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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:23 AM Original message |
Applicants Without Bilingual Skills Will Not Be Considered.... |
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Kralizec (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Better learn another language then. n/t |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. They want people who speak spanish |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It still is Digit |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Things change. We are becoming a bilingual society. nt |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is America |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The US legally does not have a national language |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. LOL! |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. This was the situation in Miami when I lived there in the |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Been the norm here in California for a while, too... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. Oh yes I remember that initiative |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Since we became part of a 'global economy' |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. We are, to our detriment... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Speaking as a native of the UK, |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Things change. Get used to it. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. It's ridiculous that American schools graduate monolingual students |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. When I graduated HS |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Wow--that's really cool! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. We took a year of Latin too |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Exactement! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. Switzerland has FOUR official languages... |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. When the employer requires it. |
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Kralizec (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. You don't *have* to learn a language to work here. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. when the company in question |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. What kind of job, where, what other language? |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Ich kenne Leute die 3 oder 4 Sprachen beherrschen. Nichts neues. Du bist. |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Se puede aprender! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. you can tell the Mexicans will be flooding in when Walmart puts in a whole |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. somehow I think I should resent that |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. illegal.. undocumented, Mexico is exporting their poverty here to raise |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. my, god |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. the Current Fascist corporatists are using this and the mexicans, this is |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I live in San Diego |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. i suppose the day labor facility did not check to make sure you |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. any job |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. if you are seriously having problems finding *any* job that doesnt |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. that is a racist thing to say.. move out |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. No it is not racist |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. before this vanishes into the well deserved ether |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Many police departments offer extra money for bilingual skills |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I don't want to see discrimination of Americans |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. many police departments also teach those language skils |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. many jobs also require you to have a diploma |
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cire4 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Europeans have to learn 2nd and 3rd languages to be employed... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Oh of that future it coming |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. it will be a hard reality for america to accept, that is for sure. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Not only that |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. people forget |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yo apprendo Espanol ahora. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Quien es ese? Una foto de Bush como bebe? |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. It is time for Americans to start learning other languages... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Why are Americans so determined |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
41. Does Dutch count? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. they ALL count.... I am so jealous of polyglots! |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I tried to learn Spanish and had a hell of a time. Dutch came |
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CatBoreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. My sister is an engineer working in the UK... |
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LuCifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. Well... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. Where I live, the required languages were English and French |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. Where I live, the required languages were English and French |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. That's disappointing, but knowing another language is |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. Does being fluent in profanity count? If so, I'm overqualified. |
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