I have a hard on for the metric system. Besides the United States, only for Burma and Liberia have not adopted the metric system. I usually don't care what the rest of the world does. But the metric system is a no brainer.
I finally figured out why so many chicos refuse to speak English. It is because many of them can't read or write Spanish. So reading and writing English is out of the question for them. Immigrants who are economically successful don't need to be convinced to speak English. If I moved to a foreign country I would make every effort to learn their language. And I sure as hell would not think they are obligated to use my language.
Thats fucking cool,but what about the people who can't get the proper education they need to speak english because they are the minority and you government makes it impossible to become a citizen? You are so lucky you are white, you have no idea. Spanish,Italian,and French people are bending over backwards to send their kid to school to learn English so they don't have to deal with people like you.
It wasn't great that early colonizers forced their culture on others around the world. But look, we're in the future now. I immigrated to the U.S as an Asian Indian. My family and I didn't hesitate to become English speakers and we STILL speak our native language Hindi. Yes the U.S is one of the countries in the western hemisphere that embraces diversity. But don't you leftist retarded tree hippie punks realize that when you immigrate to other countries, you're expected to learn their languages!
English is the language of black people, the language of Obama, the language of jamaicans and south africans, the language of nigerians and bahamians!!The language of african americans!
Mexicas, learn English!!! Its a very useful language.
only elementary school uses inches colleges (private at least) uses metric systems i had to learn it on my own agree with you on that point but english only really........
go metric???? Americans are WAY too lazy to EVER do that!!!! the same thing he is complaining that the immigrants are...it would be nice and tidy if all Americans spoke English, and used the metric system, but there are too many people to make that happen so it is a waste of time to get excited over it. get on with your own life
@Kanoki989 Indeed. Don't worry English-speaking Americans. Hispanics will eventually learn your language, just as any other previous inmigrant group did. It may take them longer, but, trust me, they will. Why? Simply because they went to the US not to make an apologia of their culture, but to make a living. German teaching was also a controversial issue one hundred years ago, and nothing happened. After all, aren't you great believers in self-regulation? Why should Washington make a decision?
this guy is a complete cracker. in my opinion i don't care that the official is english. it doesn't mean that everyone will speak english or that they will be forced to do so. i am ashamed that the people in this country are so lazy and stubborn that they would refuse to learn a new language even if it were to be helpful to them.
@akropiss I know. instead of trying to institution an official language here in the U.S. people should stop being lazy and try to learn another laguage instead of forcing everyone else to learn a single one.
no official language in america so who gives a damn what language you speak, anyways america needs to learn more math ans science because they are way behind compared to 3rd world countries
The Spanish speaking do not wish to learn English, but I do not think we should be forced to learn Spanish. I would prefer to learn sign language over spanish, because being spanish speaking not a handicap, being deaf is being handicap.
@patsaxon People who speak English are usually the ones who are monolingual. It's so annoying how English-speaking people want others to learn their language and they don't care to learn someone elses. It's hypocritical.
America is the whole continent from alaska to argentina, with many countrys inside,. united states is one of them, united states not is America, america is a continet not a country or nation, for example the five rings of the olimpic games represents the five continents of yhe world:America, Europe, Asia,Africa and Oceania
lol... i agree with you 100% on what you said at 3:30... americans ARE stupid! and by the way, if you are going to make everyone speak English then speak PROPER English! in proper English "colour" has a 'u' in it! and "programme" has 'mme' on the end! stop being so lazy and just learn to speak and spell correctly!
america has always been a shit hole, thanks to the dumb yanks, i don't get how all the doom mongers are all starting to say that america is becoming shit now,
Absolutely right! Every single person should know the language of the country he or she lives. And the Metric system is more accurate and more usable all around the world. What to say more... nothing! You've told everything. Thank you
There were free land to move to. It take only three months to learn another language.People in America speak more languages then those at the Towel of Babel. And who knows if the story is even true. There are many countries with a lot of different languages living together and caring on many projects. USA, THE Europeans, The Russians, Chinese, and other countries working on the space station. Laugh. That project may fail according to the Towel of Babel story.
Man, I am surprise and applaud you for speaking so many languages. Wouldn't it be great if a large numbers of Americas were like you- speaking all those different languages. It would be really. You should pass on the knowledge and do not die with it. Tell the educators and teachers to teach the kids to be like you - speaking many languages. That is great. The Towel of Babel project stop because the people didn't want to work on a stupid Towel anymore.
@tinihin Every country should have its official language and everyone should know it, but if you want to self educate yourself with several other languages it's your choice and you will surprise others as well as George H. Russell. By the way, I'm Georgian (not American), I know my native language as well as English, Russian and German
@tinihin lol... i agree and i know its easy to learn different languages because i am 13 years old and i am fluent in chinese... it only took me 2 and a half months to learn how to speak fluently and write the characters! if americans would just stop being so lazy they would accomplish a lot more... AND LEARN TO SPELL "COLOUR" PROPERLY YOU GAY AMERICANS!
@budda10000 I'm English, and in England, we've use the Metric system for ages on everything apart from roads, where, for some unknown reason everything's still in miles. They're called Imperial units of measurement, not English units of measurement. :)
if u speak english you don't need to learn any other language, why?, 'cuz english is the language spoken in all the world, in japan they speak japanese and english, in europe, they speak english, all the world speaks english, eben american haters. lol.
You're an idiot we do have a langua franca it's called American English and no one is saying to remove it. You're being an over exaggerated hype monger. They are simply saying if it is made a legal "official language" on paper than our laws will tare up what communication we have with others of our nation that also, by the way helped build this Great Nation. or do you really think the English speakers did all the work? Duh! You need to do more research before you talk.
