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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP's Spanish-language Twitter Outreach to Hispanics has slight problem, can you spot it?
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GOP's Spanish-language Twitter Outreach to Hispanics has slight problem, can you spot it? (Original Post)
Katashi_itto
Mar 2013
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If I'm not mistaken, their Spanish language outreach is written in English. n/t
Ian David
Mar 2013
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ZRT2209
(1,357 posts)1. I can't read that - I don't speak Spanish
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)2. Epic fail!
tEh stoopid - it hurted me. Ouch!
Ian David
(69,059 posts)3. If I'm not mistaken, their Spanish language outreach is written in English. n/t
matt819
(10,749 posts)4. We will reach out to Hispanics
As long as they only speak English.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. I was expecting bad Spanish not English.
Chuckle
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)6. You surely don't expect @GOPespanol to actually use Spanish?
Looks to me like some of them need to learn English themselves.
tblue
(16,350 posts)7. At least they didn't use Spanglish:
We willa talko to collegeo studentos. Buenos naches. Como estas? Muy bien gracias y tu. Donde esta la cabesa? Yo no soy marinero. Soy capitan soy capitan. Burrito ranchero conquistadors. De nada. Muchacho caliente y los ninos de la casa. Buenos dias. Que pasa?
Botany
(70,524 posts)8. yo no entiendo
guardian
(2,282 posts)9. Given the source, I was expecting
!Limpia bien el baño! or !Corte el césped y barra las hojas!
tanyev
(42,578 posts)10. At least they didn't type it in all caps with spaces between every letter.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)11. Republicans will outreach to the hearing impaired next.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)12. Message: "It is O.K. to vote for us, but no way in hell will we speak your stupid language."
You know, that other European-imposed language they were forced to speak for centuries.