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Laugh, but a work associate who staples pekoe bags to his hat says that there is a movement afoot to eliminate all non-English words from the American daily usage. I will now pause for head shaking and laughterā¦ The sad part? This dude is serious. Boy, the far right wing sure is entertaining. Thanks for the laughs folks and keep āem coming! You folks who are conservatives need to reel in the extremists and take back your party from the loonies. Please. Iāll pay you well.
Amen, Lew, I donāt like all this accommodating folks who are too lazy to learn English either, but the point here Iām trying to make (probably didnāt do it too well, I think) is that we are a Germanic based language and have many many Latin and Greek words to boot. This guy wants those words out of āEnglilshā too. Thatās waaaay overboard, doncha think? Itās the absurdities Iām pointing at. Besides, thatāll leave us with about 37 words that are genuinely English.
I agree with the āPress one for Englishā point - both of my immigrant grandfathers struggled with this language but became fluent in a short time, mainly because they both needed and wanted to, to become Americans, bless their hearts.
joefish25 over 14 years ago
Laugh, but a work associate who staples pekoe bags to his hat says that there is a movement afoot to eliminate all non-English words from the American daily usage. I will now pause for head shaking and laughterā¦ The sad part? This dude is serious. Boy, the far right wing sure is entertaining. Thanks for the laughs folks and keep āem coming! You folks who are conservatives need to reel in the extremists and take back your party from the loonies. Please. Iāll pay you well.
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
Thatās the problem right there. Them fureners needs ta larn Anglish!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
I fear hearing, āPress two for English.ā
joefish25 over 14 years ago
Amen, Lew, I donāt like all this accommodating folks who are too lazy to learn English either, but the point here Iām trying to make (probably didnāt do it too well, I think) is that we are a Germanic based language and have many many Latin and Greek words to boot. This guy wants those words out of āEnglilshā too. Thatās waaaay overboard, doncha think? Itās the absurdities Iām pointing at. Besides, thatāll leave us with about 37 words that are genuinely English. I agree with the āPress one for Englishā point - both of my immigrant grandfathers struggled with this language but became fluent in a short time, mainly because they both needed and wanted to, to become Americans, bless their hearts.
lonecat over 14 years ago
^^^^ No one will eat spaghetti in the US ever again ā or sushi, or guacamole. Three of my favorite foods. Or pork, for that matter.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 14 years ago
If this was not a comic Iād have to smack this idiot upside his head
Keith Messamer over 14 years ago
Who wants to ban non-English words in the U.S.?! Is there confusion with France? They have an actual agency that bans non-French words.
Joefish must be believing another made-up thing about Christine OāDonnell.