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  Anonymous Coward, 22 Jun 2004 @ 12:38pm

  
  

  Not just illiterate, TECHNICALLY ILLITERATE too !

  Boo Hoo,
  
  So how long till I have to pay an additional fee to my ISP so some dumb immigrant who refuses to learn English can have the Internet converted to Spanish ?
  
  Give me a break !
  
  This just goes to prove that if your too damn dumb to learn the language of the country that invented the internet, you don't deserve to use it.
  
  So they won't only be illiterate, they can also be technically illiterate.
  
  Makes me happy to know there will be plenty of people to mow my lawn, clean my house and take care of the other menial jobs intelligent people don't have the time to do.

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    dorpus, 22 Jun 2004 @ 12:52pm

    
    

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    What got to me about living in California was the dumb cashiers who couldn't speak English, who couldn't understand simple orders. Made you want to hit them. Haven't had that problem in the Midwest.
    

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      gecko, 23 Jun 2004 @ 4:34am

      
      

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      What gets me is when you go to a foreign country and the people there don't have the courtesy to speak English. Who do they think they are anyway?

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        auMoose cowHerder, 23 Jun 2004 @ 4:52am

        
        

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        i think dubya is on a crusade to fix this problem...

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          Anonymous Coward, 23 Jun 2004 @ 7:05am

          
          

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          George W. Bush is fluent in Spanish.
          So is his brother Jeb.
          They HAVE to be.
          
          George is from Texas aka Big Mexico & Jeb is in Florida aka little Cuba / Puerto Rico.

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            eponymous geek, 23 Jun 2004 @ 7:56am

            
            

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            Will the last Americans to leave Tampa and Miami bring the flags?
            
            Dang, I knew we forgot something!

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              Anonymous Coward, 23 Jun 2004 @ 12:33pm

              
              

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              Which one?
              The Dixie flag or the 'Rican one ?

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        Anonymous Coward, 23 Jun 2004 @ 7:20am

        
        

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        Gecko,
        
        They always switch to Engrish for me.
        Maybe it's those American torist dollars that motivate them.
        What do you think ?

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  aNonMooseCowherd, 22 Jun 2004 @ 5:54pm

  
  

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  They'll find that it's worth their while once businesses (e.g. banks) and government organizations (e.g. motor vehicles departments) make it either more expensive or much more time-consuming to transact business other than over the net. I'm not saying this is a good thing, just that it will happen.

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