commenting on the breakfast tacos and mispronouncing bodegas
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Now the thing is I am going to preach the Word. To do so when you are gargling phlegm in front of everybody is not the way to go.
And.....first and foremost.....it increases the opportunity of on-going conflict between subsets of the community. See French v. English in Canada or the past 1000 years of European history. Liberals are all about conflict and division.
Isn't Hunter up to $31M or so in $ received from entities associated with the Chinese government?
Considering all the damage the Bidens have done to the country and the world this incident is pretty small potatoes. It's crazy to consider what gets people's attention.
Yeah, she flubbed a word and I think did one of those insensitive things that was unintentional. I think the only importance it has is it kind of encapsulates an issue Democrat's are starting to have with that diverse constituency.
It's a stupid comment anyway. Wouldn't the "community" be "stronger" if it wasn't diverse? That is, if it spoke with only one voice? And if the community is really diverse it's more than one community anyway. It's all part of the meaningless crap the Dems spew all the time.
It’s already our de facto national language. It’s important to speak English to succeed for the vast majority of the people in this country. Immigrants know this and it’s why nearly all immigrants try to learn English and why nearly all second generation immigrants speak English fluently. I have no problem at all with hearing other languages. Expecting or encouraging people to learn English is compassionate. We care that they increase their chances of social and economic success. Don’t liberals want the same?.
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The breakfast tacos in San Antonio are awesome. Never been to San Antinio.
TexMex is different than Mexican, but the influences are obvious. The best tacos I ever had were from a hole in the wall restaurant in Mazatlan. I’ve been comparing every taco to them ever since and they don’t measure up.
That seems reasonable. It also seems reasonable to accommodate non-English speakers whenever possible. Businesses do it all the time. It's why at Miami airport there are just as many intercom announcements in Spanish are there are in English.
It has become common, though, to insist that such accommodations NOT be made in the public sphere. Print ballots only in English, tax forms only in English, etc. Such policies seem to be driven by the right and come from a "speak American, we're in America" attitude.
I would prefer to be more accommodating. In our past, it seems we often were, and it's a more recent backlash.
After my parents passed away I was tasked with going through belongings and precious papers. One of my grandmothers was born in 1901. Her birth certificate, from Rush County Indiana and with their official seal, is written completely in German. Her marriage certificate from 1921, also from Rush County Indiana and with their official seal, is also written completely in German. Ditto the birth certificate for my Dad, born in 1923. Of course that all changed as anti-German sentiment grew. But it would surprise many people to think that entire counties in Indiana strove to be multilingual, 100 years ago.
It has happened since our founding that we didn't require English. Look up all the experiences with German, again, we had an entire Army Corps of nothing but German speakers. Yes, it is great if immigrants learn English. But I guess a good question might be, in Arizona, who is the immigrant?
To me there is a certain amount of responsibility to learn the as you put it de facto national language to a point of being functional on a daily basis. I was in Lowe's a few weeks ago and they ran an ad over their intercom for cashiers and then reran it entirely in Spanish. I was thinking if you couldn't have gotten the gist of the English version it probably isn't the right position for you. I regret for whatever reason my compulsory 1 semester of a foreign language freshman yr I took French. I remember almost none but would've ended up using Spanish. Not needing to learn all the proper stuff but just serviceable. I've been around a lot of Mexicans thru work and some work really hard to learn enough to get by. What is really fun is when they are around Amish. I know a little PA Dutch too.
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If I see a taco truck anywhere, I wanna eat there. In my experience, those kind of places are where the best food is.
Drives my wife nuts. She wants a fancy table and a glass of wine.
I just bought (today) a second house in Arizona. They speak English, immigrant or not.
Those German speakers in the Army Corps had children that all spoke English. Hell, most of those German speakers probably also spoke English to some extent.
You can get around in any China Town or other ethnic village in the US using English. Might have problems in some parts of Kentucky though . . .
As a recovering Austinite, I am familiar with TexMex.
TexMex is as much Anglo-Germanic as it is Mexican and the "Taco" itself is really only native to Mexico, not all "Latinx". If you tried to put bacon, sausage or eggs in a taco in Mexico, they would string you up leave you for the cartel. Methinks Dr. Jill wouldn't address the German American National Congress and talk about breakfast tacos.
All of this to say, that American food is awesome and unique even if TexMex is largely garbage.
I just bought (today) a second house in Arizona. They speak English, immigrant or not.
Those German speakers in the Army Corps had children that all spoke English. Hell, most of those German speakers probably also spoke English to some extent.
You can get around in any China Town or other ethnic village in the US using English. Might have problems in some parts of Kentucky though . . .
My point is that we have never REQUIRED people to speak English, not even Kentuckians. It is best for them to learn it (and frankly it is good for the rest of us to learn other languages too). But historically, people have come in and done OK without learning much English.
It is almost like the historical difference between the French and British. The British allowed their conquests to keep their language, but if they were going to sell goods to your average Redcoat it was good for them to learn English. The French went into countries and outlawed the native language. The British method worked better.
I don't care if I pass two people in a grocery store speaking another language. I've had it in Minnesota where it was German (my Sgt. Schultz German lessons helped identify it). It was different as I was used to hearing Asian in Bloomington, and Spanish about everywhere. But it is no big deal. But there are people who get downright mad at it. Probably the same people who travel to France and demand everyone speak English.
Waiting a second to press 1 for Spanish is no big deal.
Funny, I was just having lunch with friends today and we were discussing the drought in the west (and historically low water levels). We all three were saying that right now we wouldn't want to move to those states, the risk seems high. On the board, we haven't talked about it much, but a longer-term solution needs found, and probably one that doesn't include more golf courses and surfing lagoons.
Yes, there are developmental advantages to a multilingual education.
Spanish on TV in the 3rd grade falls way short.
A background in a 2nd language can help learning a third in HS.
No argument from me . It was my worst class ever by far . I could sleep half the time and cruise most others.
I worked on a committee over 20 years ago to get Spanish into classrooms starting in first grade. So much easier to learn when young. We had lots of research, presented to board etc. Had tentative approval and then budget cuts. As always.
Preaching to the choir. SEL is rarely any kind of special program with any addition expenses.
I think New Mexico is the best place for anything with green or red chili. Hatch, New Mexico, is Mecca for green chili. The best meal anywhere for me is a green chili burrito in Albuquerque where tortillas are made with lard or bacon fat.
Where, in Arizona?
Our daughter is going to grad school there in Flagstaff. We bought it for her to live in (with roommates) and for us to consider moving into it after I retire-retire. It's a three bedroom and she has to keep one open for our visits.
I like Flagstaff. Lots of neat stuff to see close by; Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Sedona. Hit a deer there in 2018 and had to rent a U-Haul and car-hauler to get home.
Can we still see that? LOL just a jab! Those damn deer, I see one and basically stop and watch. Never hit one but one actually go me , right behind cab and took out side of my truck bed but left tail light. I had antlers through a piece of furniture in back. I felt something , got out and looked by headlights and assumed I ran over a chunk of wood or something. Got home and in my outside light was WTF?? I didnt carry insurance for it by that time anyway so fixed it myself.
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