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One of my co workers is loudly saying something every-time she hears someone speaking Spanish. However, it is unspeakably rude to do this. Clearly if you are speaking Spanish you don't want anyone to know what you are saying. That can't be good. It is no wonder people get upset at it. I work with Spanish Interpreters and the only reason they EVER start speaking spanish is when they have to. So if you are speaking Spanish out in the world... you are being rude.
One of my co workers is loudly saying something every-time she hears someone speaking Spanish. However, it is unspeakably rude to do this. Clearly if you are speaking Spanish you don't want anyone to know what you are saying. That can't be good. It is no wonder people get upset at it. I work with Spanish Interpreters and the only reason they EVER start speaking spanish is when they have to. So if you are speaking Spanish out in the world... you are being rude.
It's rude to get mad that you (general) can't eavesdrop. And no, it's not always so people won't know what they are saying. Just ignore it or go somewhere else. That's what I do when I am in a place where people are allowed to smoke, or when people wear perfume, etc.
They don't HAVE to speak English if all of the people in the group speak Spanish. Do you get this upset when you hear Asians speaking their own language or is it just Spanish speaking people you have a problem with?
I was going to stay out of this thread completely because I already explained my case over and over and answered every single question posed to me but you and yours continue to ask the same questions over and over again anyway. There are hardly any Asians speaking their native tongue where I live it is always Spanish speakers and many times they do know English but refuse to speak it in public where I live. I have also stated over and over that it is also a reminder of the massive illegal invasion into our country by Spanish speakers and particularly in So. Calif. where I live. It's like pouring salt in a wound and a reminder of just how many Spanish speakers refuse to assimilate linguistically into our society out in public whether they be here legally or illegally. If you can't understand that then I can't help you. I have lived here since the 50's and it wasn't like this until the last couple of decades or so.
No one is saying they don't have the freedom of speaking their native language but why when the entire group knows English but refuses to unless they have to? Yes, it is rude and disrespectful. I saw an entire group in a restaurant speaking Spanish loudly but the minute the waiter came to take their order they all ordered in English because they had to and knew how to. So why converse in Spanish then? It's irritating to listen to their babble and no I'm not the least bit interested in knowing what they are talking about. This isn't the only example I could give you but many others.
I'm telling ya, Trump has these people acting as crazy as he is.
It's not just Trumpism or folks getting bent (because English is our primary language) causing issues. When I was hospitalized recently I encountered an issue , and it's not uncommon at all, with foreign language being used. This hospital has a lot of Filipinos working there. The nursing staff is probably better than 40%.
I asked one of these nurses for some help as I was tethered to IVs and needed to get out of bed. Apparently she was to busy to be bothered , waved her arms in irritation and fired at me in Tagalog. I understand Tagalog. I lived in the PI for four years. It was a very...umcomplimentary phrase.
Now there is a hospital rule that employees will not use foreign languages on the floor, particularly in interactions with patients. And using insulting language in a foreign tongue is frowned on to the extreme. I told her I wanted to see the charge nurse immediately and also hit my call light to request this via that means.
She was disciplined. Now, there are many out there who use Spanish and other languages so as to speak insultingly and crassly in public thinking none of we stupid Anglos understand them. In most cases they are right but not always by any means. In a lot of cases they are speaking fighting words.
It's a problem. And has nothing to do with "xenophobia" or whatever.
My family has been here since 1638. Spanish is my second language. Are you really going to tell me I am being rude for speaking a language I worked hard to learn privately? I'm sorry you were too lazy to pick up Spanish, but it's not my fault you can't eavesdrop on my conversation.
LOL, get over yourselt! We dont want to hear your conversation, thats the whole point!
LOL, get over yourselt! We dont want to hear your conversation, thats the whole point!
Don't you just have to laugh when they use the argument that we are too lazy to learn Spanish? Well, why the hell should we and why Spanish in particular? We already have the common language of English to communicate with them in. These same people won't demonize Spanish speakers for being too lazy to learn English though, do they? English is the de facto national language of this country, not Spanish. Like you I have no desire to hear what's going on in the life of Jose and Maria it's just irritating to hear loud Spanish being spoken in public especially when they know how to speak English. They are the problem not native English speakers.
LOL, get over yourselt! We dont want to hear your conversation, thats the whole point!
Then don't listen?
If someone isn't speaking to you, why do you care what language they're speaking? Get over yourself. And work on your punctuation, because if you're only going to speak one language then you might as well do it well.
If you don't understand the many reasons why people want to speak another language when they speak English, then it's clear you never bothered to learn ANY other language. That's a shame.
When I lived in Mexico, I'd speak English to other English speakers and revert back to Spanish when addressing Spanish speakers because it was easier. I didn't have to think as much about how to express myself and instead relied on more familiar colloquialism as. In the US, I speak Spanish to other Spanish speakers to try to keep my skills sharp. Lose it or use it, and all that jazz. A family may prefer to speak to children being raised in an English speaking society in their native tongue so that the kids grow up bilingual - several of my friends primarily speak as a family in French or Hebrew for this very reason.
In your face! While my Spanish from HS is not very good, I certainly remember how to curse in Italian from my Nonna, and that Italian hand gesture meaning the same. I wonder how many English Only people understand that hand gesture? lol
Good people fighting back against prejudice.
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