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Response to DrDan (Reply #17)

Sun May 21, 2017, 12:35 PM

left-of-center2012 (34,195 posts)

28. Agreed

I have several Muslim friends who came to the US as adults and were fluent in English before coming here.

Because (I think) many Americans only speak English, many think foreigners only speak their native language.

Of course, I may be wrong.
I was wrong once before in my 70 years.

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28 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump Boring People To Sleep! In spite of what MSM says-They weren't too impressed with the Dumpster [View all]	kpete	May 2017	OP
OMG That's HILARIOUS!!	onecent	May 2017	#1
hahahahahahahahaha!	luvMIdog	May 2017	#2
I don't see headphones on them - without a translation to listen to, I would imagine it	DrDan	May 2017	#3
Are you assuming they don't speak English? nt	DURHAM D	May 2017	#4
yes	DrDan	May 2017	#5
Why?	DURHAM D	May 2017	#6
are you assuming they speak English well enough to follow the speech without a translator?	DrDan	May 2017	#8
Yes and it put them to sleep.	DURHAM D	May 2017	#10
why would you make that assumption?	DrDan	May 2017	#11
Have you traveled out of the US much? nt	DURHAM D	May 2017	#12
I have lived and worked out of the US for 10 years - to include 4 in Riyadh	DrDan	May 2017	#13
In that room of diplomats and foreign service members	DURHAM D	May 2017	#15
so those wearing headphones are making a fashion statement	DrDan	May 2017	#19
almost every child outside of the US gets English as a foreign language	grantcart	May 2017	#25
I am sure they speak it better than Trump does at any rate.	smirkymonkey	May 2017	#20
of course they do.	drray23	May 2017	#14
Thank you. nt	DURHAM D	May 2017	#16
I doubt those with eyes closed are Saudi - but yes I agree, most upper-class Saudis have been	DrDan	May 2017	#17
Wilbur Ross?	Thinkingabout	May 2017	#23
yes - he is probably not Saudi	DrDan	May 2017	#26
Agreed	left-of-center2012	May 2017	#28
Even among the "middle class", many went to college in the U.S.	dalton99a	May 2017	#27
No no they aren't asleep they just had to close their eyes an contemplate	underpants	May 2017	#7
They are thinking "I didn't lnow that you could stack it that high."	CentralMass	May 2017	#18
Touche!	smirkymonkey	May 2017	#21
Awesome.	dalton99a	May 2017	#9
Sec. Ross dreaming of getting his walking papers on returning to the U.S.	oasis	May 2017	#22
Trump lullaby	Thinkingabout	May 2017	#24

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