And the codicil to that is once you do press whatever it is for english and you're connected to somebody,you want the somebody on the other end to speak english. you don't want somebody who you would have to study their own native language to figure out what they're saying in english. then they tell you their name is Jim. oh yeah your name is Jim. sure, and I'm the king of siberia. Your name is actually ca'afukazyzybqqq...but yeah, jim for short.
And the codicil to that is once you do press whatever it is for english and you're connected to somebody,you want the somebody on the other end to speak english. you don't want somebody who you would have to study their own native language to figure out what they're saying in english. then they tell you their name is Jim. oh yeah your name is Jim. sure, and I'm the king of siberia. Your name is actually ca'afukazyzybqqq...but yeah, jim for short.
in studying the history of languages,I have learned that most of the time, the language of the conqueror takes precedence over the language of the conquered. That is how we get so many interesting pieces of language that don't necessarily dove tail with the original language. So of course there are a lot of native names of places that we still use and probably pieces of their language. that's their legacy Iinguistically speaking.English is a language brought to the shores of North America by immigrants.
We should all learn and speak Navajo; if it was good enough for the World War 2 windtalkers, it's good enough for everyone.
I think that's a rant. Some of the stuff could cross over with the pet peeves thread but but as the thread starter i'll allow it.What really bothers me is seeing someone tearing through a parking lot at full speed with little regard for pedestrians, then seeing that person get of their car, bury their nose in their phone, and having that person stroll through the lot ignoring all the moving cars around them.
Is that enough of a rant, or should this post be in the pet peeves thread?
Lately I have had to honk behind people at red lights who have their heads down looking at their phone when the light turns green.What really bothers me is seeing someone tearing through a parking lot at full speed with little regard for pedestrians, then seeing that person get of their car, bury their nose in their phone, and having that person stroll through the lot ignoring all the moving cars around them.
Is that enough of a rant, or should this post be in the pet peeves thread?
At a pawn shop maybe…
