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Arpig -> RE: May Day March (5/6/2009 8:16:50 PM)
quote: I didn't even visit Canada without knowing the language a bit. Last time I checked, the vast majority of us Canadians speak....wait for it....English!

TreasureKY -> RE: May Day March (5/6/2009 8:22:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Is speaking the language of your fathers somehow an insult? lol... Nice spin. Care to project what this country would be like if every immigrant in history here insisted on honoring their father with continuing to speak his language and refusing to learn English?

slvemike4u -> RE: May Day March (5/6/2009 8:22:30 PM)
Yeah,but isn't that the King's English?

subrob1967 -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 1:20:00 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Yeah,but isn't that the King's English? Not anymore, they use too many vowels, and call trucks, lorries and such. psst there is no u in color or labor;)

slvemike4u -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 8:05:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TreasureKY quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Is speaking the language of your fathers somehow an insult? lol... Nice spin. Care to project what this country would be like if every immigrant in history here insisted on honoring their father with continuing to speak his language and refusing to learn English? Who said anything about refusing to learn English?....you have heard of being multi-lingual,sort of like bi-sexual ....emphasis on the oral.

slvemike4u -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 8:09:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subrob1967 quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Yeah,but isn't that the King's English? Not anymore, they use too many vowels, and call trucks, lorries and such. psst there is no u in color or labor;) Is the spelling lesson aimed at me? If so thanks,but during my more lucid moments I can usually be counted on to spell c-o-l-o-r.or l-a-b-o-r right.[8\|]

LotusSong -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 8:23:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong I didn't even visit Canada without knowing the language a bit. ...which one? i mean, there's English and Quebecois obviously. But then there's Michif, Cree, Inuit...........oh the list goes on........ Parisian French didn't work real well for me there :)

philosophy -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 8:51:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong I didn't even visit Canada without knowing the language a bit. ...which one? i mean, there's English and Quebecois obviously. But then there's Michif, Cree, Inuit...........oh the list goes on........ Parisian French didn't work real well for me there :) ..it wouldn't. Quebecois is not really the same as French. One of the things i really like about Canada is the tolerance for language here. Learning the language of ones cultural heritage is not seen as somehow disloyal to the state. i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. i see echoes of that dynamic in the US too.....even though, as i understand it, there is no official language in the US. So someone calls beer, cervesa or cwrw......who cares? Learn the language and get over it ...or don't. i find it odd that some people who can be counted on to argue for personal responsibility can also be the ones least likely (not you LS, but others) to take personal responsibility for making themselves understood.

popeye1250 -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 9:05:23 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Gotta love those immigrants......vava...vooom!!!! slavemike, yup, love those immigrants, hate those illegal aliens.

CruelNUnsual -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 12:32:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y"

kittinSol -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 12:38:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y" Since we're on the subject of missing letters, did you deliberately omit one from your nickname?

CruelNUnsual -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 1:20:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kittinSol quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y" Since we're on the subject of missing letters, did you deliberately omit one from your nickname? Yes, its too long with the other "u"

BKSir -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 1:30:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Arpig quote: I didn't even visit Canada without knowing the language a bit. Last time I checked, the vast majority of us Canadians speak....wait for it....English! No you don't, you speak Canadian. The English language doesn't contain the word "Aboot", or "Goona.". ;) I like Canadian better anyway, you have words like "hoser", and have money called "loonies".

philosophy -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 1:59:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y" .......it's not the 'Y's you have to worry about, we've secretly cornered the market in 'L's.......don't believe me? Pop down the llyfrgell and cal me a liar.......you llygredig llywodraethol you..........

CruelNUnsual -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 2:03:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y" .......it's not the 'Y's you have to worry about, we've secretly cornered the market in 'L's.......don't believe me? Pop down the llyfrgell and cal me a liar.......you llygredig llywodraethol you.......... Iitywybad?

LotusSong -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 2:20:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy ..it wouldn't. Quebecois is not really the same as French. One of the things i really like about Canada is the tolerance for language here. Learning the language of ones cultural heritage is not seen as somehow disloyal to the state. i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. i see echoes of that dynamic in the US too.....even though, as i understand it, there is no official language in the US. So someone calls beer, cervesa or cwrw......who cares? Learn the language and get over it ...or don't. i find it odd that some people who can be counted on to argue for personal responsibility can also be the ones least likely (not you LS, but others) to take personal responsibility for making themselves understood. Never any offence taken :) What started as a mild rant on my part is now just me trying to understand what the heck people expect. America has many diversities. It'd be impopssible to learn all the languages spoken here. Why is it just the Spanish speaking sector is so insistant that everything being printed in English has to be printed in Spanish? Mandarin is the most widly spoken language in the world, shouldn't we all be catering to the Mandarin speaking crowd then? All I'm saying is when one goes to another person's turf.. you play by their rules, not your own. Eventually, English will be the officil language

philosophy -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 3:54:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y" .......it's not the 'Y's you have to worry about, we've secretly cornered the market in 'L's.......don't believe me? Pop down the llyfrgell and cal me a liar.......you llygredig llywodraethol you.......... Iitywybad? beth?

slvemike4u -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 4:00:46 PM)
But Mandarin is not the language spoken by our largest group of immigrants...is it?

CruelNUnsual -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 4:52:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy quote: ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual quote: ORIGINAL: philosophy . i'm from Wales, and there are still some English who are deeply uncomfortable with us having our own language. Its not discomfort over the Welsh having a language, its discomfort about the language depleting the world supply of vowels, especially the sometimes "y" .......it's not the 'Y's you have to worry about, we've secretly cornered the market in 'L's.......don't believe me? Pop down the llyfrgell and cal me a liar.......you llygredig llywodraethol you.......... Iitywybad? beth? Its a sign at the US's oldest continuing purveyor of ale, McSorley's Ale House. It is an inducement for the uninitiated to purchase the next round.

rulemylife -> RE: May Day March (5/7/2009 5:13:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Arpig Last time I checked, the vast majority of us Canadians speak....wait for it....English! I don't know aboot that, eh? Ya fellas up there have a little bit different way of speaking, don'tcha know? Eh?[sm=biggrin.gif]

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