The Bloggers With The Most To Say
Shit I Don't Get #2
Brief notes while I get something more substantial together.
- Ethnic Groups That Get Turned Into Mascots and Merchandise: Who decides which folks get turned into products and which don't? Washington Redskins. Fightin' Irish. Pontiac Aztek. How come no one ever invites me to come on down and test drive the 2009 Chevrolet Jew?
- People Who Poke Fun at Foreign Accents: People who make fun of people that have accents don't seem to get that the people with accents can speak two fucking languages, while they can't. With regards to Americans, even fluency in one language is debatable. Where is it at? Irregardless? Supposably? Their/there/they're? It's often noted that the U.S. does not have an official language. I don't think this stems from the desire to be inclusive, but rather from the failure to pass the proficiency exam required to get English declared as the national tongue.
Class dismissed.
- Ethnic Groups That Get Turned Into Mascots and Merchandise: Who decides which folks get turned into products and which don't? Washington Redskins. Fightin' Irish. Pontiac Aztek. How come no one ever invites me to come on down and test drive the 2009 Chevrolet Jew?
- People Who Poke Fun at Foreign Accents: People who make fun of people that have accents don't seem to get that the people with accents can speak two fucking languages, while they can't. With regards to Americans, even fluency in one language is debatable. Where is it at? Irregardless? Supposably? Their/there/they're? It's often noted that the U.S. does not have an official language. I don't think this stems from the desire to be inclusive, but rather from the failure to pass the proficiency exam required to get English declared as the national tongue.
Class dismissed.
Comment
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Comment by lifeadventurer on July 21, 2009 at 11:02am -
Haha I love it. But to give American's a bit of a break, I was living in Cambodia for a year and the locals made fun of my accent all the time. So it's not just American ignorance... it's human ignorance in general.
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