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Thu Dec-13-07 09:41 AM
Response to Reply #22 |
| 27. Ah, I see. I'm not quite sure what the point of that would be... |
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but I guess it makes sense.
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| -English only in the workplace: mean-spirited and culturally ignorant! |
pink-o |
Dec-13-07 08:06 AM |
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Do you feel the same way about |
Le Taz Hot |
Dec-13-07 08:08 AM |
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Where are you going with this question? |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 08:14 AM |
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Ha, ever worked in the Gardening business? |
SharkSquid |
Dec-13-07 08:17 AM |
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Sounds like at least 2 people spoke English |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 08:22 AM |
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I dont know how you gathered that |
SharkSquid |
Dec-13-07 08:27 AM |
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You said you worked there and needed a translator, |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 08:35 AM |
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Which is why it's okay to outsource our jobs to places no one speaks English. |
aquart |
Dec-13-07 09:40 AM |
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Oh, please! No one is saying there shouldn't be a working knowledge of English |
pink-o |
Dec-13-07 10:53 AM |
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So the fact that I can speak English AND Spanish AND Russian |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 11:59 AM |
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Yeah, that's the inference I got as well... |
pink-o |
Dec-13-07 12:27 PM |
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You might enjoy this post from my journal: |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 04:05 PM |
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You've just described every worksite I've ever worked |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 01:34 PM |
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Ooo, yes, the Old Testament. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Dec-13-07 02:12 PM |
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My original question still stands. |
Le Taz Hot |
Dec-13-07 08:19 AM |
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How Impressive n/t |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 08:23 AM |
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no job in the US |
pink-o |
Dec-13-07 08:21 AM |
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I hope they do discourage people from learning the dreaded Spanish |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 08:25 AM |
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I love this cartoon: |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 08:38 AM |
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LOL! |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 08:43 AM |
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LMAO! Love it!!!! |
Solly Mack |
Dec-13-07 08:54 AM |
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It's a topic that attracts 90% mischaracterizations in virtually any 'discussion.' |
TahitiNut |
Dec-13-07 01:07 PM |
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Let's be real. Business practice differs from the law. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 01:30 PM |
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Yes ... and there are some INTENDED elements of the law that enable law-breaking. |
TahitiNut |
Dec-13-07 01:54 PM |
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I couldn't agree more. When I was translating Workers' Comp cases, |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 02:05 PM |
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We're pretty much on the same page again - even though it's easy to not think so in reactive mode. |
TahitiNut |
Dec-13-07 02:35 PM |
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Mofos! Have you found someone to navigate this with you? |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 02:55 PM |
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TahitiNut, I know you're on the right side of the issue |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 04:46 PM |
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That simply would not be possible in my workplace. |
Elrond Hubbard |
Dec-13-07 08:16 AM |
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Exactly! |
Kajsa |
Dec-13-07 09:08 AM |
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you are misreading the article |
Marrah_G |
Dec-13-07 09:12 AM |
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You're right. |
Kajsa |
Dec-13-07 09:17 AM |
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It doesn't say " you have to speak english" |
Marrah_G |
Dec-13-07 09:10 AM |
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Ah, I see. I'm not quite sure what the point of that would be... |
Elrond Hubbard |
Dec-13-07 09:41 AM |
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Even these people don't speak English only |
Toots |
Dec-13-07 08:23 AM |
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For the language purists out there |
TlalocW |
Dec-13-07 09:02 AM |
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Yes, ale ovo pura misses the punto, to se mi zda. |
igil |
Dec-13-07 12:05 PM |
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But if you use your native language to deride the boss or someone else on your job |
pink-o |
Dec-13-07 01:45 PM |
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La troca = the truck |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-13-07 05:02 PM |
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They don't want people talking about them in a language they don't understand. |
porphyrian |
Dec-13-07 08:26 AM |
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That's definitely part of the motivation |
pink-o |
Dec-13-07 08:52 AM |
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These are the same kind of power mongers who persecuted people |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 08:58 AM |
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I lived in Chicago, so I know about how many languages are spoken around the country. |
porphyrian |
Dec-13-07 09:20 AM |
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The answer to your question is yes. |
mmonk |
Dec-13-07 09:08 AM |
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Many states are right to work |
Indy Lurker |
Dec-13-07 10:09 AM |
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Actually, what you are referring to is "at-will" employment |
thecatburgler |
Dec-13-07 10:36 AM |
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oops, my bad |
Indy Lurker |
Dec-13-07 11:11 AM |
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Sounds like it would be even less productive than otherwise... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-13-07 12:26 PM |
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Unless speaking Spanish/French/ German/Swahili/whatever... |
TCJ70 |
Dec-13-07 01:39 PM |
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What if the job "requirement" is that the current employees PREFER a language other than English ... |
TahitiNut |
Dec-13-07 01:58 PM |
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Then I guess the new employee should... |
TCJ70 |
Dec-13-07 02:02 PM |
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So, that means that American workers are refused jobs where they're qualified? |
TahitiNut |
Dec-13-07 02:16 PM |
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Maybe I'm not understanding your point of view... |
TCJ70 |
Dec-13-07 02:22 PM |
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I should add... |
TCJ70 |
Dec-13-07 02:08 PM |
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I had two people under me at one point who would speak Spanish to each |
Fuzz |
Dec-13-07 02:08 PM |
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Second-hand Esperanto KILLS!!! |
Oeditpus Rex |
Dec-13-07 02:19 PM |
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Only if there is a matter of safety involved. |
madinmaryland |
Dec-13-07 02:19 PM |
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Have you ever lived in a non-English-speaking country? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-13-07 02:20 PM |
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I've experienced the same thing ..... several times. |
kwassa |
Dec-13-07 02:56 PM |
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In the neighborhood across Golden Gate Park from me |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 03:02 PM |
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Smacks of discrimination to me. |
KitSileya |
Dec-13-07 02:43 PM |
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THis question was adjudicated several years ago. |
Perragrande |
Dec-13-07 03:03 PM |
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What these facists are trying to do is control what you do with your mouth |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 03:05 PM |
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Speaking Spanish while sorting clothes - that's a national security threat! |
yardwork |
Dec-13-07 03:06 PM |
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How pathetic is that? |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 06:44 PM |
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Pensylvania was a German colony |
Xipe Totec |
Dec-14-07 07:49 AM |
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Hoy día estamos al borde de un ataque de nervios re: los hispanohablantes en los EE-UU. |
nealmhughes |
Dec-13-07 03:35 PM |
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Things to remember: Don't eat lead paint. Travel. |
hunter |
Dec-13-07 06:36 PM |
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Sorry, I'm a free human being and will speak any language I wish, any where I wish, and any time I |
RGBolen |
Dec-14-07 08:44 AM |
#68 |
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