Wednesday, September 07, 2005
English only, or else!
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports this morning (linked above) on a lawsuit filed by four employees against a company which forbids speaking Spanish. This will be a national story and it is worth thinking about. Before we all get overworked thinking about this stuff, Bigdaddyo has filed another of his famous Top Ten Lists:
top ten reasons spanish should be allowed in the workplace:
10) if you work at el chico, you'd have to call it the little boy and then michael jackson would be hanging around all the time!
9) if they be allowin' ebonics then they gots to be allowin' spanish!
8) what the boss don't know don't become an issue!
7) rrrolling rrrr's burrrns calorrrries!
6) how can you take an afternoon siesta break if they don't allow you to speak some damned spanish?!
5) maria in the steno pool is bilingual! ...does that mean what i think it means?!
4) what sounds better for lunch, a hot dog or a caliente perro?!
3) cinco de mayo office party will rock, dude!
2) people just look silly speaking the queen's english while wearing a sombrero!
and the #1 reason spanish should be allowed in the workplace: "if them people is gonna' live here then they gots to learn how to talk the right way!"
top ten reasons spanish should be allowed in the workplace:
10) if you work at el chico, you'd have to call it the little boy and then michael jackson would be hanging around all the time!
9) if they be allowin' ebonics then they gots to be allowin' spanish!
8) what the boss don't know don't become an issue!
7) rrrolling rrrr's burrrns calorrrries!
6) how can you take an afternoon siesta break if they don't allow you to speak some damned spanish?!
5) maria in the steno pool is bilingual! ...does that mean what i think it means?!
4) what sounds better for lunch, a hot dog or a caliente perro?!
3) cinco de mayo office party will rock, dude!
2) people just look silly speaking the queen's english while wearing a sombrero!
and the #1 reason spanish should be allowed in the workplace: "if them people is gonna' live here then they gots to learn how to talk the right way!"
