Study: Illegal immigrants having more kids in US

[Nagishkaw 510]

El es loco, pero se formalizara mas adelante.

[justashooter 430]

I am fukcing disgusted by the things I read on here.

Justashooter, you should be ashamed of yourself.

coming from a guy who has a picture of a robot sticking a person with a spear in his posts?

that's a thin line.. languages at work.. only the paranoids think spanish speakers talk smack ALL the time behind their backs.. but, if there were other foreigners in my place of work, I wouldn't mind if they speak their langauge while they're carrying private conversations, for group conversations regarding work, Iguess i'd prefer a common language, which would be english.. but if I see another spanish speaker and just say hey whats up, i dont see what's the big deal of saying it in spanish

yo intiendo. pero se de nada.

It's entiendo. Google translator is your friend.

gracias. yo estudio en la escuela tres annos en espanol, y tres annos en latin, y despues beinte y siete annos.

[Peikko 1,575]

I am not a language scholar, but my understanding of the word is that it is indeed prejudicial to use the word 'barbarian' to describe a foreigner as it necessarily invokes the idea that the aliens are inferior, lacking in culture and refinement.

I haven't studied either language, but it can't be that hard if I know that Mr Shooter is boasting about his abilities. Three years of study, imagine?

[pedroh 21]

my choice of the term "barbarian" was deliberate.

i was playing the same game those who choose the word "xenophobia" play.

from the latin root, barbara, meaning person from strange land, without prejudice in the original use.

but then, as a latin, i would have expected you to know that. intiendes?

the root for "barbarian" is not Latin, btw; it is Greek; and you got it wrong.

Note to Self: email Jeff Foxworthy: "if you pretend to know etymology to impress people thinking they don't know what you are saying and no one will catch your blatant mistakes... you might be a redneck..."

OH SNAP

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Even if you would assume Shooter's precipice, that means these undocumented workers would be raping and pillaging our towns. Hell, they just want to wash our dishes, clean our offices and pick our crops. We pretend it bothers us, but we enjoy the benefits of Third World Labor all the time, which makes it kind of funny to label them as barbarians.

Edited April 15, 2009 by Col. 'Bat' Guano

[Bootylicious!! 2]

I am not a language scholar, but my understanding of the word is that it is indeed prejudicial to use the word 'barbarian' to describe a foreigner as it necessarily invokes the idea that the aliens are inferior, lacking in culture and refinement.

I haven't studied either language, but it can't be that hard if I know that Mr Shooter is boasting about his abilities. Three years of study, imagine?

Boasting or not he's still can't spell worth a $hit. No more spanish than I know and I can see that. :lol: You'd think if he wanted to act like he knew something he'd at least make sure he got it right.

[justashooter 430]

my choice of the term "barbarian" was deliberate.

i was playing the same game those who choose the word "xenophobia" play.

from the latin root, barbara, meaning person from strange land, without prejudice in the original use.

but then, as a latin, i would have expected you to know that. intiendes?

the root for "barbarian" is not Latin, btw; it is Greek; and you got it wrong.

Note to Self: email Jeff Foxworthy: "if you pretend to know etymology to impress people thinking they don't know what you are saying and no one will catch your blatant mistakes... you might be a redneck..."

well, i was pulling that one from a dusty corner of the orb that hadn't been looked into for 30 years, so now you've made me research it. it appears that the romans adopted a greek concept into their language, so really, the word appears in both:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meani...4/Barbarian.htm

"Both of your friends are correct: the Latin part of the origin is "barbarus," but it came from the Greek "barbaros," which means "foreign." "

back at ya.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Ok.. so, he's a certified bridge builder, he's an anthropologist, he's Jack Bauer, He's a Physiologist with experience on male genitalia, He's some sort of Mr Rogers teaching them how to build furniture and cook (because a Woman's place is in the kitchen, right), what else is new? oh yea, and he's rich beeach..

he has many leather bound books, and his house smells of probably rich mahogany

Ron Burgundy is about right. Speaking of which....

my choice of the term "barbarian" was deliberate.

i was playing the same game those who choose the word "xenophobia" play.

from the latin root, barbara, meaning person from strange land, without prejudice in the original use.

but then, as a latin, i would have expected you to know that. intiendes?

the root for "barbarian" is not Latin, btw; it is Greek; and you got it wrong.

Note to Self: email Jeff Foxworthy: "if you pretend to know etymology to impress people thinking they don't know what you are saying and no one will catch your blatant mistakes... you might be a redneck..."

San Diego. Mm! Drink it in. It always goes down smooth.

What a beautiful view, Mr. Burgundy.

I know. I love this city. It's a... it's a fact. It's the greatest city in the history of mankind. Discovered by the Germans, they named it San Diago. Which of course in German means a whale's #######.

N... no, there's no way that's correct.

I'm sorry. I was trying to impress you.

Oh.

I don't know what it means. I'll be honest. I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.

Doesn't it mean Saint Diego?

No. No.

No, that's... that's what it means.

Really.

