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How many languages do you think the people at 911 should have to speak?
A 911 operator does not have to speak every language. But they should have access to people who do.
The person making that call may be calling to save YOUR life againshiela. Would you like 911 to hang up on them?
How do you even expect them to know what language is being spoken? Why should those who work at 911 be language experts? Do you have any idea what the job entails? How much it pays? They can't afford to hire language experts. If you can't speak English, you sure as heck shouldn't expect 911 to understand you.
When we were in Japan, if we needed to call for help, we called one of our English speaking friends. We sure as hell didn't expect everyone there to speak English, how stupid is that?
If I'm in trouble and the only person who can call 911 doesn't speak English, I expect I'll die. Maybe it's time to stop illegal immigration completely and curtail legal immigration reducing the chances of someone who doesn't speak our languages having to use our resources.
Ask the English themselves and they will tell you that people in the US do not speak English, they speak American.
Our public schools ought to require the study of Latin
Wei. Nihao!
I don't really care what other countries do. None of them are governed by our constitution.
How many languages do you think the people at 911 should have to speak?
A 911 operator does not have to speak every language. But they should have access to people who do.
The person making that call may be calling to save YOUR life againshiela. Would you like 911 to hang up on them?
..in Japan it is a requirement of their schools to learn at least 5 languages and one of the is usually English. .
Nothing wrong with this.
Near as I can tell the first 150 or so years of our country's history immigrants came to this country from non english speaking countries and learned the language.
I have been here for a couple of hundred years and still haven't lost my Transylvania accent.
you need more facts to decide if english should be the official language!! WHY??He actually said that it should be the official language of the United States government...which I assume is directed at bilingual education. There is definitely an argument to be made that it compels people to assimilate more quickly, but not sure if it needs to be "official".
That helps. Until I get a chance to actually watch the debates this weekend, I'm a bit short on facts.
English IS our official language. People really should know their history. It was decided back when we became a country and congress was deciding what language we should have. Dutch came in a close second. As far as I know, Spanish wasn't even on the list.
I didn't know that I was here to change your pampers, or be your play date. By the way, it was intended to be mean. I'm not in the business of pacifying folks on this site. As it stands everyone at some point or another is at each others throat. I started out trying to be nice and was given the bums rush. I learned quickly where you folks hail from theoretically. Everyone believes in free speech, until you piss them off. Well now I cut to the chase. If I perceive stupid, I call stupid. This site is designed merely to inspire pissing contests anyway. Do you REALLY think you matter to the other folks that come here? I know I don't. Nor do they, to me. So I don't really think I need your opinion, or code of ethics on what's mean or not. Let miss fao chipowah defend herself.
All I'm saying is that you'll catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar, giving instant value to your opinion, making it that much more likely that you're not wasting your time here.
And yes, I do think my opinion matters. I think yours matters too.
As far as the rest goes, calling stupid is as stupid does is kind of what this board is all about and it's certainly what keeps MY dear readers coming back for more. But a quick wit is all I have - I'm not lucky like Ravi to have both a quick wit and a smokin' bod.
Stop it hippie. When you leave here, you don't plan your day around what I say. Even if you agree with something I say, it only has about an 20/80 chance of becoming one of your talking points. By the way, who wants to catch flies for any reason than crushing them anyway?
While whites are the majority so will speaking English be the majority.
When Hispanics become the majority so will speaking Spanish be the majority.
It's that simple.
I told you, English IS our official language.
the Spanish speaking morons who come here and expect us to speak their language.
I'm guessing that, either you ARE hispanic, or you have never had an encounter with one that barely speaks English. If part of the immigration process was learning English, adjusting would be easier, no? If all immigrants were required to learn English, you'd know who wasn't here legally for the most part, would you not? As far as the person I was responding to initially...hideous speaks for itself...using my free speech and all. If it still makes no sense, then you are clearly a poster child for why we should act now! Of course you'll argue to be contrary. Folks that post like you, usually do.
You are really, really bad at guessing, and - again - demonstrating an ability to speak English is part of the (legal) immigration process.
When I lived in Mexico years ago, I sat though a lecture, in Spanish, about how terrible it was that so many Americans were going down there without learning the language. I reserve the right to give that same lecture IN ENGLISH to the Spanish speaking morons who come here and expect us to speak their language.
A 911 operator does not have to speak every language. But they should have access to people who do.
The person making that call may be calling to save YOUR life againshiela. Would you like 911 to hang up on them?
How do you even expect them to know what language is being spoken? Why should those who work at 911 be language experts? Do you have any idea what the job entails? How much it pays? They can't afford to hire language experts. If you can't speak English, you sure as heck shouldn't expect 911 to understand you.
When we were in Japan, if we needed to call for help, we called one of our English speaking friends. We sure as hell didn't expect everyone there to speak English, how stupid is that?
If I'm in trouble and the only person who can call 911 doesn't speak English, I expect I'll die. Maybe it's time to stop illegal immigration completely and curtail legal immigration reducing the chances of someone who doesn't speak our languages having to use our resources.
We expect our 911 operators to do everything possible to save a life. That can include identifying the language the caller is speaking and having access to someone who speaks that language
It is not a gotcha situation. That 911 caller may be a visitor from another country and the victim may be an English speaking American citizen
While whites are the majority so will speaking English be the majority.
When Hispanics become the majority so will speaking Spanish be the majority.
It's that simple.
I told you, English IS our official language.
And you were wrong.
Only read the first 40 replies before posting so apologies if it's already been pointed out.
What the Newt actually said was 'make English the official language of government'.
I take that to mean that you're applying to any government entity you need to know English.
Be it your driver's license, social security card, passport, or whatever.
If you come to this country legally and go through the citizenship process properly this should pose no problem for you.
If it does, tough shit, go back.
And stop with the England English bullshit. You're nit-picking and look stupid with your petty shit.
Government represents the people. There is no law that says you have to speak English to pay your taxes. In communicating with it's citizens government has an obligation to be as open as possible.
I told you, English IS our official language.
And you were wrong.
Interesting...the same people that claim that church and state are separate, not based on the Constitution, but on a letter written by Thomas Jefferson, are claiming that English is not our official language because it isn't in the constitution in-spite of the fact that since the very beginning, congress agreed that English would be our language. Not just one man, the entire Congress of the USA.
So if you pay your taxes and call 911 you get hung up on because you don't speak English?
So if you visit another country and call for help, you expect them to speak English for you?
Actually, in most other countries, 911 operators are able to speak English
Remember our motto,"OUT OF ONE COMES MANY
Cite. Every legal resource in existence agrees that the USA never declared an official language.I told you, English IS our official language. That was decided back when we became a country.
Are you always so stupid? they treat it the same as a hang-up or a silent line.So if you pay your taxes and call 911 you get hung up on because you don't speak English?
