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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:52 PM Original message |
I don't shop at stores that use foreign languages to hide their intentions from customers. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. We had a Korean owned cleaners in my old neighborhood like this |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. and all because they were Korean? That all belongs on Lou Dobbs more than here... |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. How do you know they are hiding something from you? They probably |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:58 PM Original message |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Thank you. Agree. nt |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. thanks for setting the trap |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some people have trouble with language, and their mother tongue is easier for them to use. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. How many languages do you speak? |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. I studied German extensively |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Russians and Ukranians are of European descent |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Thanks for pointing it out |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I said the "Non-european descent" thing only because I understand how hard it is for people who |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Lots of Russians and Ukrainians actually speak excellent English; it's, btw, |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. If you speak perfect english most of the time and suddenly shift into another language infront of me |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It was Russian mafia, I am sure, and they were plotting to do you enormous harm. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Thanks for the tip, I'm heading off to a undisclosed location as we speak n/t |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
56. When I lived in Europe |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Disagree totally. n/t |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Do they point at you and giggle? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Actually, they're planning on installing one of their foreign-born children as president ... |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The birth announcement will hit all Florida papers tomorrow -- you just watch! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. Yup. But, it will be one of those Furr-in papers, also written in code! n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am clicking "unrec" for this thread. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. That was the first thing I did as well. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. I agree. |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. If you don't understand what ...... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think its frustrating that the education in this country ill prepared me for |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. every college and university teach multiple languages so if you went to one |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I took german in highschool and will probably have to learn chinese for my future job. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. I did take Spanish in h.s. and college.. however the best time to teach language |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is not about you. Living in a free country means you can speak however you wish. n/t |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. My money and my desire to spend it is entirely about me. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. With all due respect, I think you are awfully paranoid... and kinda xenophobic |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I honestly have no problem with other languages or cultures, I find them fascinating. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Re-read your statement and tell me if you yourself speak good English... |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. It is a forum and getting late, what do you expect shakespeare? |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. From someone who complains about foreigners and their bad language skills and habits |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. Bad language skills? I'm honestly flattered when a non-native makes the effort to speak english. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. How patronizing... |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Wrong word. n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. The op may or may not be paranoid |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Paranoid much? |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Agree wholeheartedly -- but not for the crowd who "want their country back!" |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I think it is kind of rude. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. I think you should read up on a form of Agoraphobia called Social Phobia. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Apparently, wanting consideration from the person I am buying from is a social phobia. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Sounds like you have some other issue than the one |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. You expect them to speak English, even if they're not speaking directly to you? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. If they are speaking infront of or about something concering me yes I do. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Those shifty Russians. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. My family emigrated from Russia around 1900. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. and I am sure while here, when they were talking to each other, even if |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Which is fine, but when in a business atmosphere I think the rules change a little. n/t |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
71. So, now you are saying that you yourself are of Russian descent? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. How many languages do you speak? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I can't expect to know what is going on around me at a business? |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Are you afraid they are plotting to poison you otherwise? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You've obviously never worked at a restaurant. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. One of the ironies here |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. My father's sisters used to do this all the time. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. This was at family functions, |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. If they both speak English, then yes, it is quite rude. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Ahh Behind the Aegis, the bastion of sanity as usual. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I leave there quite often. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Thankyou, I think you've hit the nail right on the head. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. Hey, Lou Dobbs!!! Wouldn't you be more comfy in Freeperland? |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. This thread puts me in mind of an old Paul Rodriguez joke... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. That is in no way rude. And you have no right to expect anyone to speak a language you want |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. Usually it's benign and meaningless. |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yup, usually benign. I work with Spanish speaking folk who use it all |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
68. They are probably talking about you |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
69. Have you entertained the notion that what they were saying was none of your business? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
72. Am I missing something? |
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