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re: Is English still the primary language in US?
Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:15 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:15 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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They were saying we'd all be speaking Spanish or Chinese (even Japanese) thirty fricking years ago. Nothing has changed. Why? Americans are fricking lazy. And despite our lazy asses, our economy and culture is pretty damn strong.
I see you haven’t been very many places in Texas or been to many marine fabrication yards. I had to order Burger King in Spanish in Houston near the ship channel. Whole areas with Mexican flags flying and not an English speaker in sight. Shipyard of well over 100 employees and had to look for someone that spoke English. They settle in an area and don’t assimilate. Keep letting them in by the millions and you most definitely lose the language advantage. Hell even in Houma there are entire classes filled with children that can’t speak English.
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:25 am to bayoudude
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I see you haven’t been very many places in Texas or been to many marine fabrication yards
Nope, sorry. I haven't been to many industrial shipyards. Where legal immigrants with VISAs work and apparently do a better job than native speakers.
Sorry for the loss and acumen.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:34 am to bayoudude
Been in Htown for 15 years. I warmly embrace the Latino culture and have no issue with the demographics flipping to Hispanic in Texas as a whole.
Mostly hard-working Catholics who are welcoming 95% of the time.
Now. That said, the border issue is real and I’m not a fan/worried.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 2:35 pm to bayoudude
quote:I don't support entering illegally but on this particular talking point isn't that the reason we have Chinatown's, Little Italy's, and midwestern towns with German names where German was the primary language for decades? All those groups eventually assimilated. The first generation doesn't but the following generations do. Just saying, I strongly suspect "they settle in an area and don't assimilate" was used as a talking point for all of them as well.
They settle in an area and don’t assimilate.
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