What Yall think of this ?

[olevetonahill]

Right Now Im for it :D
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090507_16_A1_OKLAHO663921

[TUSooner]

No Cherokee ? hmmmmmmmmm

[Chuck Bao]

It seems like pandering to me.

I would have been much more impressed with efforts to improve the English language instruction in our high schools, or possibly avail affordable community college English language courses.

What am I saying? We will all be speaking lolz cat and writing text message script within the next 10 years.

And, they're short changing our Oklahoma language heritage. Olevet, the proper plural of "yall" is "all of yall". ;)

[olevetonahill]

It seems like pandering to me.

I would have been much more impressed with efforts to improve the English language instruction in our high schools, or possibly avail affordable community college English language courses.

What am I saying? We will all be speaking lolz cat and writing text message script within the next 10 years.

And, they're short changing our Oklahoma language heritage. Olevet, the proper plural of "yall" is "all of yall". ;)

Do I look like i give a ****, If I type this **** rite ?:P

[Chuck Bao]

Do I look like i give a ****, If I type this **** rite ?:P

You are a gentleman and a scholar and I'm very proud to call you bro. But, the whole English only message gets weird when the next generation of kids can't speak or write English properly. Maybe I'm way off base, but that is what I'm thinking. The other stuff was just joking around and messing with ya. :P

[olevetonahill]

Jes messin Back bro ;)
No get over there and Tell us about the Return of the nope :D

[SanJoaquinSooner]

It's a start. One of these days, maybe we can require educated Oklahomans to be fluent in at least two languages.

[KC//CRIMSON]

So is this bill for regular English or hillbilly English?

[Ike]

I like the provision for native american languages.

And while I usually think that english only bills are a waste of time, this one seems to have at least one reason for it...that being that the state would be immune from lawsuits to provide services in other languages.

I'm on the fence as to whether thats a good idea or not.

I'm all for it because it saves the state a little bit of money. I'm a little concerned that it may lead to a few misunderstandings of the legal variety for non-english speakers that may be new residents (legal of course) or students that could potentially be avoided.

Being 'new' to the state again, I don't know how easily it is for non-english speakers to find affordable ESL classes in Oklahoma. I'd be 100% fine with the bill if they are already easy and relatively inexpensive to get into, or if there were some provision added to make it so.

Basically, I mainly just think it's pretty bad form to openly discourage people from coming here because they can't speak the language as a matter of public policy. Providing accessible classes to people to learn our language keeps it fairly neutral in that regard.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

Being 'new' to the state again, I don't know how easily it is for non-english speakers to find affordable ESL classes in Oklahoma. I'd be 100% fine with the bill if they are already easy and relatively inexpensive to get into, or if there were some provision added to make it so.

Speaking from my little exposure to it, there's ESL classes in the school systems as well as in the communities themselves through churches, et cetera.

A church near a fire station I used to work at helped us out with a spanish for first responders class. Our instructor was one of the teachers in the ESL program there. A legal immigrant with full citizenship from Peru, she was a tremendous help, but even she complained of the sheer volume of children with grave deficiency in the english language.

[Veritas]

Basically, I mainly just think it's pretty bad form to openly discourage people from coming here because they can't speak the language as a matter of public policy.

I don't know how you're getting that from what this bill aims to do. It aims to:

declare that all official actions of the state must be conducted in English
bar people from suing the state to have services provided in languages other than English
allow private individuals and businesses would still be allowed to use whatever language they choose


Seems like a good idea to me, especially the part about barring people form suing the state.

[olevetonahill]

In years gone by
LEGAL immigrants worked their asses off to learn the Language and to become acclimated into our society

[SanJoaquinSooner]

In years gone by
LEGAL immigrants worked their asses off to learn the Language and to become acclimated into our society

Revisionist history, olevet.

1st generation not so much English.

2nd generation bilingual.

3rd generation mostly English only.

[olevetonahill]

^ :rolleyes:

[OU_Sooners75]

Better idea....
Expand INS and herd up all the illegals...kick their asses back to mexico.

Then make all the immigrants here legally learn english. If they do not, then kick their asses back to whereever as well!

[StoopTroup]

Officer: Do you no why I pulled you over today?

Driver: No.

Officer: I believe I saw you speaking spanish in the left lane. I need you to read this series of questions and then answer them in essay form.

Driver: Que?

