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arch13 · 09-22-2005, 11:11 AM

As a Miamian, I'm going to start out with your comment about speaking English.
Spanish is on track to be the most spoken language on the planet by the end of the 21st century. If you are in Florida especially, you should know this.

If you do not speak spanish, you should be learning it. English is not going to remain the dominant language forever.
I fail to see a problem with this. Populations change and customs change. Nothing is stagnant. No one ever promised that we would always speak english as primary communication. Americans tend to be far more ignorant as to the reality that we are not the majority of the world. Citizens of many other countries are multi-lingual. We should be to if we want to compete in modern business. There will come a time when only speaking english will be a point against you while job seeking.

Look to the EU or most developing countries to understand that other populations see the importance of being multi-lingual in buisness and communication.

Additionally, you have a spot of ignorance that needs to be corrected.
HIspanics are not coming into the US. Now Cubans, Hondurans, etc are coming into the US.
These are seperate countries you are speaking about. Lumping them into one pile based on what they speak is to not being aware of this.
Someone from Cuba and Someone from Honduras come to this country for very different reasons, much as an Irishman and a Britishmen came here for different reasons having to do with the states of their native land.

Every current population identity is always afraid they are going to be wiped out by an incoming populations identity. Your reactions are no different. The British feared the Irish who feared the Italians and so on.
You need to understand that you must adapt. There is no status qou.

I'm interested to see your reactions to what I have said, and hope that you will elaborate in more detail how you came to your mindset.

09-22-2005, 11:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	As a Miamian, I'm going to start out with your comment about speaking English. Spanish is on track to be the most spoken language on the planet by the end of the 21st century. If you are in Florida especially, you should know this. If you do not speak spanish, you should be learning it. English is not going to remain the dominant language forever. I fail to see a problem with this. Populations change and customs change. Nothing is stagnant. No one ever promised that we would always speak english as primary communication. Americans tend to be far more ignorant as to the reality that we are not the majority of the world. Citizens of many other countries are multi-lingual. We should be to if we want to compete in modern business. There will come a time when only speaking english will be a point against you while job seeking. Look to the EU or most developing countries to understand that other populations see the importance of being multi-lingual in buisness and communication. Additionally, you have a spot of ignorance that needs to be corrected. HIspanics are not coming into the US. Now Cubans, Hondurans, etc are coming into the US. These are seperate countries you are speaking about. Lumping them into one pile based on what they speak is to not being aware of this. Someone from Cuba and Someone from Honduras come to this country for very different reasons, much as an Irishman and a Britishmen came here for different reasons having to do with the states of their native land. Every current population identity is always afraid they are going to be wiped out by an incoming populations identity. Your reactions are no different. The British feared the Irish who feared the Italians and so on. You need to understand that you must adapt. There is no status qou. I'm interested to see your reactions to what I have said, and hope that you will elaborate in more detail how you came to your mindset. __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever Last edited by arch13; 09-22-2005 at 12:46 PM..