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NuEM  Posts: 1,007
Registered: 2004-3-2 09:08:11
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Is a requirement to know the native language pretty much a prerequisite to citizenship everywhere? |
Ive never actually met a stereotypically fat and dumb American in real life and you guys seem educated too (as long as youre not talking about math) but I tend to avoid places that attract fat dumb tourists.
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Darwynnia  Title: Sugar Kibbi
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Registered: 2003-10-13 07:40:13
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If you move to a country, you learn the language(s) spoken there - at least one of them.
It's not that difficult a concept.
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Brother_Tempus  Title: Patriot
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Registered: 2001-1-9 08:07:00
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What people want to speak among themselves is their business, however if there must be a government than that government should only do business in one language.
Those wishing to interact with the government should be fluent/literate in the language that government uses
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Darwynnia Title: Sugar Kibbi
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Brother_Tempus posted:
What people want to speak among themselves is their business, however if there must be a government than that government should only do business in one language.
Those wishing to interact with the government should be fluent/literate in the language that government uses
Yeah, but the language of bullshit is universal.
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Registered: 2002-1-15 08:30:50
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paulg_68 posted:
Lyndrek posted:
I make granite countertops.....
i speak english and spanish fluently... give me some time and i'll brush off my german and american sign language skills. was pretty damn good at them
But can you make a search function?
Yes, it's made of granite
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Bonzoboy1 Posts: 885
Registered: 2008-8-1 18:04:29
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I speak Spanish but of course I live in the Mexican state of California.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Someone living in an area that used to mostly speak Spanish complaining that the people there don't learn his language is somewhat funny from a historical perspective. 
If we went by "learn the language of the place you move to" we wouldn't be speaking English.  |
Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Yeah and if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
BTW I've been doing Spanish for Dummies for a while now and I'm having some trouble with it, I think the fact that I learned Italian first has me screwed up 
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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I just think it's convenient that history never seems to matter when we don't want it to and always matters when we do want it to.
If people actually learned the languages of the places they went to live in you'd be speaking Seminole or something like that.
People don't. Most people only learn a language if they have to. Government forcing you to is one reason people learn languages but I don't think it's a very good one. It should just be left up to society.
If learning English is really important to someone they will learn. If it isn't, they won't.
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NuEM Posts: 1,007
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Is a requirement to know the native language pretty much a prerequisite to citizenship everywhere? |
By the way I find it quite interesting to figure out how languages are related.
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