tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post9196656446981023200..comments2023-08-13T07:56:06.968-04:00Comments on Idiosycratic Life: A Very Long Rant-y EntryChunky Photojournalist Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11646004753295087957noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-63516258791772119082007-05-27T19:50:00.000-04:002007-05-27T19:50:00.000-04:00Hi Tara! Thanks for weighing in, :) See you in NYC...Hi Tara! Thanks for weighing in, :) See you in NYC soon! (Cupcake!)Chunky Photojournalist Barbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11646004753295087957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-55964131996809386322007-05-25T21:09:00.000-04:002007-05-25T21:09:00.000-04:00Hi Angie, I don't think you know me -- but I'm a f...Hi Angie, <BR/><BR/>I don't think you know me -- but I'm a friend of Shannon's and I've heard a lot about you.<BR/><BR/>I live in BC Canada, and the city where I live has become so full of Asian people that caucasians are the minority.<BR/><BR/>I was born and raised in this city, and this process has happened over the short period of my lifetime.<BR/><BR/>There are a lot of people that are Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309098529846541205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-68249818121670018322007-05-25T21:04:00.000-04:002007-05-25T21:04:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309098529846541205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-1156421727728089762007-05-21T15:56:00.000-04:002007-05-21T15:56:00.000-04:00Angie, had no idea you were bilingual! You go girl...Angie, had no idea you were bilingual! You go girl! I'm dying to take as many Italian classes as possible while I'm in college. <BR/><BR/>That entry just goes to show how many close-minded people are in the world. Just because someone gets put into an uncomfortable situation where they can't understand the other person because English is not their first language, they're automatically ranting Lo Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116709052057880412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-70782411043802620272007-05-19T09:03:00.000-04:002007-05-19T09:03:00.000-04:00Thanks for your post. Being a USA citizen and nati...Thanks for your post. Being a USA citizen and native English speaker who is moving to South Korea (no choice with the military) I expect to feel similiar discrimination because I don't know any Korean, and the little I will learn will have a horrible English accent I am sure. Hopefully there will be accepting Koreans who feel like you do.Jennefer https://www.blogger.com/profile/13211125406054375163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-8578546514505724652007-05-18T19:19:00.000-04:002007-05-18T19:19:00.000-04:00Gracias,MadreGracias,<BR/><BR/>MadreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-83299394494095227222007-05-18T15:29:00.000-04:002007-05-18T15:29:00.000-04:00Loving and Hating the Big O:Why I'm in favor of an...Loving and Hating the Big O:<BR/>Why I'm in favor of and against an Official Language.<BR/><BR/>What makes America great is its diversity. Few on this board or elsewhere would argue otherwise. But diversity in and of itself yields nothing but chaos under normal circumstances. The popular concept of "diversity" is more than just "a wide variety of cultures and viewpoints," but additionally, "a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-84849840668015045532007-05-18T13:23:00.000-04:002007-05-18T13:23:00.000-04:00Hey everyone! You know how I talked about the comm...Hey everyone! You know how I talked about the comments and the "OMG Me Too!" factor? I love when people weigh in, (hi karla, I don't know you were here! Welcome!) but I just want to say, this isn't my personal Amen corner. Disagree, debate, discuss... Or not. Whatever. :)Chunky Photojournalist Barbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11646004753295087957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-42412057216904446622007-05-18T12:07:00.000-04:002007-05-18T12:07:00.000-04:00To end your frustration, you will have to stop bei...To end your frustration, you will have to stop being so evolved. If, on the other hand, you enjoy the diversity of life the way it is, you'll just have to learn to live with the primitive fearfulness of the masses.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, English is a ridiculously non-homogeneous language. That's what makes it so great -- it's a mode of expression with fewer boundaries. Native English speakers Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238446003267829187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-78926231389714495312007-05-18T11:45:00.000-04:002007-05-18T11:45:00.000-04:00Thank you, Angie. The part I liked the most was a...Thank you, Angie. The part I liked the most was about us all speaking Wampanoag. It's true. And, to boot, there is no official language in this country -- yet, let's pray that we get a Democrat in the oval office for the next 50 years (or so), so saying that those in the US should speak "our" language doesn't make sense. We have no national language. Thank God.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17742655206004664406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-53026697969874967102007-05-18T10:09:00.000-04:002007-05-18T10:09:00.000-04:00Tee hee.http://www.theonion.com/content/news_brief...Tee hee.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/idaho_legislature_declaresAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-49136446306134468212007-05-18T08:59:00.000-04:002007-05-18T08:59:00.000-04:00Ernie's dad speaks very little English. Not becaus...Ernie's dad speaks very little English. Not because he doesn't try, but because it's freaking hard to learn English when you've spoken Tagalog your entire life. Ernie's mother speaks English fairly fluently, but her English is accented and sometimes things get lost in the translation.<BR/>Hell, Ernie speaks fluent English, but he also speaks fluent Tagalog and something often gets lost in the shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530783035901580424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107146.post-57770653471780881822007-05-18T08:09:00.000-04:002007-05-18T08:09:00.000-04:00Sigh. That type of thinking is sad. And wrong. I'm...Sigh. That type of thinking is sad. And wrong. <BR/><BR/>I'm all about diversity. In fact, in Canada, our country could not sustain itself without immigration. <BR/><BR/>Toronto is the worlds most multicultural city and I love it and I love that my child will grow up appreciating other cultures and beliefs. My husband (who is white) works in an enviroment where he is a minority and here you just karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com