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54 percent of Los Angeles Shuns English at Home
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Unkotare
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- Aug 16, 2011
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Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
do you mean me jill?..........most of their kids know English....my dad and his siblings spoke Italian when at my grand parents house.....but everyone knew English....Considering a population of 3,928,864, the damage is done
-Geaux
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More than 350 languages are spoken at home in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and residents in the country’s biggest cities are drifting away from speaking English at home.
A staggering 54 percent of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan region speak a language other than English at home, as does 38 percent of the New York City area, 37 percent of Houston, 51 percent of Miami, 40 percent of San Francisco, and 36 percent of Washington, D.C.
More than 350 languages spoken in U.S.; 54 percent of Los Angeles shuns English at home - Washington Times
meh....
why do you care? it's not your business and it has zero effect on your life.
Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
jillian
Princess
do you mean me jill?..........most of their kids know English....my dad and his siblings spoke Italian when at my grand parents house.....but everyone knew English....Considering a population of 3,928,864, the damage is done
-Geaux
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More than 350 languages are spoken at home in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and residents in the country’s biggest cities are drifting away from speaking English at home.
A staggering 54 percent of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan region speak a language other than English at home, as does 38 percent of the New York City area, 37 percent of Houston, 51 percent of Miami, 40 percent of San Francisco, and 36 percent of Washington, D.C.
More than 350 languages spoken in U.S.; 54 percent of Los Angeles shuns English at home - Washington Times
meh....
why do you care? it's not your business and it has zero effect on your life.
no. sorry. i was asking the whiner
how are you harry?
Unkotare
Diamond Member
- Aug 16, 2011
- 131,214
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all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
i very seldom use caps....if someone just cant seem to understand what im saying let me know and ill try Italian or Spanish...Considering a population of 3,928,864, the damage is done
-Geaux
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More than 350 languages are spoken at home in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and residents in the country’s biggest cities are drifting away from speaking English at home.
A staggering 54 percent of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan region speak a language other than English at home, as does 38 percent of the New York City area, 37 percent of Houston, 51 percent of Miami, 40 percent of San Francisco, and 36 percent of Washington, D.C.
More than 350 languages spoken in U.S.; 54 percent of Los Angeles shuns English at home - Washington Times
wow...
they should speak spanish at home.
my grandparents spoke yiddish at home.
i have friends who speak russian at home.
my sister in law speaks spanish to her daughter at home so she remains bi-lingual.
damn, you're stupid.
You should learn English and try to speak it at home. Does your religion forbid capitalization?
okie dokie. i choose not to use it.
maybe i should give back my degrees.
is there some pathologic reason where no matter what i post, you troll me about not using caps.
you're a waste of time.
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Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
they do that when they know a bigot like you is around.....they love pissing people like you off.....Los Angelenos not only shun English at home, but everyplace else too.
Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
doing great jill.....retired 3 years now....and i dont miss stuffing those dam boxes at all....lol...i laugh at the carrier who stuffs mine....do you mean me jill?..........most of their kids know English....my dad and his siblings spoke Italian when at my grand parents house.....but everyone knew English....Considering a population of 3,928,864, the damage is done
-Geaux
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More than 350 languages are spoken at home in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and residents in the country’s biggest cities are drifting away from speaking English at home.
A staggering 54 percent of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan region speak a language other than English at home, as does 38 percent of the New York City area, 37 percent of Houston, 51 percent of Miami, 40 percent of San Francisco, and 36 percent of Washington, D.C.
More than 350 languages spoken in U.S.; 54 percent of Los Angeles shuns English at home - Washington Times
meh....
why do you care? it's not your business and it has zero effect on your life.
no. sorry. i was asking the whiner
how are you harry?
Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
RoshawnMarkwees
Assimilationist
Maybe because you're not in Italy.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
I suppose, when in Italy, all Italians who don't accommodate fourth generation Italians who remain english speakers are hateful bigots.
jillian
Princess
doing great jill.....retired 3 years now....and i dont miss stuffing those dam boxes at all....lol...i laugh at the carrier who stuffs mine....do you mean me jill?..........most of their kids know English....my dad and his siblings spoke Italian when at my grand parents house.....but everyone knew English....Considering a population of 3,928,864, the damage is done
-Geaux
-------------------------
More than 350 languages are spoken at home in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and residents in the country’s biggest cities are drifting away from speaking English at home.
