I speak two fluently and two more badly but well enough to decipher parts of a news article and understand answers to questions like what time is the bus coming, how much is this food item, and where is the restroom. I also took a couple of semesters of Japanese but no longer claim any knowledge of it whatsoever. To answer the question.
And it doesn't matter to me what you expect, any more than it matters to me what language the cashier at a Mexican restaurant speaks. Let people learn what they want and what they can. They are the ones who will have trouble communicating if they do not. As for hiring, remember that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race or national origin. If you are going to fire people for not speaking English, you would have to make sure that a) English is a reasonable job requirement and b) this does not impact members of one demographic group disproportionately. I am not a lawyer but it seems to me that this might be difficult. Where I thnk prejudices come in in *this* thread is when people start saying you need to speak English to drive or rent an apartment. That's just dumb. >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. > >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, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
