Are you tired of hearing SPANISH when you are In public places?

Question

Do you often here LOUD conversations In SPANISH on cellphones while your In PUBLIC PLACES?

Press 1 for english,press 2 for spanish?

No Pagen you have It wrong .... read this link and think about WHAT YOU ARE REALLY SAYING... http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_roosevelt_on_immigrants.htm

The one thing that "BONDS" a country Is It's COMMON LANGUAGE. Bi-cutural and muti-linguistic societies are doomed to fail,and create animosity among the different cultures. SEE "Fall of the ROMAN EMPIRE"... The United States Is becoming a multicultural mess...

Cara,I wish others here would read what you say,and take some of It to heart.... You should be proud of your parents,they have my respect.

You too Kitty...

Answer 1

My mom is from Mexico and NEVER speaks Spanish in public ever - even in private she hardly does. She married my father ( who she is still married to ) and moved here 45 years ago . My dad is from the US and about as white as you can get. My mom never taught us Spanish because, as she says, we live in the US and you speak the language of the country - English! She speaks perfect English - the schooling she had included English lessons every year kindergarten thru high school and even then she was concerned about her ever so slight accent when she came here. She says in Mexico you better speak Spanish because no one will accomodate otherwise - she is amazed that here it is the opposite. Before she became a voting citizen ( different / more than a legal citizen ) she bought a million books about the history of our country and all the wars - revolutionary, WW 1 & 2, etc. so she could make an informed decision when voting. Just know that all immigrants aren't all the same. Some do love and are very respectful of the USA :)

Answer 2

I am tired of hearing Spanish everywhere I go. I cannot stand to go to the restaurants and be waited on by someone who is speaking Spanish. The majority of all legal citizens do speak English and I think that we should hear it in public places. My employees used to speak Spanish in front of the customers and they would say very rude and mean things. They thought this was funny. I think it is very rude of them. Most the time they speak Spanish thinking we are all stupid and can't understand them. They are so wrong. The long history of the legal immigrants of this country have accepted English. I think we should make it the official language and put and end to the debate. Travel the world and you will find that the most common language is English..not Spanish or Spanglish.

Answer 3

SOOOOOO TIRED! I also think it's insulting to have to press 1 for English! This is America - we speak English here!

My main issue is that they expect us to understand and speak Spanish (e.g., MixedGurl). They can do whatever the heck they want but don't expect me to have to learn another language to suit them.

Sometimes when my husband & I are walking by some people talking in Spannish, he will start up a conversation in French. I will nod my head or say a few words since I don't speak French - I can say grapefruit but that doesn't get me very far.

What's funny is the Hispanic group will look over at us and are very upset like we are being rude and insulting to them.

Answer 4

This comes from insecurity. Try learning a few words in Spanish to help you become more secure. It's really a beautiful language. Also, you could look up cultural relativism and even social stratification to help you become more aware of the statements that you are making. Would you get tired of people using sign language around you?

Answer 5

why do you care what language someone uses on the phone, maybe they do speak english but the person on the other end might not. it is none of your business. my wife speaks both english and spanish and so does my son, they speak spanish to someone who understands spanish and english to someone who understands english. it is not rude to speak in a language that is more comfortable, but this is deeper than your problem with their manners, you just don't care for hispanic or latino people. you should not beat around the bush with your comments just come out and say what you really feel, after all you do have freedom of speech in this country. and it does not matter what language you use to exercise this right.

Answer 6

Spanish has been spoken in cities with names like Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Paso Robles, and Rancho Santa Marguerita for a long time.

Answer 7

Please be honest with yourself. It's not the fact that the conversations are LOUD that annoys you, it is the fact that they are in SPANISH.

My wife and I live in Taiwan. We can speak enough Chinese to sustain a conversation about day-to-day activities, but we prefer to speak English to each other--on our cell phones too. We will NOT switch to Chinese, just because there are people around. We prefer to express ourselves fluently, using the precise words that convey exactly what we mean to say. We need to use our own language in order to be able to do that.

Think about what you are saying. Do you really expect people not to speak in their own language just because they notice that you are there?

Who do you think you are?

I would like to add to my answer. We are from Canada, where an identical argument (USA English/Spanish) has come up in the past about French.

If you go into a store in Ottawa our capital city, which is in Ontario a predominantly English-speaking province, the clerk will probably speak to you in French. If you phone a government office in central Canada, probably the person on the phone will have a French accent.

In my country, we have gone beyond the bitterness and the disdain (and the HATRED) and the animosity. Canada proved itself to be what we always claimed to be--a diverse and multicultural nation, respectful of all people regardless of origin or race or language or religion.

We fought our way through it. So can you Americans, if you just think about what your country believes in and stands for.

America shares our national values about tolerance and diversity. ManyYahoo answers, like you, seem determined to flaunt the very things your nation represents in the eyes of the world.

Answer 8

Being in the U.S. means I could speak any language I wanted in public. Only, in order to function here, one should learn the language just as I would do if I were to live elsewhere. I'm learning Croatian - so I can talk to my mother-in-law and so I can help my daughter become bi-lingual.

It is law that one has to learn English - it IS our official language - which usurped French as the language of diplomacy, in order to be a naturalized citizen here. A couple of my friends do the interviews. Better know it if you're going to see them!

One thing this country seems to have forgotten is that it is comprised mainly of people or people's families who came from elsewhere.

Answer 9

I try not to listen to other people's conversations no matter what language it is in.

Talk about nosy listening to other people's conversations.

If they are not at work who cares what language people speak in their private lives.

I am a native Spanish speaker my husband is a native Italian speaker. At home or when we are not at work we speak our native languages, however when we are with our English speaking friends we do not talk in our native language(s) out of respect. However we enjoy being able to speak English, Spanish and Italian fluently.

Loud people on cell phones are just rude does not matter what language it is.

Answer 10

I agree 100% with what ♥Cara♥ said!!! My grandmother is here legally from Germany and I have never heard her once speak in German. She never even taught German to my dad because like ♥Cara♥ said, we are in America. I personally can't stand to hear Spanish. Sorry to say, but if my grandmother could learn to speak English, so can everyone else.