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Germany, Spain, Netherlands, etc. are third world countries?

RocTrac wrote:We are not in spain or mexico. Welcome to Texas.
Carl

Thanks, been here for 22 years. I think you're missing the point.

mctowalot wrote:I never considered anyone foolish for not speaking perfect English, nor did I think they were lazy.

Never said you did.

I absolutely agree with you about speaking the native language in a country. But does that mean we shouldn't learn other languages? Of course not. I've witnessed white people in both Spain and Mexico make fools of themselves because they didn't speak the language. Kind of embarrassed me and I had to translate for them.

Well if that individual wanted to poke fun at a stereotype that Latino housekeepers don't understand English than I'll knock on the stereotype that lazy white people (assumption) don't know Spanish.

Also, just because you don't know Spanish doesn't mean others don't.

Why would I want to? Someone made a rude comment about Mexican housekeepers so I said, in Spanish, that lots of my Mexican friends can probably speak better English than most of the general population. I then corrected the individual's insensitive quip of a sign intended to better "communicate" to our Latino brethren.

Guess the deleting makes sense, online translators are no substitute.

When is posting in Spanish against any of the forum rules and grounds for deletion?