Speaking English in America

[Scar]

OBAMA: ILLEGALS MUST LEARN ENGLISH, GO TO BACK OF LINE FOR CITIZENSHIP
In President Barack Obama's weekly address, he makes a hard sell for the Senate to pass the immigration reform bill currently under consideration. While describing a path to citizenship, the President takes an uncharacteristically harsh stance:
"This bill would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are already in this country illegally--a pathway that includes passing a background check, learning English, paying taxes and a penalty, and then going to the back of the line behind everyone who's playing by the rules and trying to come here legally."
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/20...itizenship



Hows about we follow the laws we have in place now and enforcing them. Cart those criminals over the nearest US border and let them start over.

[chuck white]

Why teach them to speak some foreign European language?

They should learn to speak American.

[Leonard]

Why teach them to speak some foreign European language?

They should learn to speak American.

Hopi, Apache, or Navajo?

[Tiamat]

Why teach them to speak some foreign European language?

They should learn to speak American.

Yeah! Like we say "Wash the dishes" and the Brits say "Do the washing up."

We say "Like" and they say "Keen"

We say "bartender," they say "barman:.

We say "Part" they say "Bit"

Do the washing up - British for "wash the dishes"

Keen on/ keen to - a British way of saying "to like" or "be eager to"

Barman - bartender

Bit - as in "the best bit" of a film... Americans would usually say "part"


Yep, I like this thread.

[csrowan]

Given that the United States actually has NO official language, this seems pretty silly. I don't see why you'd require immigrants to learn a language that you didn't require US citizens to learn.

And given the state of Facebook and Twitter, I'd say there are a LOT of people who need to learn it.

[tvguy]

Why teach them to speak some foreign European language?

They should learn to speak American.

Yeah! Like we say "Wash the dishes" and the Brits say "Do the washing up."

We say "Like" and they say "Keen"

We say "bartender," they say "barman:.

We say "Part" they say "Bit"

Do the washing up - British for "wash the dishes"

Keen on/ keen to - a British way of saying "to like" or "be eager to"

Barman - bartender

Bit - as in "the best bit" of a film... Americans would usually say "part"


Yep, I like this thread.

We say girls and they say gulls.

[tvguy]

Given that the United States actually has NO official language, this seems pretty silly. I don't see why you'd require immigrants to learn a language that you didn't require US citizens to learn.

And given the state of Facebook and Twitter, I'd say there are a LOT of people who need to learn it.

I hav to wnder Y do U say that

[Tiamat]

Why teach them to speak some foreign European language?

They should learn to speak American.

Yeah! Like we say "Wash the dishes" and the Brits say "Do the washing up."

We say "Like" and they say "Keen"

We say "bartender," they say "barman:.

We say "Part" they say "Bit"

Do the washing up - British for "wash the dishes"

Keen on/ keen to - a British way of saying "to like" or "be eager to"

Barman - bartender

Bit - as in "the best bit" of a film... Americans would usually say "part"


Yep, I like this thread.

We say girls and they say gulls.

Gulls!???

[tvguy]

Why teach them to speak some foreign European language?

They should learn to speak American.

Yeah! Like we say "Wash the dishes" and the Brits say "Do the washing up."

We say "Like" and they say "Keen"

We say "bartender," they say "barman:.

We say "Part" they say "Bit"

Do the washing up - British for "wash the dishes"

Keen on/ keen to - a British way of saying "to like" or "be eager to"

Barman - bartender

Bit - as in "the best bit" of a film... Americans would usually say "part"


Yep, I like this thread.

We say girls and they say gulls.

Gulls!???

Say it out loud and you will see.

[Willie Krash]

We say whores and they say oars.

[chuck white]

We say whores and they say oars.

Man the whores, men.

[csrowan]

[cletus1]

American English accents make words sound almost as different. We say the word oil like it has two syllables pronounced ''oiyal'' Southerners pronounce it oll.

[Scar]

[tvguy]

American English accents make words sound almost as different. We say the word oil like it has two syllables pronounced ''oiyal'' Southerners pronounce it oll.

Yep, At gas stations they sell tars an oll

The brits have different dialects in different areas too.

[Crazylace]

American English accents make words sound almost as different. We say the word oil like it has two syllables pronounced ''oiyal'' Southerners pronounce it oll.

Yep, At gas stations they sell tars an oll

The brits have different dialects in different areas too.

So do we, there was a day when I could tell by your accent whether your were from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Carolinas or Ohio.

[bbqboy]

We say whores and they say oars.

Man the whores, men.

no motorboating from that fine young lady.

[tvguy]

Shoulda had a bigger boat.

[cletus1]

Shoulda had a bigger boat.

That photo is just as realistic as a woman dressed like that rowing.

[Scar]

Shoulda had a bigger boat.

That photo is just as realistic as a woman dressed like that rowing.

Lots of women dress like rowing.