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Lucem Ferre · 12-13-2019, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Spanish is by far the 2nd most spoken language and it's actually a disservice to English speaking Americans to not know it

"350 languages" is a pretty goofy argument

simply knowing Spanish nets my roommate a good enough job to actually own the house we live in

The USA has the second most Spanish speaking people in the world.

Neapolitan · 12-13-2019, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

The USA has the second most Spanish speaking people in the world.

57% are bilingual. So you believe you should learn Spanish so you can speak to someone who is bilingual and can understand you in English, but probably couldn't understand you while you struggle to speak Spanish.

~~jwb~~ · 12-13-2019, 05:20 PM

I often prefer interacting with people who don't speak English when it is someone I don't need to have extensive dialogue with.

I had a coworker who was some short old asian guy who barely spoke English.

We mostly worked in silence. Occasionally one of us would try to strike up small talk with the other, but his English was limited.

I asked him one time what country he's from. He said Vietnam. I asked what did he used to do in Vietnam. He said he was a soldier.

Then we went back to awkward silence.

Lucem Ferre · 12-13-2019, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

presumably you'd be wanting to talk to the other 43%

That's a very large number of people who don't speak English.

The Batlord · 12-13-2019, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

I often prefer interacting with people who don't speak English when it is someone I don't need to have extensive dialogue with.

I had a coworker who was some short old asian guy who barely spoke English.

We mostly worked in silence. Occasionally one of us would try to strike up small talk with the other, but his English was limited.

I asked him one time what country he's from. He said Vietnam. I asked what did he used to do in Vietnam. He said he was a soldier.

Then we went back to awkward silence.

Was he old enough to have killed GIs?

~~jwb~~ · 12-13-2019, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Was he old enough to have killed GIs?

Looked plenty old to me I reckon mhmm

/slingblade retard

The Batlord · 12-16-2019, 08:10 AM

People only hate ketchup on steak because they were told to as children by male family members.

OccultHawk · 12-16-2019, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

People only hate ketchup on steak because they were told to as children by male family members.

Probably true

But I sure as hell ain’t ****ing up a good steak now that I knows

grindy · 12-16-2019, 08:13 AM

I generally hate ketchup.

YorkeDaddy · 12-16-2019, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

I generally hate ketchup.

Are there any exceptions?

12-16-2019, 08:13 AM	#1159 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	I generally hate ketchup. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

12-13-2019, 05:20 PM	#1153 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I often prefer interacting with people who don't speak English when it is someone I don't need to have extensive dialogue with. I had a coworker who was some short old asian guy who barely spoke English. We mostly worked in silence. Occasionally one of us would try to strike up small talk with the other, but his English was limited. I asked him one time what country he's from. He said Vietnam. I asked what did he used to do in Vietnam. He said he was a soldier. Then we went back to awkward silence.