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 Why do some people get so pissed off when people speak other languages? (29)

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Why do some people get so pissed off when people speak other languages?

You know what people I'm talking about

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5 points

most people get pissed off when other people talk a different language is because they get confused and the person talking the other language could be talking about him/or her.

It's generally the type who colour themselves superior to others, and then feel inferior because they can't understand.

Va luckligt jag ar att jag kan prata inte tva, men tre sprakar!

(Excuse the Swedish, I'm a terrible speller and American keyboards aren't equipped with the three extra letters.)

Y me encanta que yo puedo hablar espanol.

Side: Inferiority
1 point

Ah si. El espanol es un lenguage muy bella y interesante. Quiero estudiar el espanol mas en la universidad y quizas voy a estudiar el arabe tambien! :D

Side: Inferiority

El arabe! Ojala que hay muchas lenguas en mi futuro. Me gusta estudiar lenguas, quizas por que cuando estuvaba mas jovena, hablaba dos lenguas (sueco y ingles).

Side: Inferiority
1 point

Yo hablo un poco espanol. Pero, Yo no hablo swedish. jajaja. :P

Side: Inferiority

Sueco es mi lengua primera. Estoy a casa en Suecia ahora!

Side: Inferiority

Yo no entiendo por que tanta jente se enojan. No estamos ablando de ustedes ;)

Side: Inferiority
1 point

Pues.... quizas tu no hablas sobre las otras personas cerca de ti, pero me encanta hablar de estas personas. Es tan divertido. ;)

Side: Inferiority

Si, estoy completamente de acuerdo. Cuando mi hermana y yo queremos hablar sin otros personas entendiendonos usamos espanol.

Side: Inferiority
2 points

People get pissed when they can't understand something at all. This is the same concept in anything- even math! I always get pissed when I can't figure out something for homework or in class and I distinctly remember that one debate where everyone was speaking German and I was really angry because I had no idea what they were talking about. >.<

Side: Inferiority
2 points

It's not really nice to create a debate just to insult one person. Just my two cents there. :/

However, to answer the question, I think there are at least 3 main reasons:

1. Snobbishness(Known to its fans as nationalism). The idea that America is the greatest, most benevolent country on the planet, and that everyone should bow to it. Pretty egotistical and idiotic in my opinion.

2. Impatience with trying to understand a language you don't speak. Of course, it is easier to understand someone if you speak the same language. Does that mean we should say "screw you" to those who don't speak our language? No.

3. Fear of the different and the uncertain. If we don't understand something, we don't trust it. "they're different from us, which means they can't be trusted, we must sound the drums of war." Oh yeah. Pocahontas song. I am that badass. :P

Side: Inferiority
1 point

"It's not really nice to create a debate just to insult one person. Just my two cents there. :/ "

I agree.

Side: confusion
1 point

I agree with what you say, however, I want you to know that I didn't create this debate to merely insult one person. Although Jake's debate is what made me think about this issue, I have a brother-in-law from Argentina, and he tells me about how sometimes when he is in America speaking Spanish to his friends, he overhears people saying things like "people just need to learn to speak English."

I have heard similar stories from other people I know who speak Spanish.

So no, I didn't create this debate to insult anyone, I am just legitimately confused about why people get so angry, and I am concerned about what this says about our nation.

Side: confusion
1 point

That's fair enough...sorry if I was being overly-critical.

Side: confusion
1 point

I think the main reaction that people have when someone speaks in another language is confusion. This could easily lead to anger in some people.

Side: confusion
1 point

Yes...confusion is definitely an issue. As much as I hate to admit this, I sometimes feel angry when I can't understand something 'cause it's in another language...it's more like a frustration thing for me though, and I don't get frustrated unless I'm wanting to know what is written/said.

Side: confusion
1 point

Usually it is only bigots (love it or leave it types) that get angry, and the obious reason is minority complex. It reminds them that their minds are limited and dont encompass as much of the world they would like to think

Belive it or not; the unknown gives some people the creeps and they dont find it exciting or anything like that. Those kind of people tend to stop growing after the age of 16 for obvious reasons

Side: confusion
1 point

Dei skjønar ikkje kva eg seier. Dette gjer dei utrygge og nervøse. Kanskje gjer eg narr av dei? Eller talar eg om været? Ingen kan sei sikkert om dei ikkje skjønar språket.

Uansett, alle burde lesa:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arrival-Shaun-Tan/dp/0340969938/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s;=books&qid;=1246043897&sr;=8-1

Side: confusion
1 point

Denn sie sind stolz darauf, von ihrer eigenen Sprache und wollen, dass jeder andere zu erkennen, dass sie besser sind als der Rest der Welt, aber sich weigert zu akzeptieren, der Realität, dass sie sich nicht anders als alle anderen.

Entschuldigen Sie mein Deutsch, es ist nicht sehr gut. Und ich habe nicht gesprochen, sie in mehreren Jahren.

Side: too proud for their own good
JakeJ(3255) Disputed
1 point

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Side: confusion

Du hast ja recht meinen freund! Ich habe lange nicht Deutsch gesprochen aber wir konnen uns gut verstehen, nicht?

I find it disturbing when I'm in company and two people standing with me get into a conversation in a language I don't understand and continue to speak it leaving me standing there without so much as an "excuse me!"

Side: sometimes its rude
1 point

Well, if someone starts talking to me in any other language than English, it irritates me... the idea that I should just be confused as fuck because they automatically assume i'm a language expert.

I'm patient with them though, but most people aren't me. They show their frustration. "listen dude, either speak english or leave me alone".

Side: confusion

I can see how if someone talks to you in another language it can be annoying, but I was more referring to people getting angry when two people are just speaking to each other in another language.

Side: confusion
1 point

罰金の場合、他の言語を話す人々したい。しかし、この国には流暢な英語を話せるようにしている場合を移行します。それが一番officiant方法です。 \r\n\r\nそれが利便性に関する機能��ついては不寛容ではない。��り多くの言語は、陽気な、��れだけでは良いものの場合��アメリカ英語を公用語に流��ていた。

Side: confusion
1 point

まだ頭にきて?

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Side: confusion
0 points

No sea una puta! Si tu vas a downvotarme por favor respondame!

Yo entiendo que tu tienes miedo del hecho que yo gano en cada de nuestros argumentos, pero ten un poco clase.

Side: confusion
0 points

Yo se que ingles es algo importante saber para muchos immigrantes, pero, tambien hay lugares - como Miami, o el barrio en Nueva York - donde es posible comunicar solamente en espanol. Por que deben estas personas cambiar su idioma? Yo entiendo alentando el ensenamiento de ingles, pero no lo debe forzar.

Tambien, si nuestro pais tiene un poblacion significante que habla espanol, nuestros relaciones con lugares Latino Americanos van a mejorar. Sabes lo mensaje que esta enviado cuando alguien le da un discurso a un grupo en su idioma nativo?

Tambien, yo no use un traductor cuando escribe eso.

Side: confusion
1 point

I think its because they hate people who speak other lanuage.

I think its just plain funny.I have a friend who speaks English and spanish and I ask her to speak spanisk and im getting lessons from her bc I dont want to be bored and I like to confus people!!!

Side: confusion