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| considering english is our national language should we be offering "alternate" choices on atm's and voicemail and things? (specifically spanish) |
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| needanick99 |
 Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:35 pm
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| estrella wrote: |
God forbid anyone have to push an extra button. What does that take? Like half a second? |
1/2 a second over how many transactions a year? how many in your lifetime?
it *does* add up.  |
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| kristina |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:36 pm
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| needanick99 wrote: | | estrella wrote: | | Quote: | | it's spanish and i want to know why. |
Because in America the most commonly spoken language beside English is Spanish. Duh. |
if they *do* decide to remove 11 million illegal immigrants, it might not be any more.
this is twisted humor and not meant to be snide.
actually i wonder if there's ever been a poll to prove this.
when i was growing up you chose a language to learn, now i'm told my friends kids were *told* that they're learning spanish in school, and that's it.
this disturbs me on many levels, eventually i will have children too.
this still also doesn't address the problem of why spanish speaking immigrants or whatever they are being called don't have to learn english. |
needanick, dont you think it is a good and educational thing for your children to learn other languages? i do. i mean i guess i wouldnt want to be forced to learn something i dont want to learn, but it is a real quality to be bilingual. |
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| estrella |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:37 pm
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| needanick99 wrote: | | estrella wrote: |
God forbid anyone have to push an extra button. What does that take? Like half a second? |
1/2 a second over how many transactions a year? how many in your lifetime?
it *does* add up. |
So does posting this.
Posted Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:42 pm:
I'm all about the law and doing whats right for this country but targeting primarily Spanish speaking people simply because Spanish is the language they feel most comfortable using, is intolerant. I guarantee that most of the people who use ATM in Spanish, speak English as well.
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| needanick99 |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:43 pm
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| kristina wrote: | | needanick, dont you think it is a good and educational thing for your children to learn other languages? i do. i mean i guess i wouldnt want to be forced to learn something i dont want to learn, but it is a real quality to be bilingual. |
i'm not against it, but around here their choices were taken away. my brother did latin, my SIL did french all the way into college, and actually i did spanish in school TBH.
you aren't offered the choice in the schools around here anymore tho. you have to learn spanish.  |
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| estrella |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:45 pm
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| Hire a tutor. |
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| kristina |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:45 pm
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oh, well when i was in school it was an elective which meant optional, like you chose between french, spanish, band, choir, etc.
holy --I have a Potty Mouth-- i just got bit by a freaking miosquito, geex its been warm 3 days and they are out to get me ahhhhhhhhhhZ!!!!!!!! |
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| merlinmom |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:46 pm
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| needanick99 wrote: | | estrella wrote: |
God forbid anyone have to push an extra button. What does that take? Like half a second? |
1/2 a second over how many transactions a year? how many in your lifetime?
it *does* add up. |
So does waiting in line, or being on hold on the phone. Just gives me more time to plot my plan to take over the world!!!   |
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| needanick99 |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:47 pm
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actually, supporting a reverse descrimination is intolerant.
if they're going to include one extra language they should include them all. |
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| estrella |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:51 pm
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| That's ridiculous and if you cant see why I'm not going to bother explaining it. |
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| northerngirl |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:57 pm
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| Actualy the USA doesn't have an official language, just learned about it this morning on the news. |
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| keem |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:03 pm
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Even though I would have rather learned a different language in elementary and middle school, I was required to learn Spanish. But those 5 years of Spanish have helped me a lot more than my 4 years of German in high school, where I was actually able to make a choice of languages.
There are many Spanish speaking people in this area, and thanks to my Spanish classes I had no trouble communicating with them when my family had a yard sale a few years ago. It doesn't bother me at all that I run into Spanish options and translations of things in my everyday life. It helps me practice my Spanish.
In a perfect world, people would have a chioce of what language they wanted to learn in school beginning as early as possible. However, that's not possible. Many schools are having to cut programs because of a lack of funding. They can hardly add more language options. And because of the large Spanish speaking population of America, it makes sense that Spanish is the language that is required in so many schools. |
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| oneeyedpeke |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:32 pm
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| needanick99 wrote: | actually, supporting a reverse descrimination is intolerant.
if they're going to include one extra language they should include them all. |
The atm's in my neighborhood have 10 different languages to choose from, but go to English if you don't choose an alternative. |
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| swaimp |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:48 pm
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sarcasm alert here for those who are sarcasm detection challenged...
why do we have to have those braille things on the ATMs...I mean, if you are talking percentages surely more people utilize the spanish option than the braille option...how much do you suppose it costs to put those everywhere...it must add up...
...okay, sarcasm done... |
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| estrella |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:51 pm
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| swaimp |
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:51 pm
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| estrella wrote: | | My grandmothers is Hispanic and even though she was born and raised in America, Spanish is her primary language. She speaks perfect English but its easier for her to understand complex ideas more efficiently in Spanish. English is my primary language, though I speak and understand Spanish to an extent that most would consider fluent, I know personally that even though I know Spanish fairly well, I understand things far more quickly in English. |
You have said so well what I have been trying to find a way to articulate...I probably would have done better if I was thinking in Spanish... |
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