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Old 05-18-2009, 10:29 AM   #81 (permalink)
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You mean Scottish Gaelic?
No lol I was just taking the piss, a lot of people do it up here instead of saying they speak english lol.
I cant speak Gaelic, used to know someone who did though.
Same when it comes to nationality I always put Scottish on the forms instead of British.
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Old 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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Old 05-18-2009, 11:07 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Thanks for backing me up on this one. The kids so full of himself he projects his definitions onto other countries and cultures entierly. Drives me ****ing bonkers.

One again, Adidasss goes off on another "I know better than America" tirade and we're all supposed to tell him he's intelligent. I can't imagine where his entitlement comes from.
Uuuu...we're addressing me as if I'm not here and using the full username, I must've pushed the right button...

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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Old 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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Old 05-18-2009, 11:29 AM   #85 (permalink)
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I am french, so my mothertongue is french.

Then i can speak medium english skills and a little bit of german
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Old 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.
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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.
your cousin doesn't know how to speak German.
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yeah isn't it halt? I mean you don't even need a class for that.
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Old 05-18-2009, 11:40 AM   #89 (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?
I wouldn't have minded had you said your grandfather was Spanish and left it at that. But you went on speaking in a manner which infers you actually feel Spanish, a part of that ethnicity, and you're not, which is why I took issue with it. Apart from a surname, you have nothing to tie you with it, after all, the other 3/4 of your genes are English/American/Whatever.

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As Janzsoon was suggesting, no one made the mistake of thinking I was from Spain myself.
I didn't think you were from Spain either, I could have concluded you were of a Spanish ethnicity had your parents been Spanish, but they're not.

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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?
No I wouldn't, I'd say he's ethnically half-Spanish, culturally full American, just like you would've been.

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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.
I am a lazy fucker, have I ever disputed that? However, this is an international forum so I just assume we're all speaking in a manner which is understandable to all.

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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.
That's ok, logic was never on your side...

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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."
Yeah, again, your only tie to Spain is a surname. I have a French surname, does that entitle me to calling myself French?

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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.
Well now you know and should act accordingly. Glad we got that sorted.
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Old 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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