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Originally posted by sensorium Then by those two requirements a lot of citizens aren't American. Poor illiterate.

no, now you are just taking shit out of context. they MUST learn English and americans know how to speak it. maybe they don't spell flavour with a U but they can at least speak with other people who speak English.

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Originally posted by Lepanto no, now you are just taking shit out of context. they MUST learn English and americans know how to speak it. maybe they don't spell flavour with a U but they can at least speak with other people who speak English.

How am I taking it out of context? Shouldn't all aspects of a language be learned? Surely that's what's expected. Reading, writing, speaking, it's all important.

Maybe the Americans expect people to be fluent enough to make themselves understood and understand them. That's a bit different.

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Originally posted by sensorium How am I taking it out of context? Shouldn't all aspects of a language be learned? Surely that's what's expected. Reading, writing, speaking, it's all important. Maybe the Americans expect people to be fluent enough to make themselves understood and understand them. That's a bit different.

a toothless redneck knows more English than a wetback.

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Come to think of it... I guess the Brazilian anthem would be easier to understand if it were translated into English. hmmm.....

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Originally posted by Lepanto a toothless redneck knows more English than a wetback.

So I see you are a racist prick. I knew I was right...go join the SS!!

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Originally posted by Lepanto a toothless redneck knows more English than a wetback.

ah no shit sherlock...

some of you, really, at least learn the history of the English language before you start issuing insults.

if your whole argument is damn ****** or f*** ****
yeah, you are really getting your point acroos.


ps. -1 on the whole, translating the song into Spanish, but this idea was not spawned by Hispanics. Adam Kidron, not hispanic.
now, just cause he was able to convince hispanic singers, who are already TiTs by the way, to sing in his stupid project, does not mean the Hispanic community is going to support it. frankly, so far the exact opposite had been seen. so yeah...

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I was wondering, is it not illegal to change your National Anthem like that??

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r I was wondering, is it not illegal to change your National Anthem like that??

Don't believe so.

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid Don't believe so.

I know it's illegal in some States to dance to the U.S. National Anthem while it's playing, maybe that's what I was thinking of...

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Originally posted by daydreamer ah no shit sherlock... some of you, really, at least learn the history of the English language before you start issuing insults.

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what the fuck is your retarded ass talkin about? what does history of English, AN ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE, has to do with Spanish, you bleeding moron?

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Originally posted by Lepanto \ what the fuck is your retarded ass talkin about? what does history of English, AN ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE, has to do with Spanish, you bleeding moron?

Finally, a debate regarding the US that I can join!

Spanish and English aren't distant languages, unlike you might expect. First of all, they do share a common origin, having Proto-Indo-European roots (that's why you can easily recognise some numbers, and even common words, such as "night/noche" once you compare other Germanic and Romance languages).

Secondly, French has played a major role in the history of the English language and, therefore, most technical terms (and words that aren't as colloquial as their Germanic counterparts) have a Latin origin. Saying "exterminate" and "annihilate" sounds more natural to speakers of Latin languages than "kill". Thus, a "wetback", with its extent knowledge of Spanish, can by analogy trace the meaning of these words without looking up in a dictionary. English is full of such pairs ("liberty/freedom", "necessity/need", "venom/poison", "present/gift",...).

These are just the two main connections between the history of English, an Anglo-Saxon language, and Spanish. Do you want me to go on?

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Blah blah blah. what the hell does that have to do with ANYTHING AT ALL?!?!?! Nothing! Russian and spanish also have similair words, what's your point? You don't have one. English is the country's de facto language. therefore bending this to suit some one else is insane.

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