Comments on: San Antonio Tejas http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/ A Road Without Obstacles Leads Nowhere. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: logtar http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/comment-page-1/#comment-356145 logtar Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:00:42 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/#comment-356145 Nuke, I kind of have to agree with XO. Americans are the only group of people that I have met that resist learning another language like the plague... not sure how the Quebeq people are... but it seems to be a new world thing, or maybe just North America. In Europe many people know 3 or more languages and still keep their own culture. The only people that I have heard are super bigoted when it comes to language are the Catalan people, but that is second hand account, I have not been there yet. I don't think is hard, I think it just takes work and most people think that all work is hard. Nuke, I kind of have to agree with XO. Americans are the only group of people that I have met that resist learning another language like the plague… not sure how the Quebeq people are… but it seems to be a new world thing, or maybe just North America.

In Europe many people know 3 or more languages and still keep their own culture. The only people that I have heard are super bigoted when it comes to language are the Catalan people, but that is second hand account, I have not been there yet.

I don’t think is hard, I think it just takes work and most people think that all work is hard.

]]> By: Xavier Onassis http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/comment-page-1/#comment-356142 Xavier Onassis Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:10:22 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/#comment-356142 There is an old joke... If you speak 3 or more languages, you are multilingual. If speak 2 languages, you are bilingual. If you only speak 1 language, you're American. There is an old joke…

If you speak 3 or more languages, you are multilingual.

If speak 2 languages, you are bilingual.

If you only speak 1 language, you’re American.

]]> By: Nuke http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/comment-page-1/#comment-356139 Nuke Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:29:16 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/#comment-356139 Solo hablo Espaniol un poco, pero hablo Spanglish muy bien. I think that's what I meant to say. Anyway, loss of native language over generations of acclimation/assimilation is hard to fight. I feel there are more important parts of ones culture to hold onto dearly. I do however own a Danish-English-Danish dictionary in case I ever decide to learn my ancestors language. I also second what Spyder said! N }:- Solo hablo Espaniol un poco, pero hablo Spanglish muy bien.

I think that’s what I meant to say.

Anyway, loss of native language over generations of acclimation/assimilation is hard to fight. I feel there are more important parts of ones culture to hold onto dearly. I do however own a Danish-English-Danish dictionary in case I ever decide to learn my ancestors language.

I also second what Spyder said!

N }:-

]]> By: Spyder http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/comment-page-1/#comment-356132 Spyder Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:03:06 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/20/san-antonio-tejas/#comment-356132 I think the more languages you know the better. I think the more languages you know the better.

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