Officer: Step out of the vehicle please.

Driver: Que?

Lather, Rinse, Repeat...

[AggieTool]

When "English" speakers start speaking it properly, I'll take their xenophobic concerns a little more seriously.:(

Kinda like republicans all of a sudden becoming concerned about federal spending.:O

[Okla-homey]

After they get that passed, maybe they can pass a bill declaring oxygen the official state gas for purposes of human respiration.:rolleyes:

[Crucifax Autumn]

This is only a test...

[Crucifax Autumn]

Excuse that last post...a bit of posse bidness!

[AggieTool]

After they get that passed, maybe they can pass a bill declaring oxygen the official state gas for purposes of human respiration.:rolleyes:

Or declaring hamburger helper a meal all on its own.:D

[Condescending Sooner]

My office pays a significant portion of our budget to translators cause peeps can't speak the language. I would like to see that cost eliminated.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

My office pays a significant portion of our budget to translators cause peeps can't speak the language. I would like to see that cost eliminated.

If fewer documents are available in other languages, would there be a need for more or fewer translations?

[Condescending Sooner]

If fewer documents are available in other languages, would there be a need for more or fewer translations?

No documents, oral testimony.

[Curly Bill]

If fewer documents are available in other languages, would there be a need for more or fewer translations?

I know what would cut out the need for more tranlations -- fewer peeps being allowed into this country from other countries. ;)

[CrimsonJim]

I don't think it's so much the number of peeps "being allowed" into this country, as it is the number of peeps ILLEGALLY entering our country....oh wait - kinda the same thing, huh? :eek:

[Curly Bill]

I don't think it's so much the number of peeps "being allowed" into this country, as it is the number of peeps ILLEGALLY entering out country....oh wait - kinda the same thing, huh? :eek:

Yup. We're supposedly the most powerful nation on earth, but we're unable, or unwilling, to sercure our own borders -- it's laughable.

[CrimsonJim]

Oh I'm quite sure we are able, but for some mystical reason we are most certainly unwilling. I mean why on earth would we want to do that? Everything is just so hunky dory here right now, what are a few million more problems between friends? :rolleyes:

[Curly Bill]

The problem is the politicians see them as votes coming across the border. More precisely the donks see them as votes, and the pubs have lost their courage and are afraid of pi$$ing off the messican lobby and insuring that vote goes to the donks.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Yup. We're supposedly the most powerful nation on earth, but we're unable, or unwilling, to sercure our own borders -- it's laughable.


Must be Posse members takin bribes.

[Curly Bill]

Must be Posse members takin bribes.

If they'd declare open season the posse would take care of this mess. :texan:

[CrimsonJim]

If they'd declare open season the posse would take care of this mess. :texan:

....instead of just makin' curt little remarks :D

[SanJoaquinSooner]

If they'd declare open season the posse would take care of this mess. :texan:

they'd not be in power, presently.

[CrimsonJim]

they'd not be in power, presently.

Last time I looked we still had a government, and they still ain't doin' chit. Basically the same people, in different positions, yielding the same results; squat.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

olevetonahill
Otis of drunkytown
Location: the Hills of S/E Ok
Posts: 31,539

Ya mite wanta take a peek in the Toilet
before ya set yer fat *** down
jes sayin


...and no government documents in Little Dixie Ebonics.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

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Turd, you'd make a great Eastern European Bureaucrat!!

[SanJoaquinSooner]

What Yall think of this ? 5/12/2009 06:03 PM Curly Bill Is this supposed to be funny?

Open season on the humorless.

[CrimsonJim]

^ What's that got to do with the subject?

[Crucifax Autumn]

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[tommieharris91]

...and no government documents in Little Dixie Ebonics.

People who speak that dialect live a little further east of Oklahoma.

[CrimsonJim]

Open season on the humorless.

You mean to tell me there's a season on the humorless??!!! Kewl. What's the bag limit?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I just sat on the terlet and saw a snake

[Collier11]

I didnt have a snake coming out of the water but I did see a snake dipping its his head into the water ;)

[CrimsonJim]

I just sat on the terlet and saw a snake

Ok, now how did you see the snake after ya done went and sat down on the terlet?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

well before I sat down it looked like a rope, then it stood up after i saw my wife and it looked like a cobra

[Curly Bill]

Prolly not a King Cobra though. :P

[CrimsonJim]

You sure you just haven't been poppin' these:

http://www.americanlifestyle.com/products/cobra.jpg

[SanJoaquinSooner]

What's the bag limit?


