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In reply to the discussion: Should DU be an English Only site? [View all]yuiyoshida
(42,859 posts)159. I hope you will tell that to everyone
who posts in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Yiddish, German, Hungarian, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Indian, Native American Dialects, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Romanian, Latin, Hawaiian, AND ESPECIALLY Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Tagalog, Korean, Nepalese, and ALL THE OTHER LANGUAGES I happened to miss.... Go on!! Tell them its AMERICA DAMN IT , SPEAK ENGLISH!!!!
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Anyone that has seen the xenophobic garbage tossed at Sid, Whisp and a few others
Number23
Jun 2014
#203
Besides, Hawaiian was spoken on Hawaii way before English was spoken in North America. n/t
DFW
Jun 2014
#314
so this is about your issues? we should forbid all but English on DU because you can't handle it?
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#349
She posted in romanji, which is using western characters to sound out japanese
Jesus Malverde
Jun 2014
#336
I think if something is posted as an op in another language then it should have a translation.
hrmjustin
Jun 2014
#25
No. I could call them feminist word Stasi, word Caribineros, word KGB and they would
Cleita
Jun 2014
#212
I guess I'm about to get grouped in the same number range for saying this...
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#307
No but non Americans should not be allowed to post on US Domestic Policy threads
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#32
In your example ark from ark is an expat and is allowed to vote in us elections
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#41
I do not think you understand the difference between an expat, a us citizen not
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#50
Try this example of US Domestic Policy. Tell me it doesn't impact anyone outside the USA.
uppityperson
Jun 2014
#166
well then why are you commenting on the domestic policies of other countries?
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#116
That policy is an international policy as in not allowing us meet into japan
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#130
Damn! 314 posts in only a few days and you're lecturing us about who should be allowed to post here?
randome
Jun 2014
#38
Like my husband, whose wife, mother-in-law, nephew, and brother-in-law all are Americans
Heidi
Jun 2014
#299
But they should realize that almost no one will be able to read what they are writing.
Marrah_G
Jun 2014
#37
I'm not an American, but I'm not understanding why you wouldn't provide a translation....
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#305
"I'd be sitting there wondering if they were saying something bad about me or something,"
yuiyoshida
Jun 2014
#308
Because if my friends suddenly switched to a language I don't understand, it's rude...
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#310
I'm simply and solely baffled by anyone's---ANYONE'S---taking offense at SOP.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#333
just because you can't think of any reason why something would be posted in other language
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#353
I'm all for people posting in any language they like. But will that yield effective communication?
Silent3
Jun 2014
#55
"in Hindi, and someone alerts on it claiming that it contains inappropriate content"
Capt. Obvious
Jun 2014
#73
The alert was sent 3 and a half hours after someone asked what it said
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#288
It's not your style, but DU is too big for everyone to know your style
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#297
Untranslated sentences that Google Translate can't cope with lend themselves to hypotheticals
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#303
It's because the idea of a forum is for people to understand each other
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#358
So we have over 80% saying DU is NOT English only and a jury that hides a non-English post
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#93
Remember that the 'innocuous sentence' was a (deserved) attack on a foreign state
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#296
The point is that this shows the problems with untranslatable posts
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#317
I think it's polite to offer a translation or at least a synopsis of the foreign language commentary
MADem
Jun 2014
#110
Well, you should protect yourself!!! That's horrible to jury you! Just annotate as follows
MADem
Jun 2014
#241
Write it in hiragana or katakana with a link to the Google translate--I think that
MADem
Jun 2014
#264
I think your point is valid. Southwest Asian languages get the stink-eye sometimes, too...
MADem
Jun 2014
#283
Not to, like, mention, the, like, totally, like awesome, Valley Girl dialect.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#142
Just type in ALL CAPS. With bigger and bigger fonts until the foreigners understand.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2014
#146
It is just well established norms of human communication. You are taking this too personally,
quinnox
Jun 2014
#171
I find your reasoning bizarre. Writing here in Mandarin would achieve virtually zero, communication-
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#201
Excuse me, what? I didn't understand, because you wrote in English. Please try Mandarin next time.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#325
I don't think it should be prescribed by rule; but realistically it IS a site of mostly English
LeftishBrit
Jun 2014
#158
one DU member, alerter, declared DU an English only website, got a jury to agree
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#174
Majority is "NO"?! Is English not the lingua franca of U.S.-based Message Boards?
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#200
Yes. It's common courtesy to post in the language that most DUers understand (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
#215
The idea that people become fearful of another language, as it may contain insult, is xenophobic.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#244
I only speak English. So, that wouldn't be possible. Even if it was...
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#253
Hiding such a post is rotten but due to ignorance on the receiving end it probably will work best to
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#230
Personally I don't care whether a language other than English is used as we have a diverse group
davidpdx
Jun 2014
#258
As indicated, I have a very high tolerance for posts about whose meaning I am clueless,
merrily
Jun 2014
#282
Not sure I agree - if there are enough Korean speaking members to post pages of Korean, why not?
Chathamization
Jun 2014
#345
I'd be compelled to recognize myself as as close-minded, xenophobic, and without imagination
LanternWaste
Jun 2014
#335
No, BUT .... non-English speakers should realize that juries may misunderstand them
MH1
Jun 2014
#365
This is America a country developed in great thanks to immigrants who didn't speak english!
riseabove
Jun 2014
#375