No Dana, there is nothing prejudicial about expecting someone living in this country to speak at least the rudiments of the commonly spoken language.
How many languages do you speak? I speak one well enough to communicate in, English (I don't count being able to count in Korean, or knowing a couple of phrases in Scottish Gaelic) I can't speak Vietnamese, or Swahili, or Hindi, nor will I ever. Again. The onus is on those coming into this country to learn the rudiments of English. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:40 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: English in America in trouble? you pull out your driver's license, registration and insurance card? You guys are making this hard to fit your prejudices. >But how do you exchange information if the person you were in the accident >with doesn't speak English? > >Gesturing doesn't hold up in court.. > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >7241 Jillspring Ct. >Springfield, Va. 22152 >(703) 220-2835 > >http://www.sstwebworks.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:21 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: English in America in trouble? > >you know -- when I was in Mexico I was well away from the border and nobody >spoke English. I speak the most rudimentary Spanish imaginable. I was still >able to buy food, film, and bus tickets. Sign language gors a very long way. >If you have an accident here, you are supposed to stop and exchange >information. ::shrug:: > > > >>Regarding this, if you get pulled over and cannot interact with the >officer, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233759 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
