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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:31 PM Original message |
I am offended by campaign speech in Spanish |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
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Foswia (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I agree, but i didn't say it because i thought i would be moded [nt] |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Deleted message |
Foswia (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Ah. We "republicanos " were against the parent poster. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Edit: my mistake. |
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Foswia (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. ¡Antes que te cases mira lo que haces! |
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Foswia (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. If I can speak spanish why shouldn't i? [nt] |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Relax. Your grandchildren will teach you, and I'm sure you'll |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fear... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. They were just trying to relate w/ the audience...n/t |
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jmaier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. I get offended |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Same here. n/t |
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diamondsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well then none of them were Kucinich. |
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Bill of Rights (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Hungarian and Japanese |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. From a Japanese translator: |
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Shadder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Aah, Engrish! |
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Blitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. It took me about a year as a child |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. *Gets marshmallows to toast over flames* n/t |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Hehe |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. *Passes the bag to bicentennial..* |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. If your born on this side of the border you are by definition an |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Actually |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yep. It's usually considered a form of respect. n/t |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Clark's Spanish is considered excellent |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. I speak Spanish well, but am not a native speaker. |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's a nice acknowledgement of the Spanish speaking community |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Ha! |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. The larger issue is when someone |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Offended? |
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revcarol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. In New Mexico, Spanish and English are both LEGAL languages. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. I'm proud of my ability to speak Spanish. I'm a former English teacher, to |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. Clark speaks spanish because he was commander of the South |
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texasmom (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Clark's daughter-in-law, Astrid, is |
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kixot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Woah, and she's a joy to look at, too. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Dean learned his Spanish |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. I understand by your post that you have an attitude about it |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I'm picking up some vibes, myself. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. The closest I can come is --!fascista! |
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Clark Can WIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
27. Clark speaks four languages |
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TexasPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. wow... if a few paragraphs in spanish bug you |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. So what? |
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Anwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. que? |
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JasonBerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Mario Cuomo |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I've always wished that Mario Cuomo were the candidate |
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Clark Can WIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Don't completely agree with him, but more than I do you. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. English 'official language'??? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Um... in what language are the Declaration of Independence and |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. It doesn't matter what language they are written in. |
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JasonBerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Many states have laws |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The poster claimed that English is the official language of the US |
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JasonBerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Well....surprise |
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NV1962 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. When in Rome |
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NV1962 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. There's a German language version, published that same year - n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. How progressive |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. Better broken Spanish than bush incoherent redneck. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Heh, heh. Good one! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Well, QE, you would have hated NY mayor Fiorello LaGuardia |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. Wrong on all assumptions n/t |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. I am offended by those who are offended by those who |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Is it really any different |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. I've read where Bill Clinton speaks some German |
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sistersofmercy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. Que importa! |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. My great-grandparents spoke no english until age 5 |
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nancyharris (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Miembro del Congreso Dennis Kucinich |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. I say the more languages we speak...the better! |
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ithacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. you are wrong |
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anti-NAFTA (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. Oh no, people are more educated than me |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. American citizens are not required to show proficiency in English! |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I should have said naturalized American citizens |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I had to show Dutch proficiency to become a dual national Dutch/ |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. I would never say that people shouldn't learn English |
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NV1962 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. If that politician aspires to woo Moluccans, specifically... |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Now, THAT would be impressive! :-) |
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NV1962 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. Lost in translation |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Wat een verrassing om Nederlands te zien op DU! |
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NV1962 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. 't Blijft 'n leuke taal... |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. It is different here...university level here was a great deal tougher |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. I know that Teresa Heinz is fluent in Spanish |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
69. Well that shows a lot of tolerance... |
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BruinAlum (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
74. Why would you want to exclude an entire demographic of voters? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. koko ni nihongo wo shaberu hito ga inai no? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 12:10 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. If this is an attempt to bypass the "rules" of posting |
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ithacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 07:18 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. boy you really are paranoid aren't you |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
81. "Offended"? |
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Astarho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-04 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
83. National and linguistic boundries rarely line up |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Com'n Braddahs and Sistahs, mo bettah we all learn a little |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
87. How's the Candidates' Spanish? Hard to Say. - Washington Post |
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