Most people I hear around town can't really speak English properly so I'm not sure what's with the big motivation to make it the national language. Which version of English will be our official tongue? Valley Girl/JoCo speak? Meth/Independence MO slang? Eastside Ebonics? What about the business speak that passes for intelligence in between conversations about sports, wives asses and new electronic gadgets? All of these patterns of speech have a distinct cadence, vocabulary and rhythm that almost make them a different language. So in the end it's clear that not knowing English can keep you safe or at least make people so disgusted that they won't bother to rob you. Remember, this is America . . . Speak Spanish! *Note: My Spanish is so bad it embarrasses my waiters enough to get them to speak English . . . I always like to do my part to help this great nation in between burritos.
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i'm cool with it as long as it's the queen's english we're talking about here.
ReplyDeletecheerio, guv'ner.
I love Taco John's
ReplyDeleteWe fuckin kicked the king and queen's ass back in 1776. We speak Merican in these parts baby!
ReplyDeleteI support Vision Statement English.
ReplyDeleteThat's a version of business speak that uses big words, sounds grand, and actually means absolutely nothing.
No informational content whatsoever.
Nice and safe.
What about the business speak that passes for intelligence in between conversations about sports, wives asses and new electronic gadgets?
ReplyDeletegreat line. i'm gonna use that one.
peace.
great post.