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Lucem Ferre 12-13-2019 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2094870)
Spanish is by far the 2nd most spoken language and it's actually a disservice to English speaking Americans to not know it

"350 languages" is a pretty goofy argument

simply knowing Spanish nets my roommate a good enough job to actually own the house we live in

The USA has the second most Spanish speaking people in the world.

Neapolitan 12-13-2019 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2094881)
The USA has the second most Spanish speaking people in the world.

57% are bilingual. So you believe you should learn Spanish so you can speak to someone who is bilingual and can understand you in English, but probably couldn't understand you while you struggle to speak Spanish.

jwb 12-13-2019 05:20 PM

I often prefer interacting with people who don't speak English when it is someone I don't need to have extensive dialogue with.

I had a coworker who was some short old asian guy who barely spoke English.

We mostly worked in silence. Occasionally one of us would try to strike up small talk with the other, but his English was limited.

I asked him one time what country he's from. He said Vietnam. I asked what did he used to do in Vietnam. He said he was a soldier.

Then we went back to awkward silence.

Lucem Ferre 12-13-2019 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2094895)
presumably you'd be wanting to talk to the other 43%

That's a very large number of people who don't speak English.

The Batlord 12-13-2019 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2094897)
I often prefer interacting with people who don't speak English when it is someone I don't need to have extensive dialogue with.

I had a coworker who was some short old asian guy who barely spoke English.

We mostly worked in silence. Occasionally one of us would try to strike up small talk with the other, but his English was limited.

I asked him one time what country he's from. He said Vietnam. I asked what did he used to do in Vietnam. He said he was a soldier.

Then we went back to awkward silence.

Was he old enough to have killed GIs?

jwb 12-13-2019 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2094901)
Was he old enough to have killed GIs?

Looked plenty old to me I reckon mhmm

/slingblade retard

The Batlord 12-16-2019 08:10 AM

People only hate ketchup on steak because they were told to as children by male family members.

OccultHawk 12-16-2019 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2095455)
People only hate ketchup on steak because they were told to as children by male family members.

Probably true

But I sure as hell ain’t ****ing up a good steak now that I knows

grindy 12-16-2019 08:13 AM

I generally hate ketchup.

YorkeDaddy 12-16-2019 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy (Post 2095458)
I generally hate ketchup.

Are there any exceptions?


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