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> > If English wasn't the international business language they wouldn't be taught it in
> > school and none of them would know it. That accounts for these people you've met
> who
> > know their home language as well as decent English who make you feel bad on account
> > of it. If German was the international business language we would be taught it here
> > in grammar school, it's really that simple. People in other counties don't learn
> all
> > foreign languages - only English because it's the international business language.
> > You just don't get it. And those are the ones not disrupting anything. It's the
> ones
> > refusing to try and learn English that cause problems. I only addressed this side
> > issue because you brought it up. If you like everybody around you speaking fucking
> > Greek then I'm happy for you.
> >
> > About this commercial - on the non-English parts I didn't understand a fucking
> word,
> > are you telling me that's a good thing or my fault? What a load of shit. A country
> > should have one language. And I'm not saying English is superior, I'm saying pick
> > one. One. So we can communicate with each other.
>
> Agreed english is the business language of the world. It is said because during the
> height of american sales and productivity world wide and the vast amount of money to
> be made in this country that many overseas business's taught english to their people
> in order to come to this country and cash in on those sales potentials. of course
> this was back when the u.s. was a world leader financially...
>
> agree also if your advertising on national t.v. in a english speaking country then
> it should be in english as far as national athems etc. go. I don't understand the
> double standard myself... we, the u.s, as a nation are supossed to bend over
> backwards and make everyone from every other country and feel welcomed.. I feel they
> chose to come here, they chose a english speaking country so learn the damn language.
> I don't expect japan, china, russia or any other country to change their language
> just because I show up there.
>
> Got no problem with anyone wanting to come to this country, but come to be apart of
> it not expect this country to change for you.

That's exactly it though. The ad wasn't suggesting anyone change. It was people in other countries dreaming of america...or people in america singing in their native tongue. The add said nothing of changing for them..I did, in a way.

I just think it's a bit full of us as a people to not be accommodating in the slightest. When I go to another country I don't expect anyone to speak English. What I often find is that most do, and even apologize if their English isn't great. I don't expect, and receive.

Those same people would come here, try to speak English, and get shit on the first time they stumbled over words. Its shameful that the mere thought of being accommodating is immediately seen as "Dose dumb farking foreigner turrorist better learn our words!"