Because they all speak different languages. He'd have to learn a ton of new languages to speak to them all. It'd be easier for them all to learn English dumbass.
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What YOU smartass, how many languages do YOU speak? Isn't embarrasing to speak only English? How does it feel been at the lowest level of human reasoning?
although I don't like your YouTube name (Obamaownswhitesnow) I agree with you here. Man, you should change that name it's offensive from the start don't you think? Not many people will take you seriously anywhere you post... Even the people that like Obama. (Just a suggestion)
I am surprised that an American has read the Bible.
God gave them their different languages.
Why don't you all learn French?
So why don't all the white folks learn Navajo?
People do learn English when they come to the U.S. and try very hard to learn. The problem is that English is a disgusting language that is overly difficult to learn.
well that makes sense just like in germany the language is german, in mexico its spanish, in china its chinese, in france its french, in italy its italian, but in america it was english american dialect, but now its pretty much all of them ivs seen like 50 channels on the tv that are spanish i have to flip past all these channels it takes several seconds just to find a good show or movie. ive seen posters and labels in only spanish, im thinkin what da hell is that???!!! i wanna know but i cant!
English is the language of America. This guy is correct. We need to standardize on that for the sake of our unique American culture and to facilitate integration of worthy legal immigrants. Learn English or go the heck home! However, I don't agree about metric. When I'm benching 500lbs I don't want it to be shown as 200 some-odd kg. It doesnt have the same effect. Of course, as a physicist, I do use the metric standard. Yea... that's a tough one.
This guy is a MORON! I can't even believe he's allowed to make such stupid comments.. you can't strip someone of their culture.. This is the UNITED STATES of AMERICA = FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS... NATIVE AMERICANS are the REAL AMERICANS!!!!!!
It's the land of the free, there should be no law enforcing a language. I do agree that if you go to a new country where the most common language is different than your native toungue, it would be stupid & in some cases offensive not to learn it. But why do people feel the need to legislate & enforce their oppinions on everyone else? the beauty of freedom is that the free-marketplace of ideas has a chance to persuade people what the best ideas are through logical discussion, rather than force.
Hilarious that America was a haven for the oppressed. Now you want to codify what an 'American' must say or do?
Given the state of the American education system, perhaps you ought to focus on teaching your own children proper (American) English before you start harping on at someone who at least speaks one language properly.
Within 2-3 generations, the odds are that the offspring of immigrants will speak only English anyway. Sad to note that that 8/10 Americans only speak one language.
A pathway to Unity is respect of the other cultures you are trying to bring together.Bilingualism is a basic human right. Culture and language are inseperable. The only one with a problem with understanding and empathy for other languages are monolinguals. A charateristic of a monolingual is an immense disinterest in languages other than their own. The only real danger is language loss. Of the worlds population monolinguals are the minority.
I agree the multiculturalists go too far. My electronics manuals are in 05 different languages? Why? If you are in a country you learn their predominant language. I bothered to learn Spanish to go to Spain. I did not expect the Spaniards to speak English. Why the hell would I?
We should use and apply a single system of measure. It is confusing and annoyoing to have convert different systems of measure.
"English is our language" LOL. You're better off learning irony!
A mate of mine worked in US & was told he "spoke American really well" he replied "well, i'm English" to be told "wow, you speak our language really well!"
You seem really passionate about the subject matter, however, there is one simple aspect of this great country that you seem to have trouble grasping; I am sorry to tell you that that your idea of English as an official language is going to be just that, an idea like many others that never succeed. America is the place where many countries meet, languages are a part of people's cultures and because of that, people should be able to work with the gov in their own language.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, English is the only language that is a requirement for all school and college curriculums throughout the U.S., so yes, I see no other reason to use any other language in America.
I agree, theres many more native English speakers in America than throughout the combined British Empire, the English language has become a national symbol of America, and it's a must for the rest of the world to do trade and business with America, the leader of the global economy.
America is the reason English is still the most spoken language in the world today since the decline of the British Empire during the 20th century.
Learning a language is a process which entails time and effort. Some have more time or aptitude than others. I know only English and have no problem trying to communicate with anyone who doesn't speak English..just the same as I don't mind trying to communicate with a deaf/mute person. Basic common courtesy and common sense. I'm sure there are many in other countries who took time to learn English so they could communicate with English speaking folks too. Bet it is a job requirement.
I'm English and i can understand the American. Just certain words we dont have. Because your language is old english. The English language is mixed up with European and scandanivan language.
Alot of the people that came to the New world were Irish and could already speak English anyway. So they taught the Germans and everyone else how to speak english i would assume.
There has been recent support for singing our National Anthem in Spanish too which I am completely against. If it is to be sung in Spanish, it had better be sung in German, Chinese, Italian, French and every other language for equality. And that's just rediculous so just keep it all in English! One language makes sense because it's more practical!
And I also agree with your views of the metric system vs the English system.
The first & only smart thing I've heard come out of this guys mouth is "America should switch to the metric system". Other then that this guy is Hitlers nephew.
Osiyo, Lucy dawado. Yonega nasgi ugadohi gawonihisdi. Tsalagi ugadohi gawonihisdi. Hello, my name is Lucy. English is not the language of the land. Cherokee is the language of the land. Speak the language or go back to Europe.
spanish is not an mexican only , this is spoken by most american people since XVI Century . Historically Most of the States were spanish (California, Texas, Mexico ). During the Independence War, spanish army comanded by General Bernardo de Galvez helped the American troops of General George Washington to defeat british expeditionary force in the Florida Campaign (battle of Pennsacola).
