Originally posted by mean'tour:
Originally posted by Pope:


The sign should have read "This is America, we speak English."

not "we also speak English".... this is what you should find IF you find a reason to vacation in Mexico or Germany



This is America. In America we speak English. Expecting special treatment, ie. services available in a host of Foreign languages is wrong. It's the same as if I went to France and expected everyone to speak English, or if I went to Spain and expected for everyone around me to speak English. This is an English speaking country, official or not. Or it is supposed to be.

See: General Naturalization Requirements (page about halfway down). "Applicants for naturalization must be able to read, write, speak, and understand words in ordinary usage in the English language."



No one is saying that it is expected for businesses to have spanish speaking workers. There is nothing wrong with having employees that speak spanish to help out any spanish speaking customers. I will use your France example. I have been to France. I never expected anybody to speak to me in English, because that was not their language. I was very appreciative of any businesses that had english speaking employees. I appreciated the service and they got my business. I encountered some French businesses that did not understand me and even seemed offended by the fact that I could not speak French. Those guys were a-holes and didnt get my business. your thinking is completely backwards. If you were this business owner would you refuse to hire someone who spoke spanish because you thought everybody should already know English? If pig latin became the fastest growing language in the US I would defenitely hire pig latin speaking employees, because I want more customers. Making multiple languages available in different businesses is beneficial to everybody.

Originally posted by Who the F are You?:
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