Speaking English in America?

[amoore]

Wow, what happen to speaking English in America?

What was on your minds last night?........Oh never mind.

[micki76]

Perhaps in the future you ladies could use an instant messenger like AIM or MSN. That's what my friends and I use for topics or convos that really don't belong on PT.

I certainly don't belong on the "prude patrol" (ask any of the late night chatters ) but there's a time and a place for everything. This is really not the place for this type of thing.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Wow.

I agree with PCB. You guys should take that stuff outside of Pet Talk. It doesn't belong on a family-friendly website. And calling someone a prude, is very, very uncalled for.

[cocker_luva]

Originally posted by Soledad
In which case, I'm wondering why someone would use racism in relation to animals.

i meant that some people hate the bully breeds because of their reps. So if i said breedism, it wouldnt make sense. so lay off!

[cocker_luva]

Originally posted by Kfamr
I think everyone who comes here should know the basics, like Everyday things we say in English.

thats what i meant, like when we went to the dominican republic, i didnt expect people to know english, so i tried to speak spanish as much as i could.

[babolaypo65]

Originally posted by cocker_luva
i meant that some people hate the bully breeds because of their reps. So if i said breedism, it wouldnt make sense. so lay off!

Actually, I think breedism makes perfect sense.

[Dogz]

Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
And calling someone a prude, is very, very uncalled for.

Agreed. This is supposed to be a family-friendly place, not a place where you talk about "things" that do not belong here. PCB made some very good points. Take it outside girls.

[Karen]

I deleted most of the posts that were only about a certain part of the male anatomy. Nope, I'm not the Prude Patrol, I'm the Moderator. Keep it clean, folks, and polite. Silliness is fine, sure, but keep it out of others' threads, and keep it non-vulgar.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Thanks Karen!

[Kfamr]

Thanks Karen.

I'm not necessarily prude either, but I do know wrong from right.

[trayi52]

I'm sorry everybody. Didn't mean to offend anybody. Okay?

[Dogz]

Thank you, Karen.

[Karen]

Now, for the thread topic at hand ...

My father's parents were multi-lingual. My grandmother was French-Canadian, so French was spoken at home during her childhood, and she learned English outside her home. My Father's Dad's family were recent imigrants from Sweden. So my grandfather Peterson spoke Swedish, English, French, and learned Portugese and could get along pretty well in SPanish as well. The extra languages came in handy being Chief of Police in a community with many immigrant mill-workers.

I was fascinated with language as a child, and wanted my granfather to teach me Swedish, at least. I learned a few phrases of French-Canadian, but my grandmother did not want me to speak anything but English, so would not speak French around us kids, and didn't want Grandpa to speak anything but English to us. She had been looked down on as a "foreigner," and did not want us to go through the same trouble.

Having traveled to Beijing, it was amazing how many people there were learning English, and eager to practice it on Paul and me.

I find it very interesting to travel to other countries. But I know people who have no desire to leave the town they grew up in, never mind the state or the country. It's not that they have anything against people in other lands, (or towns), they just like it where they are. Different people have different interests, which I think is fine. What is adventurous for me might be torturous for you, and vice versa.

[2kitties]

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.
I do wonder, for all who were so "disgusted" by our lively jokes and fun time, what do you do in your real lives to shield yourselves from anything you may find remotely offensive? I considered our conversation last evening to be way less offensive than most of the things you see in your everyday lives. In fact, they were silly jokes that I never dreamed would have fallen prey to the censorship troop. Just all in fun ladies, all in fun. Sex is the reason we're all here, you understand. There is nothing dirty about it. It's an entirely natural part of life. The reason for life, if you will.
I'm sometimes offended by the anti-George Bush stuff but I'm certainly not crying to have it deleted.
I'm assuming you don't walk around "disgusted" all the time. So how is it you shield yourselves from the world around you?

[Kfamr]

There is no way I can "sheild" myself from the world around me, but I shouldn't have to do that here, on Pet Talk, a FAMILY site.

And yeah, most of the time I am disgusted from what I hear, but i'd never expect to here it on Pet Talk, I thought you girls knew better.

Yes, sex is the reason we're here, but sex, male genitals, and dirty jokes about it have nothing to do about speaking English in America. Nor did I expect to read that in here.


And I don't see anyone crying to have it deleted.