The war that is going on now, if you want to call it that, is one that you
will lose.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4377B921.ACE477C5@***.net...
> We voted for and past California's Proposition 227 to make English
> our primary language, but these bleeding heart liberal judges reversed
> it.
> Earle we have several memorial sites where major wars were fought
> against the Spanish and Indians, and this land is ours, get over it!
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > College students in Spain take English too. But if you heard them speak
it,
> > most of them would make you cringe, or die laughing. I try to be kind,
> > because I know I have un acento más fuerte when I speak Spanish, and
they
> > are real polite about it here.
> >
> > I think that there is a little misunderstanding about who exactly put
the
> > Spanish menus in the ATMs or the Spanish shows on TV. That would be
bank
> > executives, who want Spanish-speaking people to put their money in the
ATMs,
> > or TV executives who want people to watch the shows. I have Dish
Network
> > myself, and in the United States I have access to 20 Spanish TV
channels,
> > plus Chinese, Polish, French, Arabic, Russian, you name it. Most of the
> > immigrants or migrants that I know in the States want to speak English
more
> > than anything, but it takes time. If you watched Telemundo or Univision
for
> > an hour, you would probably see six or seven commercials for "Inglés sin
> > barreras", a product that promises to teach you fluent English in a few
> > weeks. If you have ever studied any foreign language, you will know
that
> > this is unrealistic, but that is what the networks and advertisers are
> > pushing on the Spanish language shows. I find that ironic.
> >
> > The part of the U.S. that I live in, they were speaking Spanish here two
> > hundred and fifty years before anyone even heard English. Some of them
> > still do.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:o7WdnQIM8sHQuureRVn-rw@comcast.com...
> > > Yep, and English is the worlds buisness language, even in China all
> > college
> > > students take English. To get a head English is the language except
for
> > in
> > > the USA haven't we learned anything?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Coasty
> > >
> > > Remove the SPOOGE to reply
> > > "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > > news:437693AA.9B463AA0@***.net...
> > > > Pilots flying internationally must speak English.
> > > > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > > >
> > > > Matt, Osborn wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> I once worked on a software development project that had five
> > > >> developers from India. Many of them did not share the same native
> > > >> language so they all spoke English to communicate amongst
themselves.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>

 

The war that is going on now, if you want to call it that, is one that you
will lose.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4377B921.ACE477C5@***.net...
> We voted for and past California's Proposition 227 to make English
> our primary language, but these bleeding heart liberal judges reversed
> it.
> Earle we have several memorial sites where major wars were fought
> against the Spanish and Indians, and this land is ours, get over it!
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > College students in Spain take English too. But if you heard them speak
it,
> > most of them would make you cringe, or die laughing. I try to be kind,
> > because I know I have un acento más fuerte when I speak Spanish, and
they
> > are real polite about it here.
> >
> > I think that there is a little misunderstanding about who exactly put
the
> > Spanish menus in the ATMs or the Spanish shows on TV. That would be
bank
> > executives, who want Spanish-speaking people to put their money in the
ATMs,
> > or TV executives who want people to watch the shows. I have Dish
Network
> > myself, and in the United States I have access to 20 Spanish TV
channels,
> > plus Chinese, Polish, French, Arabic, Russian, you name it. Most of the
> > immigrants or migrants that I know in the States want to speak English
more
> > than anything, but it takes time. If you watched Telemundo or Univision
for
> > an hour, you would probably see six or seven commercials for "Inglés sin
> > barreras", a product that promises to teach you fluent English in a few
> > weeks. If you have ever studied any foreign language, you will know
that
> > this is unrealistic, but that is what the networks and advertisers are
> > pushing on the Spanish language shows. I find that ironic.
> >
> > The part of the U.S. that I live in, they were speaking Spanish here two
> > hundred and fifty years before anyone even heard English. Some of them
> > still do.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:o7WdnQIM8sHQuureRVn-rw@comcast.com...
> > > Yep, and English is the worlds buisness language, even in China all
> > college
> > > students take English. To get a head English is the language except
for
> > in
> > > the USA haven't we learned anything?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Coasty
> > >
> > > Remove the SPOOGE to reply
> > > "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > > news:437693AA.9B463AA0@***.net...
> > > > Pilots flying internationally must speak English.
> > > > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > > >
> > > > Matt, Osborn wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> I once worked on a software development project that had five
> > > >> developers from India. Many of them did not share the same native
> > > >> language so they all spoke English to communicate amongst
themselves.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>

 

Ever been to New Orleans?
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________


T. Greening wrote:
> I've been to India a few times and that was one of the things that kind of
> amazed me. There were times in our travels when our driver(Indian) could
> not understand the language of the locals (also Indian) of whatever town we
> may have been in. I wasn't quite sure how you operate a country when a good
> portion of the population has a hard time understanding one another.

 

Ever been to New Orleans?
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________


T. Greening wrote:
> I've been to India a few times and that was one of the things that kind of
> amazed me. There were times in our travels when our driver(Indian) could
> not understand the language of the locals (also Indian) of whatever town we
> may have been in. I wasn't quite sure how you operate a country when a good
> portion of the population has a hard time understanding one another.

