How is expecting people to use language properly a privilege?
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Let’s just keep degrading expectations until we devolve all the way back to just grunting because PrIvIlEgE wtf??
Precisely because the people that don't use language properly are the same people that complain about people speaking in Spanish in America because, "If you want to live in this country, learn to speak the language!"
It's really quite ironic...
I don’t follow this comparison
The redneck that takes his immigration frustrations out on some poor Mexican family that want's to order food from a taco bus, in Spanish. Yet he can barely speak prope English, himself.
Ahhh ok. Ha! Yes this certainly happens!
Hmm ok, but I do think if you’re going to immigrate somewhere (legally or not..) then you should learn the local language.
When I travel, I do my best to learn at least a little bit of basic vocabulary. Not only for my own navigability, but to show respect to the people who live where I am going. I think it’s arrogant for me to show up in a foreign country and expect everyone to speak English. That’s also part of the charm of travel in my opinion. The opportunity to learn another language, another culture, and the way that people live in other places.
Only about 10% of communication is verbal. Body language is fairly universal. I worked with a deaf guy, in construction. None of us knew sign language but we always seemed to get our point across. (Especially the part where we all have a beer when we are done.)