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cory777
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:51 AM Original message |
Filipinos sue CA hospital over English-only rule |
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boppers
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Wed Dec-08-10 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a hospital. Speak a common language. |
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Iggo
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Wed Dec-08-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. They do speak English. |
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boppers
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Thu Dec-09-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Do "they" speak, Tagalong, and Hindi, too? |
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Iggo
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Thu Dec-09-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. multi |
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jberryhill
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Wed Dec-08-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. People's lives are at risk when two workers chat during a break? |
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CreekDog
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Filipinos usually learn English in the Phillipines |
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boppers
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Thu Dec-09-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. How are the Filipino's the problem? They're using several languages. |
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frylock
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. everyone chill the fuck out! |
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boppers
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Thu Dec-09-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Being multi-lingual is racist? |
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pampango
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Wed Dec-08-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's ridiculous to have to speak English "even on breaks". However, they should be able to speak |
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Le Taz Hot
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Wed Dec-08-10 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is in Delano? |
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CreekDog
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. There are filipinos all over California in large numbers --especially nurses |
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Le Taz Hot
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Thu Dec-09-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
55. OK, aparently my post was incomplete. |
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The Straight Story
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Wed Dec-08-10 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. They should only speak english at home too, or be fired |
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Chan790
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Wed Dec-08-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Oh boo-hoo! |
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Hassin Bin Sober
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Wed Dec-08-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. The Nicotine Avenger Strikes! |
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Peggy Day
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Wed Dec-08-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. I work at a county hospital where co-workers speak whatever |
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Iggo
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Learn the language! |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Learn the non-native language? You're kidding right? |
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Iggo
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Wed Dec-08-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Not kidding at all. |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You want to gossip in your native language at work. Get a job in your native land. |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Imagine if native English-speaking nurses were working in a non-English speaking country |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Nice straw man. |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Dec-08-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Last line of the excerpt in the OP |
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Iggo
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Imagine if you didn't give a shit what people were gossiping about . |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Imagine you're a patient in a hospital bed and two nurses are talking in another language |
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Iggo
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Wed Dec-08-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I speak more than one language. |
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LanternWaste
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Wed Dec-08-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Like four national languages of Switzerland? |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. The same Swiss that are after Assange? |
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LanternWaste
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Wed Dec-08-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Don't know if the Swiss or after Assange or not. Merely that they speak four languages, |
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Ginto
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Thu Dec-09-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. The Swiss also have very liberal gun rights with military rifles in many homes. |
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frylock
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. imagine you're in a hospital and two negroes are talking and laughing.. |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Okay scarecrow. nt |
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boppers
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Thu Dec-09-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Hm. |
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Ginto
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Thu Dec-09-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Funny! :) |
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boppers
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Thu Dec-09-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. You know how many medical terms aren't conventional English? |
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boppers
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Thu Dec-09-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. So, you're fine with them speaking Cherokee, then? |
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Ginto
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Thu Dec-09-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Yes, many native languages, but we will never have an official language. nt |
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frylock
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. so then fucking move to germany, france, japan, etc. |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Love it or leave it! nt |
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cowcommander
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I know what you mean, I used to work at a nursing home |
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Thu Dec-09-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Mojorabbit
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. When I was still working in the 80's |
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I have a very soon to be cousin-in-law who does that. |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Wrong spot. |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Dec-08-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Now that's a bigoted statement if I ever heard one. |
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Iggo
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Wed Dec-08-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But he said 'some', so that makes it okay! |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Dec-08-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. LOL, right! |
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Xithras
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. California sees a lot of population "churn" among Filipinos |
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cowcommander
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Wed Dec-08-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Thanks for backing me up, you are correct |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Dec-08-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I fail to see |
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cottonseed
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. You know nothing and you're showing it. |
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cowcommander
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Wed Dec-08-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. See post #45 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Yeah, to "show off". Not to improve their families' lives. To "show off". |
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cowcommander
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Wed Dec-08-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Sorry, that might be a rather offensive term and I was wrong to use it |
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Ginto
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Wed Dec-08-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. Makes sense. This would be the same in Germany, France, Japan, etc. nt |
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cottonseed
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Wed Dec-08-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. A country not smart enough to train it's own nurses making the requirements. Classic. |
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Zoigal
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Wed Dec-08-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. If spanish and hindi are allowed, i can understand why the Tagalog |
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Kber
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Wed Dec-08-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. The EEOC has issued guidelines on when a company can require English only; |
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