tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post6697412425055974599..comments2024-02-14T03:19:28.395-05:00Comments on Vagabond Journeys: Learning To Talk GoodDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-38700535101331721132010-05-19T09:34:47.717-04:002010-05-19T09:34:47.717-04:00The day that man has a common language throughout ...The day that man has a common language throughout this planet is the day that he can no longer hide his common birth.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684015407540676758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-14923380855607532792010-05-18T22:12:31.056-04:002010-05-18T22:12:31.056-04:00I must say I was quite startled here in Phoenix wh...I must say I was quite startled here in Phoenix when gradually Spanish began to be regarded as a second language and everything, like voting materials, verbal communications on the bus and fast transit began to be spoken in Spanish as well as English which began to indicate how many illegals who did not speak English were accumulating here. Of course disquieting images of a whole army of illegals walking through the desert also accompanied these thoughts and so I did not know if this was good or bad or if the rest of the country realized that what seemed like half of Mexico had moved up here by silently crossing the border. A video I saw recently showed a whole line of illegals walking at a good pace up the trail to the US, and reported that in not even a month 700 illegals had been filmed crossing over on this trail alone. So when you know this is how Spanish became a second language everywhere in Arizona you don't know whether this is a good thing or not, people stealing into our country by night or by day. Until the point that this sense of unease became a loud drumbeat culminating in a new law trying to throw a little sand into the faces of the intruders. I started thinking what in the world is going on in Mexico that this exodus is happening year after year of people BORN there. So I don't think that this sudden alarm over the pervasiveness of a foreign language is anything but extreme unease over what has been happening to create the use of two languages now in our country instead of the official English. Seemed to be okay with Presidents and Congress up to now, but were they really experiencing what the change was like in Arizona. Oh dear. This not short!Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771917880182186281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-45191874641551601572010-05-18T20:42:15.154-04:002010-05-18T20:42:15.154-04:00Kudos.Kudos.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-54938773786645402572010-05-18T17:13:37.090-04:002010-05-18T17:13:37.090-04:00This was a great look at a serious topic. You cer...This was a great look at a serious topic. You certainly found a way to make things light with out losing the depth of the matter, seious without speaking above anyone.<br /><br />If not Time or Newsweek, maybe Reader's Digest would find space for this essay?? It is worth a shot.Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-9109303551255497262010-05-18T11:31:18.647-04:002010-05-18T11:31:18.647-04:00Loved it....still laughing, but they indeed say a ...Loved it....still laughing, but they indeed say a lot DB, this should be published in our major newspapers around the country. You indeed have a way with words.Arlene (AJ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15447163140897697509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-15951113396891713952010-05-18T10:07:26.211-04:002010-05-18T10:07:26.211-04:00Bravo! Loved this, DB =). Have a good day! Val ...Bravo! Loved this, DB =). Have a good day! Val xoxValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125510793582152310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-77437412110580949792010-05-18T04:03:33.989-04:002010-05-18T04:03:33.989-04:00db you just made my day. Hilarious. I would love t...db you just made my day. Hilarious. I would love to see this printed in the New York Times, or in Time or Newsweek so that a whole lot more people could read it. Your sense of humour is priceless. I am still laughing. I know you are trying to make a point and you have done it exceptionally well.pacifica62https://www.blogger.com/profile/03433535460716644295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-4390849988655010962010-05-18T02:12:01.314-04:002010-05-18T02:12:01.314-04:00hahaha...sometimes you are just too impossible to ...hahaha...sometimes you are just too impossible to comprehend DB.<br /><br />I wish there is such thing as pure language. But if we really seriously investigate, what language indeed was created in the beginning?<br /><br />If one uniform language indeed will make us all come together with understanding not just for the Americans, what do you think it should be?<br /><br />My own country would you believe in such a small dot on the map can comprise about more than a thousand native dialects? Yet, when these three main islanders meet together, they understand through one main language adopted for uniformity and become our National Language.<br /><br />Then again, by the strong influenced of the western world, my people even corrupted our beautiful language by cutting a word half and fused in part of the English word.<br /><br />Globalization has brought much of multiculturalism with language included.<br /><br />As to the Merlot and Chardonnay - in my view, they are actually the names of the grapes.<br /><br />The Government of Australia has a ministry that deals with many translators which like you say is quite expensive. Australia per se is a country where all the countries live here.<br /><br />Do come and join us. And you don't have to worry about what language you are going to speak.<br /><br />Cherio!<br /><br />Oh DB... what's next?Indayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591131757572208375noreply@blogger.com