I get really ticked off when I hear that. If you want to live in America fine, become a citizen and speak the language. Speak you other language at home.
2007-11-16 13:27:49 · 10 answers · asked by Fancy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
darcy, it is people like you who really need to get a life, you must be UN-American
2007-11-16 14:28:35 · update #1
I am much like the Late Great Cowboy/Soldier movieactor John"DUKE" Wayne once said "Just who the hell is telling me to press one for english".
2007-11-16 14:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by reddcobalt07 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes because there should be a solution to this problem: upon asking you to say a predetermined sentence there should be some sort of program (or person) which determines which language you are speaking and then you should either be connected with a person, or a computer (as has become the norm) which will speak your language. If nothing else, it creates more jobs.
2007-11-16 13:40:55 · answer #2 · answered by April S 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason you hear "Press 2 for English" in other countries.
2016-05-23 22:15:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't bother me at all to have an option to choose a language. What does get me ticked off is when I call a company and get a computer, not a person. I don't want to press 1, I want to talk with a human.
2007-11-16 13:34:22 · answer #4 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
The United States has no official language. In those parts of the country (like Texas) where speakers of Spanish outnumber speakers of English, the phone should probably say "For English, press 2". And for millions of Americans who speak Spanish as their first language, the United States IS home.
2007-11-16 13:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Yep, also "Para espannol emprime 2" Variety is the spice of life. I like to speak with real human voices, not computer ones. I think that is most people's pet peeve.
2007-11-16 13:48:42 · answer #6 · answered by hmmmm 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes, a lot of us do. I think it is rude of foreigners to expect people in the US to accommodate them. Worse, it shows the contempt our politicians have for us.
This is to encourage illegal immigration, along with failing to enforce the laws that control our border. It all goes along with the North American Union, the merging of the US with Canada and Mexico. The North American Union would follow the same idea as the European Union.
The Administration has denied that idea of the NAU, but it is operating under the Security and Prosperity Partnership with those two nations, and being funded under NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement). NAFTA was instrumental in shipping our remaining manufacturing jobs to Mexico (after the majority went to China). Americans were supposed to be happy working for less money in the service industry. Now, corporations can get illegal immigrants from Mexico to work cheaper than Americans. This is illegal, of course, but don't look to the federal government to enforce these laws.
2007-11-16 13:38:04 · answer #7 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 5⤊ 5⤋
not really... we live in a world where there are many different languages, so i guess we can't avoid it.
(btw)
everyone has the right to speak there own language in what ever country that they are in.
2007-11-16 13:39:20 · answer #8 · answered by xcookiegurlx 2 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I agree whole heartedly. How about press 1 for English or 2 to be disconnected.
2007-11-16 13:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by ziggy_brat 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
umm no it doesn't bother me at all. i think it's better if people are bilingual, they don't necessiraly have to live in their own home to speak their native language, thats just stupid and a bit racist.
2007-11-16 13:35:55 · answer #10 · answered by Stephi♡ 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