 

Ever been to New Orleans?
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________


T. Greening wrote:
> I've been to India a few times and that was one of the things that kind of
> amazed me. There were times in our travels when our driver(Indian) could
> not understand the language of the locals (also Indian) of whatever town we
> may have been in. I wasn't quite sure how you operate a country when a good
> portion of the population has a hard time understanding one another.

 

Been a long time but actually, yes. I was stationed outside of Memphis for
awhile and one of my friends had family in Tibido (sp?) Louisiana so we
would shoot down on weekends for some fun at the local watering holes. Once
I got used to the sometimes horrific cajun accent it wasn't hard to pick up
on the lingo. At least I don't recall having any serious problems
understanding people.

One particularly interesting night I remember hooking up with this honey of
a college girl and we went bar hopping. We wandered into a slightly seeding
looking place where the band was rockin hard. We wandered up to the bar
where there was this rather enticing older (early 40's at the time?) woman
standing on a bar stool and shaking that money maker. I was trying to not
notice "too" much considering my "date". After about 5 minutes of this the
girl I'm with finally looks up at this women and says "Mom, will you PLEASE
get off the bar stool". Of course the fantasy pictures started to fly but
THAT wasn't happening for sure. Too bad because Mom was actually more fun
to be with than her daughter!


"twaldron" <thomasOBVIOUS@rubicons.com> wrote in message
news:mm0ef.19587$dO2.15621@newssvr29.news.prodigy. net...
> Ever been to New Orleans?
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw

 

Been a long time but actually, yes. I was stationed outside of Memphis for
awhile and one of my friends had family in Tibido (sp?) Louisiana so we
would shoot down on weekends for some fun at the local watering holes. Once
I got used to the sometimes horrific cajun accent it wasn't hard to pick up
on the lingo. At least I don't recall having any serious problems
understanding people.

One particularly interesting night I remember hooking up with this honey of
a college girl and we went bar hopping. We wandered into a slightly seeding
looking place where the band was rockin hard. We wandered up to the bar
where there was this rather enticing older (early 40's at the time?) woman
standing on a bar stool and shaking that money maker. I was trying to not
notice "too" much considering my "date". After about 5 minutes of this the
girl I'm with finally looks up at this women and says "Mom, will you PLEASE
get off the bar stool". Of course the fantasy pictures started to fly but
THAT wasn't happening for sure. Too bad because Mom was actually more fun
to be with than her daughter!


"twaldron" <thomasOBVIOUS@rubicons.com> wrote in message
news:mm0ef.19587$dO2.15621@newssvr29.news.prodigy. net...
> Ever been to New Orleans?
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw

 

Been a long time but actually, yes. I was stationed outside of Memphis for
awhile and one of my friends had family in Tibido (sp?) Louisiana so we
would shoot down on weekends for some fun at the local watering holes. Once
I got used to the sometimes horrific cajun accent it wasn't hard to pick up
on the lingo. At least I don't recall having any serious problems
understanding people.

One particularly interesting night I remember hooking up with this honey of
a college girl and we went bar hopping. We wandered into a slightly seeding
looking place where the band was rockin hard. We wandered up to the bar
where there was this rather enticing older (early 40's at the time?) woman
standing on a bar stool and shaking that money maker. I was trying to not
notice "too" much considering my "date". After about 5 minutes of this the
girl I'm with finally looks up at this women and says "Mom, will you PLEASE
get off the bar stool". Of course the fantasy pictures started to fly but
THAT wasn't happening for sure. Too bad because Mom was actually more fun
to be with than her daughter!


"twaldron" <thomasOBVIOUS@rubicons.com> wrote in message
news:mm0ef.19587$dO2.15621@newssvr29.news.prodigy. net...
> Ever been to New Orleans?
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw

 

Amen to that...... I second it whole heartedly!!!! I too would like to say
thanks for your service and to all those who have served...
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!!

Tom Reins


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:iGedf.6332$jN6.6030@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> A special thanks goes out to those that have lost their lives to allow us
to
> be here today. And another to those who can't be with their families
today
> because they are in a distant land.
>
> ERIC J. BAILEY, 2d Lt, USAF
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:4374FECE.D948FCE2@***.net...
> > Thank you Veterans: http://www.----------.com/Veterans.htm
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
>
>

 

Amen to that...... I second it whole heartedly!!!! I too would like to say
thanks for your service and to all those who have served...
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!!

Tom Reins


"Eric" <gymrat@baileyscorner.com> wrote in message
news:iGedf.6332$jN6.6030@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> A special thanks goes out to those that have lost their lives to allow us
to
> be here today. And another to those who can't be with their families
today
> because they are in a distant land.
>
> ERIC J. BAILEY, 2d Lt, USAF
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:4374FECE.D948FCE2@***.net...
> > Thank you Veterans: http://www.----------.com/Veterans.htm
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:--------------------
>
>