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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: "Bilingual countries don't work!" |
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Says a republican candidate during the CNN-aired debate tonight.
What country was he talking about?! |
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, that got my blood boiling as well. What an a$$clown. He certainly won't be president.
McCain and Guiliani both looked pretty strong tho. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: "Bilingual countries don't work!" |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
Says a republican candidate during the CNN-aired debate tonight.
What country was he talking about?! |
What a moron!
I'm sure Switzerland is devastated to hear that  |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| And Luxembourg. Who's going to have to break the news to them that they don't work? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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aditya
Joined: 22 May 2007
Location: Inha University, Incheon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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india is a multilingual country
and the central government uses English and Hindi (bilingual) as its official languages! |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| aditya wrote: |
india is a multilingual country
and the central government uses English and Hindi (bilingual) as its official languages! |
Which side is India supposed to be a point for? |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| dogshed wrote: |
| aditya wrote: |
india is a multilingual country
and the central government uses English and Hindi (bilingual) as its official languages! |
Which side is India supposed to be a point for? |
Aren't most of the internal squabbles attributed to religious, socioeconomic or caste differences?
In any event, it's not like it's East Timor or something... |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Was it Tancredo? I think so.. one of them was very anti- other languages.. then someone asked why he does commercials in Spanish and has websites in Spanish.. funny. |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:15 am Post subject: |
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The Philippines are bilingual and even have many regional dialects.
I'm gonna help you. This situation is more complicated than you and I going to nightschool and then after three semesters and then changing languages while socializing and making in-jokes. The differences are way more complicated than that.
If Tancredo does have signs up in Spanish, its a neutral value. Tancredo is a man of value in the debate and he's experienced in confrontations. If he has a sign up in Spanish, he has a good reason.
The other side of your support is that the Latins are going to be the first to "break" English. Another interpretation is "Slow" Real Slow. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: ... |
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| What do you mean by "break" English? |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| "Break" - surpass English in anyone of a number of areas provided it is a significant pass. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| According to what I have read the Philippines are tri-lingual (Spanish, English, Tagalog). |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't even begin to tell you all how much my life has been enriched by being able to read the back of my Corn Flakes box in French every morning |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
| I can't even begin to tell you all how much my life has been enriched by being able to read the back of my Corn Flakes box in French every morning |
...and it's kept you regular. |
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