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Topic: English anyone?
talldub Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 2629	Sun 03/29/09 04:12 PM
English is my primary language but I also speak Irish (Gaelic) and French. Marry me now? MahanMahan, apology duly accepted! Don't you be sad now!! Sorry I did not respond promptly enough, but I completely forgot this little "tussle" had even happened (until now, obviously!)! You make logical points and moreover you are forgiven, thank you so mucheeet! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...! YEEET! Little poos on cement Let's keep this on topic, too, please. More language-talk, less...whatever! Please?! Spanish, as I said, has always intrigued me, but I've sort of lost any progress with learning it, sadly! I will always love English, though, and will likely continue studying its many idiosyncrasies all my life! Sorry, as good looking a racoon as you are i don't do inter species dating!

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 04:14 PM
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Christinacospgs Joined Sun 04/27/08 Posts: 6376	Sun 03/29/09 04:15 PM
I think Z needs some food again..I better go to the store.

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 04:15 PM Edited by ZPicante on Sun 03/29/09 04:16 PM
Wow. A thread whining about spelling and grammar actually made it 7 pages? Usually they're deleted early on. That's not what the topic is about; read the first page if you are confused, your majesty!

moofooga Joined Thu 01/31/08 Posts: 25515	Sun 03/29/09 04:21 PM
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singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sun 03/29/09 04:24 PM
Is English everyone's "first language" here? Just curious! if it isn't ,it should be this is America,if you don't speak English...go back from where you came be seeing you You do know that the United States doesn't have an official language, don't you?

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sun 03/29/09 04:24 PM
Wow. A thread whining about spelling and grammar actually made it 7 pages? Usually they're deleted early on. That's not what the topic is about; read the first page if you are confused, your majesty! I did read the first page. I saw you correcting people's spelling! Whatever makes you happy, though!

Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Sun 03/29/09 04:24 PM
No hablo engles

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 05:45 PM Edited by ZPicante on Sun 03/29/09 05:46 PM
It sure beats witnessing a raccoon speaking Swedish, though. Brings paws demurely to mouth Yowt? I did read the first page. I saw you correcting people's spelling! Whatever makes you happy, though! Right, I meant the first post. Whatever direction topics go is another matter! Just trying to promote literacy, as I said! Oh well!! That said... No hablo Inglés.

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Sun 03/29/09 05:54 PM
English only

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 06:32 PM
English only Hey, man! Hey! That's okay! English is a good language, yo.

MahanMahan Joined Wed 01/21/09 Posts: 5844	Sun 03/29/09 06:49 PM
Z, Isn't English the official language of the Ubnited States of America?

MahanMahan Joined Wed 01/21/09 Posts: 5844	Sun 03/29/09 06:58 PM
singmesweet, What is the official language of the United States then, if not English? And if you say Portuguese, then you are a communist and you should be exiled to Brazil... immediately and at once! LOL

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 07:10 PM Edited by ZPicante on Sun 03/29/09 07:12 PM
Z, Isn't English the official language of the Ubnited States of America? Uhhhhh, yeah, I'm pretty sure it is English. Sure, we have a pretty huge and growing Spanish-speaking population, but the majority speaks English. In fact, English is so ubiquitous that many countries are promoting it, such as China and Germany, off the top of my head. Soon, it shall be a WORLD WIDE LANGUAGE: GLOBAL SPEAK! PWAHAHAHAHAH! PWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA! AHA! AHA! Yeah. Edit: Okay, according to Wikipedia, the U.S. has no "official" language, but most Americans consider English their "native" language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States

moofooga Joined Thu 01/31/08 Posts: 25515	Sun 03/29/09 07:16 PM
One of the few states to have passed an "official language" law was California back in the late-eighties (Prop. 187), which was effectively protested against by all the latino ethnocentric groups (MALDEF, MECHa, La Raza, et al) soon afterward.

krupa Joined Thu 07/03/08 Posts: 18651	Sun 03/29/09 07:28 PM
Look guys...this thing just keeps looping back to a fight with no real purpose.... (Elvira?...is that you???) (that is an ex of mine who loved verbal fighting ..) Does punctuation matter more than common courtesy? If it does...continue to speak to everyone like they are stupid. Not sure how that is supposed to help. Does common courtesy matter more than puntuation? my vote: yes

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 07:34 PM
Look guys...this thing just keeps looping back to a fight with no real purpose.... (Elvira?...is that you???) (that is an ex of mine who loved verbal fighting ..) Does punctuation matter more than common courtesy? If it does...continue to speak to everyone like they are stupid. Not sure how that is supposed to help. Does common courtesy matter more than puntuation? my vote: yes Hypocrite. Why not just stay silent if you do not like a topic or, for instance, actually exhibit the characteristics you demand in others? No need to answer. That's interesting, moof! The "official" language was English, right?

MahanMahan Joined Wed 01/21/09 Posts: 5844	Sun 03/29/09 07:37 PM
Z, You may find comfort in knowing that English is not the only language basterdized in the U.S. According to a friend of mine who moved here with his family from Spain a while back, the Spanish spoken by Mexicans is a disgrace to the language. He calls it a basterdized Spanglish and it vaguely resembles the language spoken in Spain. And we all know what the British think about the English spoken here in the colonies... So, we're a bunch of bastards, English OR Spanish speakin'...

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sun 03/29/09 07:44 PM
singmesweet, What is the official language of the United States then, if not English? And if you say Portuguese, then you are a communist and you should be exiled to Brazil... immediately and at once! LOL There is no official language in the United States.

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Sun 03/29/09 07:44 PM
Z, You may find comfort in knowing that English is not the only language basterdized in the U.S. According to a friend of mine who moved here with his family from Spain a while back, the Spanish spoken by Mexicans is a disgrace to the language. He calls it a basterdized Spanglish and it vaguely resembles the language spoken in Spain. And we all know what the British think about the English spoken here in the colonies... So, we're a bunch of bastards, English OR Spanish speakin'... Crazy! I never realized that, but I suppose it makes sense for there to be cultural parallels like that. Americans do have a tendency to make things seem more "tawdry" (like food and music, for instance, as well). Then again, we are a "melting pot" of a society, as they say, so that in itself makes our country distinct. We may not have a strong (linguistic) heritage, as the Spanish and English do, but, in a way, that openness brings character. No sé. It's all pretty relative.