It s no crime speaking the language of his ancestors. Immigrants must be English learning, I agree, but they have the Constitutional Right of speaking spanish in their communities. If they are good American citizens , paying taxes and working hard in America, they have Human Rights, not Slavery.
Mr. Russell. I m agree with you the U.S. common language is ENGLISH . But SPANISH is spoken in America (not only U.S., but in all continent ) since XVI Century. million of people speaks the language of his ancestors (500 million people around the world, America and Europe) . It´s no crime. I´m not American, i m European. Thank you.
So this guy can speak different languages huh? Well bud theres a difference between tourism and citizenship in a country. I dont believe that your a true citizen to Franch, Italy and Mexico so in all fairness, you dont have to speak that language because your only there a short time. However I DO agree with the metric speech. A few years ago they tried to change and teach everyone the metric system but we were lazy and complained to much so the government just decided to stay the same.
I do agree with the metric system rant. When I cut out the patterns to make clothes or costumes I use centimeter and not inches. It's just more accurate.
BTW, I know English and Spanish, and I'm going for a 3rd and 4th, French and sign language. I might even go for a 5t and 6th, German and Japanese, if I have the time and money for them. But right now I'll stick to continuing my studies at four languages and getting more degrees for my major. :)
I like the fact that America got more than one culture or more than one language, that's what makes it so special to begin with. The only problem with it is that most (not all) Americans are too fucking lazy to learn more than one language (like this drunken asshole). Look at the Europeans, them folks can learn up to five languages at a time. If they are capable of learning more than one language than so can Americans.
You are SO right about that one. Amerikans are slackers when it comes to learning anything outside the 50 states. Don't forget, Jerry Ford wanted to make Puerto Rico a state. Were THEY going to have to speak English???
*nods* Yep. Though Puerto Rico is part of the United States, just not included as a 51st state, but under law it is. Just like Cuba was back before Fidel, it was under the American flag and had leaders who were placed there by Americans, which of course caused a revolution and now Cuba is at where it "wants" because its not under the impression or influence of another country. Anyways Puerto Rico is under the US flag but not under paying taxes.
What a red neck ! What is America and who are the America . in order to decide which Language should the country speak, go and find out what the America is made of.
Also, for such an English aficionado (I love Spanish.), he sure downplayed the ENGLISH system of measurement in favor of an unnecessary conversion which would cost billions of dollars the United States doesn't have... and used a nonexistent word, "stupider".
Congratulations, but if this is the best you can come up with, I'm emigrating to a country with less idiots like this guy.
I agree, English is the US main language and I don't see how that would change, especially because many non english speaking countries try to learn english, so why can't americans use the multicultural opportunities and learn at least an extra language as well.
... As a Spanish Major... I'd like to say... All of you are fucking retards. America is almost the last country in the world where at least 30% of the people do NOT speak more than one language. Last time I checked, America didn't need to enforce English to maintain its prominence.
I couldn't believe when I heard that all but 1 Democrat candidate would not support English as the official language of the US. Democrats will sell out our identity as a nation in a heartbeat to create more democratic voters.
doesnt that smith and wesson have a 10 or 12 INCH barrel, shooting a .500 CALIBER (1/2 INCH) slug? how much does it weigh? bet its in ounces/ lbs. metric is not american thats why.
If you notice, when the English people got here, there were already people HERE, so when the English arrived, guess what they did? THEY SAID "FUCK YOU! I'm too lazy to learn your language, so we'll kill you instead." Now I'm not saying that people shouldn't learn English, it'll help. But before we start condemning people, lets remember our own past first. And much love for the metric system, love that thing.
"If you notice, when the English people got here," Indian was not the official language of this area. Indians also didn't have a concept of land ownership, so the county wasn't "stolen" from them, because there WASN'T ONE. And to think you said something about "remembering the past"?
You're right, in the beginning that concept wasn't there some of the land we know live on was 'bought' as legitimately as possible the stealing of land I'm referring to was in the 1800's when the US Government went back on several treaties promising the Black Hills to the Lakota, but then but then gold was found, so the US reniged. so yeah, I'm saying remember the past. And even though there was no OFFICIAL language, there were still languages, and it never hurt anyone to learn another.
1.) indian wasn't the official language - one, there is no such language called "indian" and two the only reason why we are calling native americans indians today is because columbus thought he was INDIA when he came to america - hence the word "indian"
2.) no concept of land ownership - and what white european history book are you reading? surely not the one that paints columbus as the "founder of america" when people were already living here?
I agree with the metric bit, but how are we going to make english the lingua franca in America ? Central and South America might be kinda hard to convert bro ha.
Please consider the following: You may want to improve your English because you obviously didn't understand the Tower of Babel story. In actual fact, they were building the Tower of Babel because they spoke the SAME language! God didn't like the tower so he "confused their speech" in order to put an end to the horror of their unity. Anyhow, the last time I checked, the civil war was fought among English speakers. By the way, American scientists use the metric system.
DamianKarrasAAP, this isn't "xenophobhia". You got it all wrong. If you want to live a bette life in the United States, you should learn and speak English.
I agree to a certain extent about english being the officail language but I do have some disagreement. I do believe that the U.S. should be using the metric system.
Ha ha we have the same problem in England; the Pakistanis refuse to learn English properly and instead stay in Muslim ghettos where they don't have to. Cheeky fuckers.
"Langua Franca"? A non-English phrase to support your argument for English as the national language? Maybe you should spend your time teaching immigrants English instead of screaming at them to learn English! Which they don't understand.
