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So, everytime I'm in another country (like Spain or Canada), I always shake people and demand that they speak English to me. Some would say that this is wrong, but I think that it's a very polarizing matter. What do you guys think; is it wrong or not?
Mesa not understand all English. I don't shake people.
Dissa wrong; yousa need to be in their shoesa. Me thinks.
Not normal!
If you are going to another country, you should at least learn some of the language of that country. I live in Texas and work in a retail shop, and we have a hell of a lot of Mexican immigrants. Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against immigrants or Mexicans, but a lot of the time, they come up to me speaking Spanish, as if I'm supposed to already just know it, and nothing pisses me off more. If we were in Mexicao, it would be fine. In that case, I should be the one learning their language, considering I am in their country and that is their native tongue, but since they are the one's down here, I think that they should learn a little bit of english before expecting me to know how to communicate. I honestlty think that it is foolish of you to go to someone's country and expect them to learn know your language. Have you any idea how annoying that is? I suggest if you want to visit Canada or Spain, learn the language. It's only respectful.
Yeah, I'm sure making demands of someone in a language they probably don't even understand is very effective. Nice one, idiot. I hope someone shakes you!
On the condition I go to your country and expect everyone to bend over backwards to speak my language.
I live in USA, and people like you make us look like retards. Please stop. You're embarassing your country.
Try learning another language, arrogant American. In Mexico, that'd get you shot.
Typical arrogant American...
Learn another language and put thyself in their shoes.
Where the heck did you go in Canada where people weren't speaking English, the northwest territories? Just kidding this has to be an absolute farce.
You are just a typical ugly American. One in every twenty Americans, blends in so well with good manners that nobody recognizes they are a foreigner.
I live in Australia. We're so multicultural I don't need to leave the country to find a non English speaking person to shake. I just have to walk out my front door and ask a passer-by for the time.
Reminds me, this one time I went to a coffee place and ordered a "medium flat white" the guy could hardly speak English and gave me a sausage roll... How the hell does medium flat white sound like sausage roll? Who the hell gave him a job? Where the hell was his passport? Don't know, hell, he probably didn't even have one.
Boy you bet I wanted to shake him.
Mhm, exactly this. When you go to doctors and they literally cannot speak English without their extreme accent, you wonder how they get their degree.
Once we went to a small clinic to ask for some assistance, we were lead to an Indian doctor (not racism, just their accent is particularly annoying, due to Indian Telemarketers trying to scam you at all time and cost, in Australia). We couldn't understand him and eventually had to call a translating person on the phone (I'm not sure what they are called), and got the doctor to speak Indian and translate back to English for us.
Then in the end, he was very unhappy, and said, "can you not understand me? I speak proper English, see, A! I can speak properly" (in his accent, he's A sounded like L) So excuse me for not understand their 'proper' English...
Why even go to other countries if you get angry that they don't speak English?
Are you litterally shaking them? Cause dude. "in best palm reader voice" in your future i see a shiny object.. Being lunged into your neck.
Canada is an english speaking country you fucking foool! im from Canada and everyone speaks english unless your new to Canada!!
I was thinking the same thing, like what language do Canadians speak other than English XD hmmmmm
Actually, parts of Canada still speaks French. English is the main language, but French is mainly taught in schools. However, I think in Quebec, most speak very fluent French.
Because of bulldogs like you the French won't reply in English unless you convince them you are not English - then they will speak English alright
Its wrong cuz its seems kinda stupid . I cant simply demand people to speak in my language whilst am visiting their country where they speak their language du~ah
The phonetics of English are a fucking mess. No wonder foreigners don't want to speak it or read it. Stay in Canada, and go shake somebody from Quebec.
If you don't speak English than get out my face XD it's weird I'm Hispanic but I hate the language, and in school I have to take a Spanish class and I hate it with all my might :( I don't know why I just do ughhh
Canada? English is spoken in all but one province, Quebec. Are you sure you've been to Canada?
Go fuck yourself how could you expect people from different nations with different languages to speak English because you said so