We'll agree to disagree.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

my choice of the term "barbarian" was deliberate.

i was playing the same game those who choose the word "xenophobia" play.

from the latin root, barbara, meaning person from strange land, without prejudice in the original use.

but then, as a latin, i would have expected you to know that. intiendes?

the root for "barbarian" is not Latin, btw; it is Greek; and you got it wrong.

Note to Self: email Jeff Foxworthy: "if you pretend to know etymology to impress people thinking they don't know what you are saying and no one will catch your blatant mistakes... you might be a redneck..."

well, i was pulling that one from a dusty corner of the orb that hadn't been looked into for 30 years, so now you've made me research it. it appears that the romans adopted a greek concept into their language, so really, the word appears in both:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meani...4/Barbarian.htm

"Both of your friends are correct: the Latin part of the origin is "barbarus," but it came from the Greek "barbaros," which means "foreign." "

back at ya.

I, unlike you, am a scholar and know enough etymology --- no need for me to check with a third rate website to know where words originate -- again, buy a dictionary.

So no, no back-at-ya --- nice try though

[justashooter 430]

I am not a language scholar, but my understanding of the word is that it is indeed prejudicial to use the word 'barbarian' to describe a foreigner as it necessarily invokes the idea that the aliens are inferior, lacking in culture and refinement.

I haven't studied either language, but it can't be that hard if I know that Mr Shooter is boasting about his abilities. Three years of study, imagine?

the actual causal origin is in question, but according to the site i linked earlier, it has to do with the ba-ba sound of sheep. not prejudicial, just unintelligeable.

again, you missed the point. i selected a word designed to elicit a response from all of you, and got exactly what i wanted. this is exactly what people who use the word "xenophobia" are doing.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah... by proving yourself to be xenophobic.

Nice job genius.

Edited April 15, 2009 by Private Pike

[Peikko 1,575]

my choice of the term "barbarian" was deliberate.

i was playing the same game those who choose the word "xenophobia" play.

from the latin root, barbara, meaning person from strange land, without prejudice in the original use.

but then, as a latin, i would have expected you to know that. intiendes?

the root for "barbarian" is not Latin, btw; it is Greek; and you got it wrong.

Note to Self: email Jeff Foxworthy: "if you pretend to know etymology to impress people thinking they don't know what you are saying and no one will catch your blatant mistakes... you might be a redneck..."

well, i was pulling that one from a dusty corner of the orb that hadn't been looked into for 30 years, so now you've made me research it. it appears that the romans adopted a greek concept into their language, so really, the word appears in both:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meani...4/Barbarian.htm

"Both of your friends are correct: the Latin part of the origin is "barbarus," but it came from the Greek "barbaros," which means "foreign." "

back at ya.

Fact remains, that barbarian, the ENGLISH word means not simply foreigner (we have a word for that, look, I just used it) or alien, but also culturally, educationally, and in every way inferior to the culture to which the person employing the word belongs. Xenophobic was used to mean, surprisingly, what it is understood to mean, in fact, what it does mean until you decided, in your xenophobic way to try to make a badly thought out point.

[justashooter 430]

I, unlike you, am a scholar and know enough etymology --- no need for me to check with a third rate website to know where words originate -- again, buy a dictionary.

So no, no back-at-ya --- nice try though

so you are refusing to acknowledge that the english word barbarian can be traced to it's use in the latin upon which our language is based? now that's some heavy rationalisation. it's irrelevant if the latin form was based upon the greek. the english is still based upon the latin, scholar.

but then i'm just a country boy talking, here.

[Peikko 1,575]

Ouch, my eyes hurt.

Mind you, you think, wrongly that I am sitting here fuming at you. Actually, I am laughing my sox off because you are the most entertaining of arseholes.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Ok.. so, he's a certified bridge builder, he's an anthropologist, he's Jack Bauer, He's a Physiologist with experience on male genitalia, He's some sort of Mr Rogers teaching them how to build furniture and cook (because a Woman's place is in the kitchen, right), what else is new? oh yea, and he's rich beeach..

he has many leather bound books, and his house smells of probably rich mahogany

Ron Burgundy is about right. Speaking of which....

my choice of the term "barbarian" was deliberate.

i was playing the same game those who choose the word "xenophobia" play.

from the latin root, barbara, meaning person from strange land, without prejudice in the original use.

but then, as a latin, i would have expected you to know that. intiendes?

the root for "barbarian" is not Latin, btw; it is Greek; and you got it wrong.

Note to Self: email Jeff Foxworthy: "if you pretend to know etymology to impress people thinking they don't know what you are saying and no one will catch your blatant mistakes... you might be a redneck..."

San Diego. Mm! Drink it in. It always goes down smooth.

What a beautiful view, Mr. Burgundy.

I know. I love this city. It's a... it's a fact. It's the greatest city in the history of mankind. Discovered by the Germans, they named it San Diago. Which of course in German means a whale's #######.

N... no, there's no way that's correct.

I'm sorry. I was trying to impress you.

Oh.

I don't know what it means. I'll be honest. I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.

Doesn't it mean Saint Diego?

No. No.

No, that's... that's what it means.

Really.

We'll agree to disagree.

The resemblance is uncanny.