Speaking English in America?

**Dogz** · 12-13-2003, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Kfamr
it does NOT belong here nor does the lyrics to that song.

You know what? I agree.

**GoldenRetrLuver** · 12-13-2003, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by Kfamr
P.S. That's a good song.

I like the song too.

**Amber** · 12-13-2003, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by 2kitties
and agree it was unoffensive material.

Then why did you even posted it in the first place?

**micki76** · 12-13-2003, 04:13 PM

You know, I found the jokes funny and would have joined in the fun if this had been on AIM, MSN, Yahoo or any place other than a public forum. I have enough consideration for others who may not enjoy that type of humor that I won’t speak that way here, anymore than I would in front of my grandmother or anyone else that may not be comfortable with it. Like I said there’s a place for that, but this is not it.

**Twisterdog** · 12-13-2003, 05:21 PM

I apologize for anyone who was offended by our fun last night. But I'll note that our terms were entirely biological and nobody used any of the slang terms usually considered offensive.

No doubt.

I will admit that we took a thread off-topic. Sorry. It happens ALL the time.

But, puhleese .... we were silly, but I'm sorry, we were not vulgar or filthy or particularly crude.

And this is the Dog House .... "For slightly controversial topics" ..."We have created a new forum for any post that is in some way controversial, upsetting, or just makes us go eeeew!" ..."If you are easily upset, The Dog House is not a place you want to go." Therefore, I don't think we broke any rules whatsoever. We talked about something slightly controversial, we did not swear or use profanity, we didn't mention sex per se and any inuendos were highly veiled, and we had this conversation in the proper forum. Wrong thread, for which we apologized, but right forum ... the Dog House.

Quoting Karen .... "If you are easily upset, The Dog House is not a place you want to go." Perhaps this ought to be taken to heart by those of you who are so easily offended by the biological, classroom, textbook term for male genitalia.

**Kfamr** · 12-13-2003, 05:36 PM

Karen herself deleted it, so it's obviously something that should not have been here.

**Fiachra** · 12-13-2003, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by KYS
Copying Sandra's words, My grandparents and same with my husbands grandparents
also came to this country and immersed themselves in the culture and language, manged to obtain jobs and succeed and later raise a family and maintain both their cultural heritage and their language while at the same time, learn what it meant to be an American, including learning the language.

If I was to go live in a non-english speaking country
I would learn or try to learn the language.
I also think it's a shame it is not
manditory for our children not to learn
spanish as a secondary language starting in grammer school.
JMHO

I agree 100%.