The stubborn and ignorant refusal of immigrants (mostly spanish-speaking ones) to learn English is indeed only one PART of the problem. It is indicative of their wish to forsake integrating into American society and culture. THAT refusal incorporates refusal to learn or speak English. Our nation will not survive if it is "every culture for itself" no matter what country they came from.
I have a hard on for the metric system. Besides the United States, only for Burma and Liberia have not adopted the metric system. I usually don't care what the rest of the world does. But the metric system is a no brainer.
Jefgg 1 week ago
I finally figured out why so many chicos refuse to speak English. It is because many of them can't read or write Spanish. So reading and writing English is out of the question for them. Immigrants who are economically successful don't need to be convinced to speak English. If I moved to a foreign country I would make every effort to learn their language. And I sure as hell would not think they are obligated to use my language.
Jefgg 1 week ago
Thats fucking cool,but what about the people who can't get the proper education they need to speak english because they are the minority and you government makes it impossible to become a citizen? You are so lucky you are white, you have no idea. Spanish,Italian,and French people are bending over backwards to send their kid to school to learn English so they don't have to deal with people like you.
hanginintheiv1 3 weeks ago
America should revive Latin and use it for a national language. English is garbage.
lamrof 1 month ago
English is fucking hard to learn. Its fucking pain to learn.
lamrof 1 month ago
Way to site something as concrete as the Bible, douchebag.
corywarren09 3 months ago
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antifrituras 3 months ago
It wasn't great that early colonizers forced their culture on others around the world. But look, we're in the future now. I immigrated to the U.S as an Asian Indian. My family and I didn't hesitate to become English speakers and we STILL speak our native language Hindi. Yes the U.S is one of the countries in the western hemisphere that embraces diversity. But don't you leftist retarded tree hippie punks realize that when you immigrate to other countries, you're expected to learn their languages!
IcedCoffee81 4 months ago
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lalafrey 4 months ago
English is the language of black people, the language of Obama, the language of jamaicans and south africans, the language of nigerians and bahamians!!The language of african americans!
Mexicas, learn English!!! Its a very useful language.
Khaagon 5 months ago
I agree americans should get rid of the imperial units. It's still poisoning some science books.
Bastro3000 5 months ago
Well, I am glad you support the metric system.
HerrOttoKranz 7 months ago
only elementary school uses inches colleges (private at least) uses metric systems i had to learn it on my own agree with you on that point but english only really........
bjunlisted 8 months ago
It's NOT??? WTF Language is ???
curtismoff 11 months ago
@curtismoff There is no official language of the U.S.
xJBx72x 10 months ago
go metric???? Americans are WAY too lazy to EVER do that!!!! the same thing he is complaining that the immigrants are...it would be nice and tidy if all Americans spoke English, and used the metric system, but there are too many people to make that happen so it is a waste of time to get excited over it. get on with your own life
toddmastria1 1 year ago
hmmm. so its a "saving paper" ecology issue....what a tool
toddmastria1 1 year ago
funny how the mexicans refuse to learn english
DangerousD6969 1 year ago
Please announce english as your official language, that way it's probably less necessary for the rest of the world to learn a third language.
Drcrazy93 1 year ago
Is this guy dumb? The same thing happened when Germans came to USA, to the point where 10% of American schools were taught in German.
Spanish today is no where near as wide spread as German used to be >.>
Kanoki989 1 year ago
@Kanoki989 Indeed. Don't worry English-speaking Americans. Hispanics will eventually learn your language, just as any other previous inmigrant group did. It may take them longer, but, trust me, they will. Why? Simply because they went to the US not to make an apologia of their culture, but to make a living. German teaching was also a controversial issue one hundred years ago, and nothing happened. After all, aren't you great believers in self-regulation? Why should Washington make a decision?
HerrOttoKranz 7 months ago
Yes. English only. GTFO otherwise illegals.
ToxicOdiousOne 1 year ago
this guy is a complete cracker. in my opinion i don't care that the official is english. it doesn't mean that everyone will speak english or that they will be forced to do so. i am ashamed that the people in this country are so lazy and stubborn that they would refuse to learn a new language even if it were to be helpful to them.
merceditas2009 1 year ago
@akropiss I know. instead of trying to institution an official language here in the U.S. people should stop being lazy and try to learn another laguage instead of forcing everyone else to learn a single one.
merceditas2009 1 year ago
no official language in america so who gives a damn what language you speak, anyways america needs to learn more math ans science because they are way behind compared to 3rd world countries
TINKIWIKI 1 year ago
The Spanish speaking do not wish to learn English, but I do not think we should be forced to learn Spanish. I would prefer to learn sign language over spanish, because being spanish speaking not a handicap, being deaf is being handicap.
patsaxon 1 year ago
@patsaxon People who speak English are usually the ones who are monolingual. It's so annoying how English-speaking people want others to learn their language and they don't care to learn someone elses. It's hypocritical.
Unknownkid2 1 year ago
@patsaxon Don't generalize that all Spanish speakers don't want to learn English. That's a huge misunderstanding.
susanaakasussie 1 year ago
You speak 4 languages fluently?
yodayo1 1 year ago
@yodayo1 IKR very rare to find that..or he problably knew those only few parts of it lmao
ItalianBlackheart123 7 months ago
In the United States live forty million people who speak Spanish
curaricito 1 year ago
jet trips to wa la land.
debaser03 1 year ago
The Tower of Babel, started under one linguage (not english) , You wish two corect God !?! :)), good luck with that :))))
Stanosu 1 year ago
It not make sense that someone that comes to America refuse to speak english, What kind of donkey is? or maybe an anti-american invader?
