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05-18-2009, 10:29 AM | #81 (permalink) |
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No lol I was just taking the piss, a lot of people do it up here instead of saying they speak english lol.
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05-18-2009, 10:35 AM | #82 (permalink) |
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besides English, I can speak a bit of German and Spanish, but I'm not fluent
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05-18-2009, 11:07 AM | #83 (permalink) | |
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I wasn't using my definition, I believe it's a standard everywhere, apart from America apparently. I'd say that makes you a tad self-absorbed, as usual, and a little silly in your desperation to reconnect to the "old world" or find something to belong to. No one outside of America would claim they were Spanish if only their grandfather was, especially if it's clear they have absolutely no cultural ties to Spain. So yeah, once again, you're not Spanish so stop telling people you are. You are a white, middle class American, deal. Oh I'm fully aware of my intellectual capabilities and don't need others to confirm or deny them, thanks...
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05-18-2009, 11:19 AM | #84 (permalink) |
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yeah see this is what I mean. Its an arrogance thats unprecendented. You expect me to know what other people would understand when i say "spanish" and respond according to that?
As Janzsoon was suggesting, no one made the mistake of thinking I was from Spain myself. I'd also like to point this out too, since my father grew up learning spanish until his father left, would I be less spanish if my father came from spain and up and left, leaving my cultureless? Would you call my father spanish? What American's do is their own business, and I'm still not understanding why you feel is necessary to bash them for a culture they came up around? I'm sure they'd think you're a lazy **** for getting to your 20's without doing any actual work in your lifetime, but thats their problem, not yours. No ones doubting your intelligence, we're just wondering about your social graces. I'm called self-absorbed because whats culturally understood here, isn't there. I'm not sure the logic fits. As I said previously in this thread, I receive mail, written in Spanish, other spanish people here ask me if I speak it when they see my last name. Hell I got a text message a week before mothers day asking if I wanted to send my mother a ringtone, the song was something like "Amore'd de Madre." People here think I'm spanish. Seeing as I was speaking to someone who comes from MA, I saw no reason why I should alter my response to fit your delicate cultural sensibilities.
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05-18-2009, 11:32 AM | #86 (permalink) |
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Stopien die auto - stop the car
Ich bin ruhig. - i am calm when my cousin went to Germany she said these 2 phrases a lot, mostly the second one. |
05-18-2009, 11:40 AM | #88 (permalink) |
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yeah isn't it halt? I mean you don't even need a class for that.
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05-18-2009, 11:42 AM | #90 (permalink) |
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No one would assume your French because your country is poor and you can't get EU access.
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