Is this "Speak English" T-shirt offensive? If so, why?

[Blowsox13]

I would wear it. We are addapting ourselves to handle other people who come to and ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY and not speak a work of english, it's bull****.

Are you sure you speak English?

[insomniac23]

Are you sure you speak English?

lol and you questioned my intelligence. haha

[Shadow666]

yes i think people should learn english, even though it might not be officially designated.
before someone pulls the white supremacist crap, im actually a brown skin and from an immigrant family.
its actually the governments own fault giving away welfare and giving away free interperters, if people had thier welfare check reduced (incur the costs of interpreter) im pretty sure you will have more people make the effort to learn english.

[Dom_88]

Lol@mad manlet.

I was talking to some dude in my native language and some dork goes "oi, this is NZ. We speak English here, understand?" I just looked at him and carried on with my conversation. He says to his friend "these f*ckin blacks come here and don't even learn our language."

I turned to him and said "listen you ignoramus, **** off. I'll talk to my friend in whatever language I choose. By the sounds of it, I speak it more fluently than you do."

He STFU after some big ass Samoan guys started laughing at him.

[TheLasher]

might as well learn spanish brah. then hit on some spicy latinas.

this

[Blowsox13]

yes i think people should learn english, even though it might not be officially designated.
before someone pulls the white supremacist crap, im actually a brown skin and from an immigrant family.
its actually the governments own fault giving away welfare and giving away free interperters, if people had thier welfare check reduced (incur the costs of interpreter) im pretty sure you will have more people make the effort to learn english.

Like i said i've never met someone living in America who didn't at least TRY to learn AND speak english.

[BobbyZeus]

Is this "Speak English" T-shirt offensive? If so, why?


I think it's offensive, but I could see how it's history.


I think it's history, but I could see how it's offensive.


I think it's offensive, I think it's history.


We are here for your noble cause brother!

[robbierob89]

i wouldnt call it offensive...english is the official language of the US...i feel that it should be spoken here. you may get dirty looks btw

There is no official language.

[Shadow666]

There is no official language.

although it is true that no official language has been designated in usa, i think its pretty safe to assume english is the official language, considering the constitution, all the laws etc. are written in english.

edit

at state level 30 of the states do have english as the official language.

[insomniac23]

although it is true that no official language has been designated in usa, i think its pretty safe to assume english is the official language, considering the constitution, all the laws etc. are written in english.

edit

at state level 30 of the states do have english as the official language.

thank u.

[Lunk]

2 English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 82% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language.

[Cell-Tech Daddy]

[Antagonist388]

no, because if they cant speak english, then they cant read it

hahahaha

[ExtremistPullup]

United States
Languages: Definition Field Listing

English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)



"World"
Mandarin Chinese 13.22%, Spanish 4.88%, English 4.68%, Arabic 3.12%, Hindi 2.74%, Portuguese 2.69%, Bengali 2.59%, Russian 2.2%, Japanese 1.85%, Standard German 1.44%, French 1.2% (2005 est.)
note: percents are for "first language" speakers only

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...elds/2098.html

[juno11]

I would wear it. We are addapting ourselves to handle other people who come to and ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY and not speak a work of english, it's bull****.

adapting much?

[LinusVanPelt]

23 Yes's, definitely not 23 explanations.

[DanJunior]

All I know is that many Canadians wanted us and still want us to speak English. A lot of French Canadians would be really insulted if someone wore such a shirt and the guy wearing it would probably be jumped.

[Blowsox13]

All I know is that many Canadians wanted us and still want us to speak English. A lot of French Canadians would be really insulted if someone wore such a shirt and the guy wearing it would probably be jumped.

And he would beat all of your asses...

[jonnymontag]

i wouldnt call it offensive...english is the official language of the US...i feel that it should be spoken here. you may get dirty looks btw

there is no OFFICIAL language of the united states.

[soloS]

you might get jumped by mexicans that have crappy english.

[jonnyperoni]

i lol'd IRL hehe (mexican here)

[FunkLord]

I think it's fair to expect someone to speak the launguage of a country if they want to live there. Yes, the US technically does not have an official language, but come on, the constitution and all the laws are written in English.

It goes both ways though. When Americans want to go live in another country, they should be expected to learn the language, too. I live in Japan, and almost all the Americans who are here can barely speak any Japanese. They get by for decades on a few phrases and expressions, while their wives take care of business. Or just walk into a restaurant or something and start barking their order in English, then get irritated when the employee didn't understand them. If a Japanese person went into a McDonalds in the states, and started ordering in Japanese, the employee would probably be like "wtf are you saying? speak english, chinaman!"

[N01SYtZ]

I'd wear it... to spanish class too.
****ing annoying when people talk a different language especially in stores where I'm trying to buy **** at.