culombie 1 year ago
America is the whole continent from alaska to argentina, with many countrys inside,. united states is one of them, united states not is America, america is a continet not a country or nation, for example the five rings of the olimpic games represents the five continents of yhe world:America, Europe, Asia,Africa and Oceania
curaricito 1 year ago 6
@curaricito yep!
soxeyer 1 year ago
@curaricito America is also the name of a nation donkey!
culombie 1 year ago
English needs to be the offical language period total agreement. In Maryland the ballots are in English only.
v19d 1 year ago
I COMPLETELY agree! Finally someone using some God-given common sense!
frtw4428 1 year ago
Spanish in USA ? Inminent falling of America into the Third World
INVASION USA
Illegal Immigration is destroying America
SB 1070 in all USA
culombie 1 year ago
I like the part with the metric system most !
fullredplatinum 1 year ago
DAMN RIGHT!! This is OUR country! If you are not legal, GTFO! NOW!
alwaysright69 1 year ago
french
genfenomen 1 year ago
lol... i agree with you 100% on what you said at 3:30... americans ARE stupid! and by the way, if you are going to make everyone speak English then speak PROPER English! in proper English "colour" has a 'u' in it! and "programme" has 'mme' on the end! stop being so lazy and just learn to speak and spell correctly!
911toothache 1 year ago
america has always been a shit hole, thanks to the dumb yanks, i don't get how all the doom mongers are all starting to say that america is becoming shit now,
its always been the same...
GLORD99092 1 year ago
@GLORD99092 i agree...
911toothache 1 year ago
Absolutely right! Every single person should know the language of the country he or she lives. And the Metric system is more accurate and more usable all around the world. What to say more... nothing! You've told everything. Thank you
D3286S 2 years ago
There were free land to move to. It take only three months to learn another language.People in America speak more languages then those at the Towel of Babel. And who knows if the story is even true. There are many countries with a lot of different languages living together and caring on many projects. USA, THE Europeans, The Russians, Chinese, and other countries working on the space station. Laugh. That project may fail according to the Towel of Babel story.
tinihin 2 years ago
Man, I am surprise and applaud you for speaking so many languages. Wouldn't it be great if a large numbers of Americas were like you- speaking all those different languages. It would be really. You should pass on the knowledge and do not die with it. Tell the educators and teachers to teach the kids to be like you - speaking many languages. That is great. The Towel of Babel project stop because the people didn't want to work on a stupid Towel anymore.
tinihin 2 years ago
@tinihin Every country should have its official language and everyone should know it, but if you want to self educate yourself with several other languages it's your choice and you will surprise others as well as George H. Russell. By the way, I'm Georgian (not American), I know my native language as well as English, Russian and German
D3286S 2 years ago
@tinihin lol... i agree and i know its easy to learn different languages because i am 13 years old and i am fluent in chinese... it only took me 2 and a half months to learn how to speak fluently and write the characters! if americans would just stop being so lazy they would accomplish a lot more... AND LEARN TO SPELL "COLOUR" PROPERLY YOU GAY AMERICANS!
911toothache 1 year ago
@911toothache It doesn't matter, they're both correct.:|
KittySnowene 1 year ago
you know what your saying and i agree with you 100%
hineyhoney 2 years ago
haha i hate the English system of measurement. It makes physics problems annoying when they use ft, in, miles.
budda10000 2 years ago
@budda10000 I'm English, and in England, we've use the Metric system for ages on everything apart from roads, where, for some unknown reason everything's still in miles. They're called Imperial units of measurement, not English units of measurement. :)
TheOneAndOnlyETHMAN 2 years ago
there is nothing stupider ... i can't wait to tell people about this guy.
hotdog5505 2 years ago
im sore ENGLAND created the language, not americans, get ur own american language you scum
Blowupyanks 2 years ago
I am from Europe and I agree with you in everything
PlatoOfAthens 2 years ago
English IS our official language, although not written. It should be our ONLY language.
WhiteCloud1001 2 years ago
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Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare.
Over 70% of the United States' annual population growth(and over 90% of CA, FL, and NY) results from immigration.
29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens from south of the border.
Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
Over 44% of Hispanics, ages 16 and older, do not have BASIC English proficiency skills
ferrarriguy 2 years ago
if u speak english you don't need to learn any other language, why?, 'cuz english is the language spoken in all the world, in japan they speak japanese and english, in europe, they speak english, all the world speaks english, eben american haters. lol.
asskicker231 2 years ago
You're an idiot we do have a langua franca it's called American English and no one is saying to remove it. You're being an over exaggerated hype monger. They are simply saying if it is made a legal "official language" on paper than our laws will tare up what communication we have with others of our nation that also, by the way helped build this Great Nation. or do you really think the English speakers did all the work? Duh! You need to do more research before you talk.
pfotojenik 2 years ago
America is NOT United States piece of shit hater! United States, Canada and Mexico is part of AMERICA(North) and let's not talk of South America.
Obamaownswhitesnow 2 years ago
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Hey hater, if all those guys learn English why you fucker can't learn a second language?
Obamaownswhitesnow 2 years ago
Because they all speak different languages. He'd have to learn a ton of new languages to speak to them all. It'd be easier for them all to learn English dumbass.
hady9090 2 years ago 2
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What YOU smartass, how many languages do YOU speak? Isn't embarrasing to speak only English? How does it feel been at the lowest level of human reasoning?
Obamaownswhitesnow 2 years ago
I speak three languages asshole.
hady9090 2 years ago 5
although I don't like your YouTube name (Obamaownswhitesnow) I agree with you here. Man, you should change that name it's offensive from the start don't you think? Not many people will take you seriously anywhere you post... Even the people that like Obama. (Just a suggestion)
pfotojenik 2 years ago
There should be one universal language, I don't give a shit what it is, everyone in the world should be able speak and understand one another.
