Usher at graduation event tells family to "have the courtesy to speak English in America"

[Demovictory9]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6JLeS26/

[sakabatou]

1. And I'd reply, "Eigo ne? Omae wa bakayaro."

[BidenRocks]

6. Wakarimasen

[sakabatou]

7. I'm thankful that in my area, I've never had to fall back on another language

just to insult someone else who's being an asshole.

[BidenRocks]

9. Went to the googles

Wakarimaska. Hai

In So. Cal. one must get gender right. Pendejo or Pendeja.
Even insults are educational. I find those better than my English ones I've overused on chump.

My very little Japanese is 50 years on from being stationed there for a year.

[sakabatou]

10. I only have 3 years of high school Japanese

I tried taking Spanish before that, but the audio cassettes got too fast for me to comprehend.

Written Japanese was a pain for me, plus the need to learn formality as well? Not the greatest combination, but at least I could comprehend the audio.

[Heidi]

2. Like the usher uniform gives Karen the authority

to police people who likely speak more languages than she’s ever even heard.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

3. I would have told her to mind her own business and do her job.

In English.

[Skittles]

4. I like hearing different languages

I hear a lot of them in the metroplex

[malaise]

12. You can't police what you don't understand

These lazy language limited Karens are terrified others are talking about them. They can’t even STFU for a graduation.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Not to be mean, but half the time I cannot understand a word red state people are saying.

They don't speak English that is understandable.

[niyad]

15. Jeff Foxworthy had a piece on that very thing. I can't quote the one

particular line exactly, but it was something like, "yntchall... . ." ((why don't we all. .), and asks, "exactly what letter of the alphabet does that start with?"

[Heidi]

25. Hahahahaha!

Yup! 🤣

[Jersey Devil]

18. lol, happened to me

We moved from NJ to NC and the day we moved in we had a new bed delivered and the delivery guys were assembling it. They were apparently asking me things like where do I want the bed placed, etc., but I couldn't understand a word they were saying.

[Heidi]

24. My Swiss husband had the same issue

when we were in the US Upland South a few years ago. He speaks 5+ languages (including English fluently) yet my Okie sister-in-law insisted on pantomiming and very slowing enunciating: “Do you understand anythang we are saying?” Bless her heart.

[Scrivener7]

8. Someone should tell her to have the courtesy to mind her own damn business.

[hlthe2b]

11. Oh, an usher---I thought you meant the performer, Usher...

lol... Well, the usher should apologize to that family... I am so sick of the Trump impacts on even otherwise ordinary events... Maybe this person would have been an a'hole on their own, but I'm betting the anti-immigrant messages constantly being sent by and to MAGA, are at play.

[niyad]

14. That was what I thought as well. The "English only" crowd annoys me on

several levels. First, it isn't the original language of this country (see Indigenous peoples). Second, many different languages were/are spoken by those who came here. Third, in many places, it is expected and understood that an educated person can speak several languages. And, of course, therein lies the rub. The "english only" morans (sp intentional) hate the educated. Fourth, many of these "english only" types can neither speak, read, nor write their language at all well.

I grew up in the military, and I have gone to school with, and worked with people from all over the world, so I am accustomed to hearing many different languages. These little snowflakes need to grow up, and learn some manners.

[hlthe2b]

19. +++

Totally agree.

[phylny]

17. I did too!!!

[niyad]

13. Not signing up for tiktok

[Tetrachloride]

16. ask for her I D

[Xavier Breath]

20. When I read the title I honestly thought this was about the singer Usher.

I was thinking 'I thought he was a big Obama supporter and an okay dude.' Glad I was wrong

[Rebl2]

21. I used

to go to a gal to get my hair cut that occasionally spoke French. She and her family came here from Canada when she was a child. The only time I heard her speak French was when her mother would call the shop. Did I care—nope.

[dalton99a]

22. Brainless Trump cultist

[yardwork]

23. This is laughably ironic.

"Speak English in America" - a name given to two continents in honor of (checks notes) Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer from the 15th century, employed by Spain to conquer new lands for their empire. Spanish has been spoken here for (checks notes) about 600 years.

The British didn't wander into this territory until hundreds of years later, brought by a Dutch venture capital company. New York City was originally New Amsterdam.

As recently as the 19th century there were serious efforts to make German the official language of the United States because so many "Americans" were (and are) of German descent.

Not to mention the many Irish, Italian, Polish, Scandinavian, etc., immigrants, all speaking their own languages.

NOT TO MENTION that we're all descendants of immigrants unless our ancestors were indigenous, and even they came from somewhere else.

And this cretin wants people to speak English? Which type of English?

[democrank]

26. Stupidity in a red, white and blue cape

A perfect Grab-and-Go trigger for ICE

[In It to Win It]

27. Oh... wrong Usher 😬

[bif]

28. "Va fan culo!"

[Vinca]

29. I'd say, "Fine. Fuck you." Wonder if that's English enough for the usher.

[niyad]

37. "How do you say San Diego in English?

[JanMichael]

30. Never liked his music...

[live love laugh]

32. I thought it was Usher the entertainer but it's just an ignorant stadium usher.

[JanMichael]

34. I know I just wanted to make a stupid joke

But that's how I read it originally

[live love laugh]

35. 😂😂

[live love laugh]

31. I just learned some Spanish bad words from Tiktok which come to mind.

I’ll refrain because I already use too many bad words in English.

[Takket]

33. "fuck off. Is that english enough for you?"

[3catwoman3]

36. Have the courtesy to mind your own damn...

…business, ma’am. Insufferable buttinski.

[niyad]

38. I wonder if that clueless moran (sp intentional) has any idea how

many words in her preferred language come from other languages?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

39. "What's your replacement for chocolate and tomato?" Said by me to my ignorant MAGA sibling,

when she spewed her racist English only shit. She didn't have a comeback!