Anyone Ever Learn A New Language?

[Sofa King]

I was considering learning Spanish.

Anyone ever learned a new language? is so, what did you use to learn it? what was your experience? how long did it take to do so?

i took a couple years in high school, but that was a long time ago and i've forgotten much of what i skipped then.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Donger

On the contrary. The thread starter acknowledged that he's learning Mexican because he works with immigrants who don't speak English. Therefore, the fact that many immigrants from Latin America don't (or refuse to) speak English is highly relevant to this thread.

Once again you're wrong.

Read what I wrote, then read what you wrote. You said 'Immigrants should learn english.' That has nothing to do with this at all, and is ****ing plainly obvious...no one denies that.

Even immigrants want to learn english...Everyone is already in agreement that they should learn english.

What you fail to grasp is that is not relevant at all in terms of people who CHOOSE to learn Spanish for whatever reason. For example, say I run a business.....I have a small store....Maybe putting some signs up in Spanish and learning a little spanish will help me increase my business by X percent.....Why shouldn't I learn Spanish?

Your reasoning and logic is that of a child, seriously...

"Them immgrants should lrn enlish"...

Duhhh.....I mean seriously that is your thought process? Well people should lose weight, people should save money, people should excecise more...Theres a lot of things people SHOULD do....

I live in the REAL world though....You obviously are not a business person or anyone who has ever had to live in a place with different cultures....

You saying people shouldn't learn Spanish because immigrants should learn english is a very simple minded point of view....But thats OK because most people are simple. Thats why other people are in business for themselves and making money off of them instead of sitting around crying about it like you.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

What you fail to grasp is that is not relevant at all in terms of people who CHOOSE to learn Spanish for whatever reason.

Again, the thread starter admits that he wants to learn Spanish because he deals with non-English speaking immigrants at work. My only point is that many immigrants from Latin America don't speak English and that it seems that THEY should adjust to US and not vice versa.

IS this too difficult for you to grasp or something?

Oh, and I was born and raised in Europe.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Donger

Again, the thread starter admits that he wants to learn Spanish because he deals with non-English speaking immigrants at work. My only point is that many immigrants from Latin America don't speak English and that it seems that THEY should adjust to US and not vice versa.

IS this too difficult for you to grasp or something?

Oh, and I was born and raised in Europe.

A) They should adjust to the US......No one disagrees with that.

B) Learning spanish to communicate, go to restraunts, **** a latina hotty, watch a film, do whatever, make more money, etc... is not a bad thing and actually has nothing to do with A

Is that hard for you to grasp?

You keep getting hung up on point A, when no one is even arguing it. If you were born and raised in Europe you must be a grandfather because the way you are stuck in your attitude smacks of like 50 years ago.

[Sofa King]

Originally Posted by Donger

Again, the thread starter admits that he wants to learn Spanish because he deals with non-English speaking immigrants at work. My only point is that many immigrants from Latin America don't speak English and that it seems that THEY should adjust to US and not vice versa.

IS this too difficult for you to grasp or something?

Oh, and I was born and raised in Europe.

NAZI FASCIST!!!

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

NAZI FASCIST!!!

Those aren't Nazis, Donnie, they're nihilists.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by scott free

Took French for one semester, the only thing i learned was how to say 'F**K THIS' with a French accent.

I had it for twelve years, with two in college as I thought I might be an interpreter. Got fluent but mostly learned hi brow stuff in college like philosophy and reading literature. So when I got to France I didn't know how to ask where the bathroom was. So I tried describing a bathroom in as polite a manner as I could to a man at the hotel desk. Finally he just say: Girl, ust say it in English! Guess I didn't do a very good job.

[Lumpy]

Damn it. Ya know, I took pride in my ability to refrain from interacting in DC-type threads. But now this one is destined to end up there... all thanks to Donger.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

A) They should adjust to the US......No one disagrees with that.

B) Learning spanish to communicate, go to restraunts, **** a latina hotty, watch a film, do whatever, make more money, etc... is not a bad thing and actually has nothing to do with A

Is that hard for you to grasp?

You keep getting hung up on point A, when no one is even arguing it. If you were born and raised in Europe you must be a grandfather because the way you are stuck in your attitude smacks of like 50 years ago.

Wow. Okay, I'll dumb it down a bit....

THE fuckING THREAD STARTER ADMITS THAT HE WANTS TO LEARN SPANISH SO THAT HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS HE WORKS WITH. THEREFORE, IN THIS EXAMPLE, A MOST CERTAINLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH B.

I have no issue whatsoever with anyone WANTING to learn a foreign language. But, I most certainly do when an American working in the public sector HAS TO learn Spanish in order to succeed (or keep) their job.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Damn it. Ya know, I took pride in my ability to refrain from interacting in DC-type threads. But now this one is destined to end up there... all thanks to Donger.

Sorry. I take this issue personally.

[ElGringo]

Been here for about 3 years now, and would say I am still learning Latin American Spanish (have tried the programs and all that, but they teach you Spanish of Spain, while similar, very different).

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Donger

Wow. Okay, I'll dumb it down a bit....

THE fuckING THREAD STARTER ADMITS THAT HE WANTS TO LEARN SPANISH SO THAT HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS HE WORKS WITH. THEREFORE, IN THIS EXAMPLE, A MOST CERTAINLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH B.

I have no issue whatsoever with anyone WANTING to learn a foreign language. But, I most certainly do when an American working in the public sector HAS TO learn Spanish in order to succeed (or keep) their job.

You're talking to a mental midget, just stop.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Donger

Wow. Okay, I'll dumb it down a bit....

THE fuckING THREAD STARTER ADMITS THAT HE WANTS TO LEARN SPANISH SO THAT HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS HE WORKS WITH. THEREFORE, IN THIS EXAMPLE, A MOST CERTAINLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH B.

I have no issue whatsoever with anyone WANTING to learn a foreign language. But, I most certainly do when an American working in the public sector HAS TO learn Spanish in order to succeed (or keep) their job.

He didnt say he HAD TO in order to keep his job you ****ign pedantic idiot.

You are being dishonest, but thats ok....You can't simply admit you are wrong. Most assbergers reeruns cant.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Donger

Sorry. I take this issue personally.

Did you lose your job flipping burgers to a Mexican?

Maybe you should try getting an education.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

He didnt say he HAD TO in order to keep his job you ****ign pedantic idiot.

You are being dishonest, but thats ok....You can't simply admit you are wrong. Most assbergers reeruns cant.

I was actually referring to a school teacher friend of my wife who was recently told that she had to learn Spanish or leave when writing the HAS TO part. And, no, she doesn't technically have to learn. She can find a different job.

Do you think that is fair to her?

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

basically, there's alot of mexicans moving in, and with my job, it would be very nice if we could actually communicate verbally instead of hand signs and the translator on the phone (usually a friend of their's who actually learned our language).


And i don't think it would be a bad thing to expand my knowledge for the future.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but how does this statement indicate that Sofa King NEEDS to learn Spanish? He just mentioned that it would be nice if he could actually communicate with them.

I create commercial business graphics and I don't NEED to know how to create a pdf, but it would be nice to know how if it helps me in my field. Correct? How is that any different from Sofa King's statement?