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lamarridley2 2 years ago
The U.S. is not a Republic.
I am surprised that an American has read the Bible.
God gave them their different languages.
Why don't you all learn French?
So why don't all the white folks learn Navajo?
People do learn English when they come to the U.S. and try very hard to learn. The problem is that English is a disgusting language that is overly difficult to learn.
When you go to Louisiana speak French or get out.
quomodocumque 2 years ago
thats right speak english
crypter27 3 years ago 2
If my kids are forced to learn spanish in school, I'm going to be cracking eggs on someone's forehead. Burn Dora. Burn Diego.
N01sHome 3 years ago
well that makes sense just like in germany the language is german, in mexico its spanish, in china its chinese, in france its french, in italy its italian, but in america it was english american dialect, but now its pretty much all of them ivs seen like 50 channels on the tv that are spanish i have to flip past all these channels it takes several seconds just to find a good show or movie. ive seen posters and labels in only spanish, im thinkin what da hell is that???!!! i wanna know but i cant!
marxleninsputnik 3 years ago
hold on there ? I think your being a bigot. let the people talk what ever language they want.
frankyboy283 3 years ago
English is the language of America. This guy is correct. We need to standardize on that for the sake of our unique American culture and to facilitate integration of worthy legal immigrants. Learn English or go the heck home! However, I don't agree about metric. When I'm benching 500lbs I don't want it to be shown as 200 some-odd kg. It doesnt have the same effect. Of course, as a physicist, I do use the metric standard. Yea... that's a tough one.
PowerForGood 3 years ago 2
lmao
crapflinger 3 years ago
This guy is a MORON! I can't even believe he's allowed to make such stupid comments.. you can't strip someone of their culture.. This is the UNITED STATES of AMERICA = FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS... NATIVE AMERICANS are the REAL AMERICANS!!!!!!
DontBeSoIgnorant 3 years ago
I agree.
Truthseeker1412 3 years ago
Yeah this is the United States so they should speak English.Not saying forget their first language.But learn the language of the country they are in.
SuicideKing187 3 years ago
It's the land of the free, there should be no law enforcing a language. I do agree that if you go to a new country where the most common language is different than your native toungue, it would be stupid & in some cases offensive not to learn it. But why do people feel the need to legislate & enforce their oppinions on everyone else? the beauty of freedom is that the free-marketplace of ideas has a chance to persuade people what the best ideas are through logical discussion, rather than force.
leitermann 3 years ago 2
Finally someone with some brains.I agree.
Truthseeker1412 3 years ago
Hilarious that America was a haven for the oppressed. Now you want to codify what an 'American' must say or do?
Given the state of the American education system, perhaps you ought to focus on teaching your own children proper (American) English before you start harping on at someone who at least speaks one language properly.
Within 2-3 generations, the odds are that the offspring of immigrants will speak only English anyway. Sad to note that that 8/10 Americans only speak one language.
British86 3 years ago
I agree. Very good points. It is what happened with those immigrants he identifies as well. The children would often translate for them. Good points.
OMGdancingpandas 3 years ago
What a prat. "Lingua franca", what language did that come from? Typical irony-noncomprehending yank :P
spodzone 3 years ago
The Britains came to U.S. and GUESS WHAT?....They never learned the Natives' Languages!!!!!!!
salvyx3 3 years ago
good the Indians are red drunken retards why do you think canada sucks.
USAPropaganda 3 years ago
A pathway to Unity is respect of the other cultures you are trying to bring together.Bilingualism is a basic human right. Culture and language are inseperable. The only one with a problem with understanding and empathy for other languages are monolinguals. A charateristic of a monolingual is an immense disinterest in languages other than their own. The only real danger is language loss. Of the worlds population monolinguals are the minority.
Kaiekengaru 3 years ago
I agree the multiculturalists go too far. My electronics manuals are in 05 different languages? Why? If you are in a country you learn their predominant language. I bothered to learn Spanish to go to Spain. I did not expect the Spaniards to speak English. Why the hell would I?
We should use and apply a single system of measure. It is confusing and annoyoing to have convert different systems of measure.
paralegal2b 3 years ago
errr im english and no one uses the metric syestem
leonleonceur 3 years ago
"English is our language" LOL. You're better off learning irony!
A mate of mine worked in US & was told he "spoke American really well" he replied "well, i'm English" to be told "wow, you speak our language really well!"
stanleykneecap 3 years ago 2
25% of Americans came from Germany!! So the founding fathers did not know which one between English and German should be the official language!
reprimand33 3 years ago
I agree. I have seen people in America for 20 years and still refuse to learn English! WTF!
redbonegal 3 years ago
You seem really passionate about the subject matter, however, there is one simple aspect of this great country that you seem to have trouble grasping; I am sorry to tell you that that your idea of English as an official language is going to be just that, an idea like many others that never succeed. America is the place where many countries meet, languages are a part of people's cultures and because of that, people should be able to work with the gov in their own language.
fmorenofsu 3 years ago
why is america always in grave danger
fartrage 3 years ago
Invent your own language.
Taddo93 4 years ago
Tower of "Babble" is right. I am so sick of this, for crying out loud, this IS America, Speak American or bring your OWN interpretor or get out.
DUH?
triondan 4 years ago
Oh, and I forgot to mention, English is the only language that is a requirement for all school and college curriculums throughout the U.S., so yes, I see no other reason to use any other language in America.
XionXXXX 4 years ago
I agree, theres many more native English speakers in America than throughout the combined British Empire, the English language has become a national symbol of America, and it's a must for the rest of the world to do trade and business with America, the leader of the global economy.