A staggering 54 percent of residents in the Los Angeles metropolitan region speak a language other than English at home, as does 38 percent of the New York City area, 37 percent of Houston, 51 percent of Miami, 40 percent of San Francisco, and 36 percent of Washington, D.C.
More than 350 languages spoken in U.S.; 54 percent of Los Angeles shuns English at home - Washington Times
meh....
why do you care? it's not your business and it has zero effect on your life.
no. sorry. i was asking the whiner
how are you harry?
glad it's worked out well for you!
our carrier didn't even get through today. we're up to more than 15 inches of snow.
*edit that* we're at 25 inches
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It is nice when your family can keep their homeland country language while assimilating to their new home country and their new language.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
edited to include "language"
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Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
did i say anything about being hateful "bigots" or was that you?.....wait i think it was you.....yea it was you....Maybe because you're not in Italy.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
I suppose, when in Italy, all Italians who don't accommodate fourth generation Italians who remain english speakers are hateful bigots.
Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
glad i did not have to carry in that stuff....rain was bad enough...doing great jill.....retired 3 years now....and i dont miss stuffing those dam boxes at all....lol...i laugh at the carrier who stuffs mine....do you mean me jill?..........most of their kids know English....my dad and his siblings spoke Italian when at my grand parents house.....but everyone knew English....
meh....
why do you care? it's not your business and it has zero effect on your life.
no. sorry. i was asking the whiner
how are you harry?
glad it's worked out well for you!
our carrier didn't even get through today. we're up to more than 15 inches of snow.
*edit that* we're at 25 inches
Harry Dresden
Adamantium Member
well according to roshawn i must be a hateful bigot....i guess thats what he was saying,hard to know with that one....It is nice when your family can keep their homeland country language while assimilating to their new home country and their new language.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
edited to include "language"
Unkotare
Diamond Member
- Aug 16, 2011
- 131,214
- 25,580
- 2,180
Maybe because you're not in Italy.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.The same dynamic plays out over and over again, with each generation and trend in country of origin.
Grandma may tag along speaking only the family's heritage language (but certainly not always), then comes mom speaking to her children in a broken mix of two languages while the kids reply to her in fluent or near-fluent English and talk to Grandma in an (often) broken form of the family heritage language. Many of those kids will grow up to marry outside their ethnic group, and on it goes as always.
I see it every day, and think to myself "God bless America."
Very typically American.
I suppose, when in Italy, all Italians who don't accommodate fourth generation Italians who remain english speakers are hateful bigots.
Stop digging, the hole you've made for yourself is deep enough.
I absolutely adore giving Latinos that blank stare. I understand everything the say but damn it's great to see some one looking for a translator while I walk off in a huff. Sometimes if they have any accent at all I'll say "I can't understand you. Is there someone that speaks English?"they do that when they know a bigot like you is around.....they love pissing people like you off.....Los Angelenos not only shun English at home, but everyplace else too.
It makes living in Los Angeles worth it.
RoshawnMarkwees
Assimilationist
It was a rhetorical question spawned by some of your buds' posts.did i say anything about being hateful "bigots" or was that you?.....wait i think it was you.....yea it was you....Maybe because you're not in Italy.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.
Very typically American.
I suppose, when in Italy, all Italians who don't accommodate fourth generation Italians who remain english speakers are hateful bigots.
RoshawnMarkwees
Assimilationist
Don't play dumb. Answer my question. I want you to demonstrate consistency.well according to roshawn i must be a hateful bigot....i guess thats what he was saying,hard to know with that one....It is nice when your family can keep their homeland country language while assimilating to their new home country and their new language.hey it the only way we can keep the language going.....not many italians out here,run into one every now and then,but many dont speak it....all my family speaks Italian when were together....but we all know English....That's the old truth. Highspanics today carry on Spanish speaking and that is the problem.
Very typically American.
edited to include "language"
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