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AMERICANS Does it bother you when foreigners speak another language around you?
. [This message was edited Fri Jun 6 14:15:10 PDT 2003 by PERSIA] “A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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No...not really.
Unless, of course, if while they're talking they stop, look at me and laugh then I have to make the vain and paranoid assumption that they're talking about me. other than that I just don't give a shit. 
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no. in fact, here in minneapolis you can hear spanish, somali, dutch, polish and sometimes french all in one single walk down nicollet mall. (if you time your walk right, that is). | |
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TheResistor said: No...not really.
Unless, of course, if while they're talking they stop, look at me and laugh then I have to make the vain and paranoid assumption that they're talking about me. other than that I just don't give a shit.  that makes sense.“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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XxAxX said: no. in fact, here in minneapolis you can hear spanish, somali, dutch, polish and sometimes french all in one single walk down nicollet mall. (if you time your walk right, that is).
 minneapolis is a bit of a melting pot I take it“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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Not really. I respect others and there languages. That is what makes the human race so beautifull!!!
What I don't like is when they look at you like your stupid cause you don't know what they are saying... Hello!!! You came to America...learn english!!! I would never move somewhere and expect them to learn my language for me.  | |
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depends if they're laughing and glancing -------------------------------------------------
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IT BOTHER POOK WHEN PEOPLE ASSUME ALL AMERICAN PREJUDICED PS WRONG FORUM P o o |/, P o o |\ | |
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POOK said: IT BOTHER POOK WHEN PEOPLE ASSUME ALL AMERICAN PREJUDICED PS WRONG FORUM wow an unprejudiced American monkey. hello POOK,  but it's a general question, not politcal or religious“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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PERSIA said: XxAxX said: no. in fact, here in minneapolis you can hear spanish, somali, dutch, polish and sometimes french all in one single walk down nicollet mall. (if you time your walk right, that is).
minneapolis is a bit of a melting pot I take itit is! you can hear the hmong language too, if you visit on a thursday for the farmers' market. | |
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XxAxX said: PERSIA said: XxAxX said: no. in fact, here in minneapolis you can hear spanish, somali, dutch, polish and sometimes french all in one single walk down nicollet mall. (if you time your walk right, that is).
minneapolis is a bit of a melting pot I take itit is! you can hear the hmong language too, if you visit on a thursday for the farmers' market. I've been meaning to learn hmong - we have quite a few here and I think they're great people. There aren't too many hmong language cd-roms on the shelves though (business venture for some smart person) | |
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i took some hmong classes, it was cool. but, it's a tonal language which makes it. . harder. so, i'm working on spanish now. it's handy in some places | |
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XxAxX said: i took some hmong classes, it was cool. but, it's a tonal language which makes it. . harder. so, i'm working on spanish now. it's handy in some places
 what nationality are people that speak hmong?“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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XxAxX said: no. in fact, here in minneapolis you can hear spanish, somali, dutch, polish and sometimes french all in one single walk down nicollet mall. (if you time your walk right, that is).
yup! it's pretty cool  | |
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Am I the only one who will say yes it bothers me? I don't know if they're talking shit about me or what. I think it's rude. I speak Japanese and if I was in Japan and around people who didn't know English, I wouldn't speakinf English to a friend "just because" unless they knew absolutely no Japanese. It's just rude | |
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What if you only knew how to speak in English and you and a friend went to France. What would you two speak then? [This message was edited Sat Jun 7 2:57:03 PDT 2003 by PERSIA] “A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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TheResistor said: No...not really.
Unless, of course, if while they're talking they stop, look at me and laugh then I have to make the vain and paranoid assumption that they're talking about me. other than that I just don't give a shit. I second that | |
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PERSIA said: What if you only English and you and a friend went to France. What would you two speak then?
I wouldn't go to France without trying to learn the language first or learinig it when I got there | |
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Janfriend said: Am I the only one who will say yes it bothers me? I don't know if they're talking shit about me or what. I think it's rude. I speak Japanese and if I was in Japan and around people who didn't know English, I wouldn't speakinf English to a friend "just because" unless they knew absolutely no Japanese. It's just rude
i agree with this, i speak both french and english as my first languages. When i'm with and english friend around french people we always speak in french, even if it's wierd for us to speak together in a language we don't usually speak to eachother with. i don't like to be sitting with people who are saying things i don't understand so i don't do it to others. i also think its rude, its as if you are purposly excluding someone from the conversation. however if you're just talking about people in the street or at the table next you, etc... i don't mind at all. i even find it quite nice to hear. | |
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Alice said: Janfriend said: Am I the only one who will say yes it bothers me? I don't know if they're talking shit about me or what. I think it's rude. I speak Japanese and if I was in Japan and around people who didn't know English, I wouldn't speakinf English to a friend "just because" unless they knew absolutely no Japanese. It's just rude
i agree with this, i speak both french and english as my first languages. When i'm with and english friend around french people we always speak in french, even if it's wierd for us to speak together in a language we don't usually speak to eachother with. i don't like to be sitting with people who are saying things i don't understand so i don't do it to others. i also think its rude, its as if you are purposly excluding someone from the conversation. however if you're just talking about people in the street or at the table next you, etc... i don't mind at all. i even find it quite nice to hear.  That's very interesting. I guess could see how some folks think it's rude.“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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PERSIA said: XxAxX said: i took some hmong classes, it was cool. but, it's a tonal language which makes it. . harder. so, i'm working on spanish now. it's handy in some places
what nationality are people that speak hmong?They are from Northern Laos mainly. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: PERSIA said: XxAxX said: i took some hmong classes, it was cool. but, it's a tonal language which makes it. . harder. so, i'm working on spanish now. it's handy in some places
what nationality are people that speak hmong?They are from Northern Laos mainly. I never knew.“A poor man waited a thousand years before the gate of paradise. And, while he snatched a little sleep, it opened and shut.” | |
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