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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe  That's exactly correct, H80. The younger generation does not know but what a machine tells them. Technology is nice, but is has replaced a basic necessity of life in America. We must change this! | BTW, you ever noticed that in SoCal, that fast food chains like McDonald's, Jack In The Box, and Burger King hire a lot of minorities, and most of then speak spanish? The only chain I hardly ever seen any Mexicans are the "In & Out" burger places.
I guess way too much time is spent in classrooms with computers and not enough is spent on the three R's, with pencil & paper.
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Originally Posted by gonefishin Ah, it is too bad you are married or I could introduce you to my younger sister. lol. As for me, I am glad my husband did not prefer "lighter complected" women as he is,well, rather light complected himself. lol |
Introduce me. I'm not married. 
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Originally Posted by fxashun While I normally go for lighter complected women, I used to work with a few Nigerian women when I was a bill collector. Simply friggin HOT. The accent and look showed me a different side of myself that I didn't know existed. | I haven't seen that word "complected" before complected
• adjective N. Amer. having a specified complexion. AskOxford: complected
It's another yank aberration!
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Originally Posted by mytmouse57 Introduce me. I'm not married. | A nice young man such as you, not taken? I refuse to believe it!
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Originally Posted by highway80west BTW, you ever noticed that in SoCal, that fast food chains like McDonald's, Jack In The Box, and Burger King hire a lot of minorities, and most of then speak spanish? The only chain I hardly ever seen any Mexicans are the "In & Out" burger places.
I guess way too much time is spent in classrooms with computers and not enough is spent on the three R's, with pencil & paper. | In my area, the fast food places (any company)are predominantly Hispanic. The ones that can speak English are quickly promoted to manager in these places. I don't know for sure, but it might be the ability of Hispanics to bring in other Hispanic employees to fill open positions.
Not trying to start an argument here, but look at it from this perspective: If a White, Black, and a Hispanic manager of a fast food chain has to fill a position; who can do it faster? The White manager probably places an ad in the help wanted sections and waits for results. The Black manager will cover
the open hours of the postion with overtime probably. Both scenarios cost unecessary time and money. The Hispanic manager has the best possible chance to fill this position; although the obvious advantage of the illegal immigrant is overlooked. If not, He still can recruit from within his community faster than the other two.
But all life in America can be a comparion used with fast food chains- that was just an example. I liked the other posts from people who stated the effort they made to learn the language for the obvious reasons of helping themselves in everyday life in America; as well as reaping its rewards. | |
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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe In my area, the fast food places (any company)are predominantly Hispanic. The ones that can speak English are quickly promoted to manager in these places. I don't know for sure, but it might be the ability of Hispanics to bring in other Hispanic employees to fill open positions.
Not trying to start an argument here, but look at it from this perspective: If a White, Black, and a Hispanic manager of a fast food chain has to fill a position; who can do it faster? The White manager probably places an ad in the help wanted sections and waits for results. The Black manager will cover
the open hours of the postion with overtime probably. Both scenarios cost unecessary time and money. The Hispanic manager has the best possible chance to fill this position; although the obvious advantage of the illegal immigrant is overlooked. If not, He still can recruit from within his community faster than the other two.
But all life in America can be a comparion used with fast food chains- that was just an example. I liked the other posts from people who stated the effort they made to learn the language for the obvious reasons of helping themselves in everyday life in America; as well as reaping its rewards. | Bilingual latinos in customer service jobs have a major advantage over most whites because they can deal with latin customers in Spanish.
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Originally Posted by gonefishin I agree. my family came over from Nigeria. they began learning english before they left for America. it is the polite thing to do. my grandparents and my mama and papa were very strong believers in this. | I was taking english classes before I came to the US, but the teachers were not native english speakers. I knew the alphabet, basic words, and useless sentences. My pronounciations were okay for these classes, but were a joke for real life in the US. For example, change has one syllable and not two as I was taught. I had no clue about conversational english or slang.
After coming to the US, I believe I first mastered english obscenities. Slang came second... 
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Originally Posted by akuma I was taking english classes before I came to the US, but the teachers were not native english speakers. I knew the alphabet, basic words, and useless sentences. My pronounciations were okay for these classes, but were a joke for real life in the US. For example, change has one syllable and not two as I was taught. I had no clue about conversational english or slang.
After coming to the US, I believe I first mastered english obscenities. Slang came second... | Would you say you still have a Japanese accent or do you sound like an American?
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Originally Posted by garysher Would you say you still have a Japanese accent or do you sound like an American? | I believe I speak english without an accent. Since I speak english like a NYC resident, my accent is up for debate. I still have a hard time understanding people speaking english with accents. My native Japanese speaking friends think I have an American accent when I speak Japanese.
Do you still have a British accent? I know some people from the UK and their accents are not all the same. Plus, the letter 'Z' in American english is different than the British 'Z.' I first learned it the British way and was teased in America when spoke it as 'Zed.'
Australian accents are the most difficult for me....
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