America is the reason English is still the most spoken language in the world today since the decline of the British Empire during the 20th century.
XionXXXX 4 years ago
What about of natives? Why didn't you learn native American speak, their lingua franca? It is after all has been their land for thousands of years.
DanialWali 4 years ago
Learning a language is a process which entails time and effort. Some have more time or aptitude than others. I know only English and have no problem trying to communicate with anyone who doesn't speak English..just the same as I don't mind trying to communicate with a deaf/mute person. Basic common courtesy and common sense. I'm sure there are many in other countries who took time to learn English so they could communicate with English speaking folks too. Bet it is a job requirement.
unityisonlyway2peace 4 years ago
well said...
fmorenofsu 3 years ago
I'm English and i can understand the American. Just certain words we dont have. Because your language is old english. The English language is mixed up with European and scandanivan language.
Alot of the people that came to the New world were Irish and could already speak English anyway. So they taught the Germans and everyone else how to speak english i would assume.
azzab2709 4 years ago
Ha ha he's getting all worked up.
lukieh 4 years ago
It is a good idea to have a lingua franca, but remember that America is a nation of immigrants.
But know that English is really bastardized German.
TK4541 4 years ago
Amen!
There has been recent support for singing our National Anthem in Spanish too which I am completely against. If it is to be sung in Spanish, it had better be sung in German, Chinese, Italian, French and every other language for equality. And that's just rediculous so just keep it all in English! One language makes sense because it's more practical!
And I also agree with your views of the metric system vs the English system.
lionlea 4 years ago 2
The first & only smart thing I've heard come out of this guys mouth is "America should switch to the metric system". Other then that this guy is Hitlers nephew.
Greaves024 4 years ago
"This is America, speak English" hmmm.
JonFlower2 4 years ago
This man is right. Cherokee was only spoken in a certain portion of North America. Spanish is not spoken on "all continent". English is our langauge.
mattm1836 4 years ago
Osiyo, Lucy dawado. Yonega nasgi ugadohi gawonihisdi. Tsalagi ugadohi gawonihisdi. Hello, my name is Lucy. English is not the language of the land. Cherokee is the language of the land. Speak the language or go back to Europe.
luccaskunk 4 years ago
spanish is not an mexican only , this is spoken by most american people since XVI Century . Historically Most of the States were spanish (California, Texas, Mexico ). During the Independence War, spanish army comanded by General Bernardo de Galvez helped the American troops of General George Washington to defeat british expeditionary force in the Florida Campaign (battle of Pennsacola).
telkines 4 years ago
It s no crime speaking the language of his ancestors. Immigrants must be English learning, I agree, but they have the Constitutional Right of speaking spanish in their communities. If they are good American citizens , paying taxes and working hard in America, they have Human Rights, not Slavery.
telkines 4 years ago
Mr. Russell. I m agree with you the U.S. common language is ENGLISH . But SPANISH is spoken in America (not only U.S., but in all continent ) since XVI Century. million of people speaks the language of his ancestors (500 million people around the world, America and Europe) . It´s no crime. I´m not American, i m European. Thank you.
telkines 4 years ago 2
So this guy can speak different languages huh? Well bud theres a difference between tourism and citizenship in a country. I dont believe that your a true citizen to Franch, Italy and Mexico so in all fairness, you dont have to speak that language because your only there a short time. However I DO agree with the metric speech. A few years ago they tried to change and teach everyone the metric system but we were lazy and complained to much so the government just decided to stay the same.
Fredorico 4 years ago
he speaks the truth and if you dont like it go to another country!
littlebigbro69 4 years ago 2
Official language of America should be Lakota.
Or maybe Navajo.
See how long it would take this little arsehole to learn either.
DaveS63 4 years ago
YEAH metric system, Kilometers Rule.
MadMasterNeil 4 years ago
You're right, there is nothing stupider than an archaic system of measurements.
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tuvqutra 4 years ago
Guess what we do, as Americans.. We're too ignorant to learn another language..
haha.. he says they're too lazy to learn English, How many Americans, not including the Hispanics, are bilingual?
Where do you see the word "ENGLISH" in the word "AMERICA"???
America was actually named after a Spanish settler..
But 1 thing I do agree with is the use of the Metric system.
tommasokey 4 years ago
Yeah metric system,
But the Language is English not American.
MadMasterNeil 4 years ago
to say this guy is on rock would be an insult to addicts. open ass, remove head!
lumberdung 4 years ago
I do agree with the metric system rant. When I cut out the patterns to make clothes or costumes I use centimeter and not inches. It's just more accurate.
JuciShockwave 4 years ago
BTW, I know English and Spanish, and I'm going for a 3rd and 4th, French and sign language. I might even go for a 5t and 6th, German and Japanese, if I have the time and money for them. But right now I'll stick to continuing my studies at four languages and getting more degrees for my major. :)
JuciShockwave 4 years ago
I like the fact that America got more than one culture or more than one language, that's what makes it so special to begin with. The only problem with it is that most (not all) Americans are too fucking lazy to learn more than one language (like this drunken asshole). Look at the Europeans, them folks can learn up to five languages at a time. If they are capable of learning more than one language than so can Americans.
JuciShockwave 4 years ago
You are SO right about that one. Amerikans are slackers when it comes to learning anything outside the 50 states. Don't forget, Jerry Ford wanted to make Puerto Rico a state. Were THEY going to have to speak English???
lumberdung 4 years ago
*nods* Yep. Though Puerto Rico is part of the United States, just not included as a 51st state, but under law it is. Just like Cuba was back before Fidel, it was under the American flag and had leaders who were placed there by Americans, which of course caused a revolution and now Cuba is at where it "wants" because its not under the impression or influence of another country. Anyways Puerto Rico is under the US flag but not under paying taxes.
