

I'm still trying to figure out the full meaning of it, but it seems like they will finally conquer English through breakfast cereals.

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At the writing of this article, the Minuteman Project Movement is growing leaps and bounds that will, in my view, cause an even greater U.S. isolationism from Mexico. Perhaps this regression will take the U.S. back to the days when learning a foreign language will be outlawed or at least dropped from the school's curriculum altogether. Anything is possible and stranger things have happened.

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I can only hope. :D

Xenoglossophobia. Soon to make appearances in the Liberal Arts departments of state schools nationwide, along with homophobia, xenophobia and other constructions of the "other" against the imperialist White heterosexual male, who has ruined the world in order to rule it.

There will be classes on it, drilling into the heads of our college kids to abandon the white imperialist empire building code speak of English for the more diverse and "pleasant sounding" Spanish.

Then they'll pound on drums and pack the bong (again) and maybe call Mom and Dad for more money...[/b][/quote]

This is simple stupid o believe that we aren’t able or willing to learn foreign languages, we used to be nonexistent in languages before WWI and know we have one of the best language dept within our foreign service, so to say that we need to do more to learn is nothing more than BS. Hell I have been learning Arabic for the past year and ill tell you what their 10 classes in Arabic and also 5 Russian, which are in my school and surpass Spanish. You know what also, when I was on the UN team Spanish wasn’t a main concern on foreign languages; it was English, French, German, Japanese and Chinese!

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Learning a foreign language is to me, an exercise, one that can strengthen your own language skills.

English especially can benefit from studying German, Latin, and French, the elements of English are all contained therein. Spanish is a Latin based language, so English speakers share those roots with their Spanish/Latin speaking counterparts.

In can only think that at this point we all here at alipac learn Spanish ourselves so we can more easily make our points clear at the grass roots levels, with the Latino and illegal communities themselves.

For example, I am practising my Irish brougue, for the purposes of interacting with the no small number of illegal irish that live in our Country.

Mi Hablo Espanol mui pequena! Yo soy un Gringo muchacho.

Tu eres illegal. 2 years of high school Spanish, I'm commited to learning.

Yo Estudio Espanol.

cheers glenn

Good job, Glenn. What is funny is that they don't realize that millions of us do know Spanish, but for obvious reasons we just won't use it. This leads them to assume we don't know it. One of their biggest mistakes is the way they underestimate the American people. It just so happens because of this invasion upon our country, we have no choice but to protect our favorite language and rightfully so.

I've heard that English is actually incredibly hard to learn for foreigners, right up there with Mandarin and Japanese.

We should all learn Spanish because the ICE will want actual quotes when you report illegal aliens to them. You have to understand them when they are speaking in Spanish about how they broke the law to get here. They'll do it right in front of you because they assume that your "Caucasian arrogance" prevents you from learning their language.

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Originally Posted by nhantimassredrebel

Xenoglossophobia. Then they'll pound on drums and pack the bong (again) and maybe call Mom and Dad for more money...[/b]

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Good points, Nhanti, but I'll gamble that they'll pack the bong faster than they'll bang on the drums. So much for American patriots! Perhaps they should all move to Amexica pronto where they'll truly be happier. I'm looking forward to seeing their new found hapiness under corrupt third world government standards! Yes, if they are truly unhappy as American citizens, well, so long, see ya, adios and vamanos (did I get my outdated Spanish correct)? Heh, heh, heh!!!

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Originally Posted by nhantimassredrebel

Xenoglossophobia. Then they'll pound on drums and pack the bong (again) and maybe call Mom and Dad for more money...[/b]

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Good points, Nhanti, but I'll gamble that they'll pack the bong faster than they'll bang on the drums. So much for American patriots! Perhaps they should all move to Amexica pronto where they'll truly be happier. I'm looking forward to seeing their new found hapiness under corrupt third world government standards! Yes, if they are truly unhappy as American citizens, well, so long, see ya, adios and vamanos (did I get my outdated Spanish correct)? Heh, heh, heh!!![/quote]

P.S. I forgot to add or say, Chio, hasta luego or good riddance or just plain ole' goodbye to those who don't like our wonderful country of the United States of America (and especially to those who gripe about it after coming here as foreigners, obtaining all sorts of freebies average citizens don't get, and then having the actual nerve to complain. If complaining, truly consider what you left and if you would have been better not leaving - if true - go back home). Frankly, I'm tired of gripers in all their forms and pissers and moaners too who get coddled by the left-wing nazis and politically correct who always seem to disgrace the average citizen by being around and causing trouble when they don't give one iota of doo-doo for the welfare of the many poor USA legal citizens.

Wow, there's finally somebody with a longer name than mine!

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Originally Posted by nhantimassredrebel

Wow, there's finally somebody with a longer name than mine!

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:D