JuciShockwave 4 years ago
What a red neck ! What is America and who are the America . in order to decide which Language should the country speak, go and find out what the America is made of.
ellenk88 4 years ago
Also, for such an English aficionado (I love Spanish.), he sure downplayed the ENGLISH system of measurement in favor of an unnecessary conversion which would cost billions of dollars the United States doesn't have... and used a nonexistent word, "stupider".
Congratulations, but if this is the best you can come up with, I'm emigrating to a country with less idiots like this guy.
juliollamas 4 years ago
I agree, English is the US main language and I don't see how that would change, especially because many non english speaking countries try to learn english, so why can't americans use the multicultural opportunities and learn at least an extra language as well.
Dexxconocida2 4 years ago
... As a Spanish Major... I'd like to say... All of you are fucking retards. America is almost the last country in the world where at least 30% of the people do NOT speak more than one language. Last time I checked, America didn't need to enforce English to maintain its prominence.
juliollamas 4 years ago
I couldn't believe when I heard that all but 1 Democrat candidate would not support English as the official language of the US. Democrats will sell out our identity as a nation in a heartbeat to create more democratic voters.
Stophocles 4 years ago
god bless you sir, your exactly right
chronic8 4 years ago
It seems as if someone can't speak English correctly. You mean "you're!"
kyle1298 4 years ago
doesnt that smith and wesson have a 10 or 12 INCH barrel, shooting a .500 CALIBER (1/2 INCH) slug? how much does it weigh? bet its in ounces/ lbs. metric is not american thats why.
zimkartracer42 4 years ago
I can hardly understand YOU! Learn proper English, British English. God Save The Queen.
bigmadbad 4 years ago
If you notice, when the English people got here, there were already people HERE, so when the English arrived, guess what they did? THEY SAID "FUCK YOU! I'm too lazy to learn your language, so we'll kill you instead." Now I'm not saying that people shouldn't learn English, it'll help. But before we start condemning people, lets remember our own past first. And much love for the metric system, love that thing.
thetomsmith04 5 years ago
"If you notice, when the English people got here," Indian was not the official language of this area. Indians also didn't have a concept of land ownership, so the county wasn't "stolen" from them, because there WASN'T ONE. And to think you said something about "remembering the past"?
USAon3 4 years ago
You're right, in the beginning that concept wasn't there some of the land we know live on was 'bought' as legitimately as possible the stealing of land I'm referring to was in the 1800's when the US Government went back on several treaties promising the Black Hills to the Lakota, but then but then gold was found, so the US reniged. so yeah, I'm saying remember the past. And even though there was no OFFICIAL language, there were still languages, and it never hurt anyone to learn another.
thetomsmith04 4 years ago
wow, the epitome of stupidity
1.) indian wasn't the official language - one, there is no such language called "indian" and two the only reason why we are calling native americans indians today is because columbus thought he was INDIA when he came to america - hence the word "indian"
2.) no concept of land ownership - and what white european history book are you reading? surely not the one that paints columbus as the "founder of america" when people were already living here?
therealdeal145 4 years ago
that SOOOOOO kicketh arse!! you are right on about the lazy limeys. but hey, Christ used the KJ Bible, right?
lumberdung 4 years ago
XD Good one.
JuciShockwave 4 years ago
I agree with the metric bit, but how are we going to make english the lingua franca in America ? Central and South America might be kinda hard to convert bro ha.
draegstar 5 years ago
I agree, although i'm British your point, shines on us, if you come here speak english, atleast learn it.
ChrisJLeah 5 years ago
Please consider the following: You may want to improve your English because you obviously didn't understand the Tower of Babel story. In actual fact, they were building the Tower of Babel because they spoke the SAME language! God didn't like the tower so he "confused their speech" in order to put an end to the horror of their unity. Anyhow, the last time I checked, the civil war was fought among English speakers. By the way, American scientists use the metric system.
salaamdayan 5 years ago
DamianKarrasAAP, this isn't "xenophobhia". You got it all wrong. If you want to live a bette life in the United States, you should learn and speak English.
videogirl2000 5 years ago 3
I agree to a certain extent about english being the officail language but I do have some disagreement. I do believe that the U.S. should be using the metric system.
DJBear 5 years ago
Ha ha we have the same problem in England; the Pakistanis refuse to learn English properly and instead stay in Muslim ghettos where they don't have to. Cheeky fuckers.
RedHannah 5 years ago
WOW! scott's failure to listen & comprende el hombre is precisely the point of the message!He was using exs-amp-les in language.
savageUSA 5 years ago
"Langua Franca"? A non-English phrase to support your argument for English as the national language? Maybe you should spend your time teaching immigrants English instead of screaming at them to learn English! Which they don't understand.
scottdammitall 5 years ago
English and metric units... what an interesting connection.
Zea107 5 years ago
Xenophobia is an ugly and ignorant thing. If you think America is in trouble because of a language, you've missed something along the way.
DamianKarrasAAP 5 years ago
The stubborn and ignorant refusal of immigrants (mostly spanish-speaking ones) to learn English is indeed only one PART of the problem. It is indicative of their wish to forsake integrating into American society and culture. THAT refusal incorporates refusal to learn or speak English. Our nation will not survive if it is "every culture for itself" no matter what country they came from.
peacefuljeffrey 5 years ago
good sense again personally I think everyone on earth should speak english .
we use metric in the united kingdom and I think we invented feet and miles.
but metric is as you say a better system
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