Two cojones max. No limit on a$$holes.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

You sure you just haven't been poppin' these:

http://www.americanlifestyle.com/products/cobra.jpg

I took 59 of them at once...like a herd of horny goats

[Curly Bill]

I took 59 of them at once...like a herd of horny goats

You took on 59 goats at once? I didn't know you was a poke. :D

[stoops the eternal pimp]

when the goats are horny, its hard to turn them away

[Curly Bill]

Do these goats speak English by the way?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

All I heard was baaa....sounds like french..they dont have goat language regulation laws

[Curly Bill]

All I heard was baaa....sounds like french..they dont have goat language regulation laws


...and therein lies the problem, we got these goats coming over here speaking just whatever language they want to. They should at least have to speak American Goat.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

personally I don't know if goats can be taught to speak Choctaw, or Cherokee, or any other Native American Language

[Curly Bill]

Lets all learn to speak Latin, I thought it was pretty cool in Tombstone when Doc Holliday and John Ringo was doin it!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

All I know is the goats are feeling left out without a good virus outbreak named after them

[Curly Bill]

Now that you've had 59 goats at once that may be changing! :P

[olevetonahill]

Now that you've had 59 goats at once that may be changing! :P

13 more and hes an aggie martyr

[Curly Bill]

They're gonna be tracing the outbreak of "Goat Flu" back to his underpants.

[Soonerus]

Don't fear the reeper...

[CrimsonJim]

Now that you've had 59 goats at once that may be changing! :P

He most likely picked up some kind of ba-a-a-a-a-acteria, doncha think?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

There is a girl in Hartshorne that they could trace the outbreak of "syphilis" flu to

[SanJoaquinSooner]

All I know is the goats are feeling left out without a good virus outbreak named after them


A guy walks into a bar with his pet goat. He orders a drink and while he's enjoying it, the goat jumps all around the place. The goat grabs some olives off the bar and eats them. Then he grabs some sliced limes and eats them. Then he jumps onto the pool table, grabs one of the billiard balls, sticks it in his mouth, and to everyone's amazement, he somehow swallows it whole.

The bartender screams at the guy, "Did you see what your goat did?"

The guy says, "No, what?"

"He just ate the cue ball off my pool table - whole! "

"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me", replies the guy. "He eats everything in sight, the little bastard. Sorry. I'll pay for everything." The man finishes his drink, pays his bill, pays for the stuff the goat ate and leaves.

Two weeks later, he's in the bar again, and his pet goat is with him. He orders a drink and the goat starts running around the bar again.

While the man is finishing his drink, the goat finds a maraschino cherry on the bar. He grabs it, sticks it up his a$$, pulls it out and eats it. The bartender is disgusted. "Did you see what your goat did now?" he asks.

"No, what?" replies the guy.

"Well, he stuck a maraschino cherry up his a$$, pulled it out, and ate it!" says the bartender.

"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replies the guy. "He eats everything in sight - but ever since he swallowed that cue ball, he measures everything first."

[CrimsonJim]

A man takes the day off work and decides to go out golfing. He is on the second hole when he notices a billy goat standing next to the green. He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, "Baahh. 9 Iron" The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. " Baahh. 9 Iron."

He looks at the billy goat and decides to prove him wrong, puts his other club away, and grabs a 9 iron. Boom! He hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked.

He says to the billy goat, "Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky goat, eh?" The billy goat reply's " Baahh. Lucky goat."

The man decides to take the billy goat with him to the next hole. "What do you think goat?" the man asks. " Baahh. 3 wood."

The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one. The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say. By the end of the day, the man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the billy goat, "OK where to next?" The billy goat reply, " Baahh. Las Vegas."

So, they go to "Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK goat, now what?" The billy goat says, " Baahh. Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, the man asks, " What do you think I should bet?" The billy goat replies, " Baahh. $3000,black 6."

Now, this is a million to one shot to win, but after the golf game, the man figures what the heck. Boom! Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.

The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the hotel. Once in the hotel room the man says "Goat, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money and I am forever grateful." "Just name it and it is yours." The billy goat replies, " Baaah, Kiss Me."

He figures why not, since after all the goat did for him, he deserves it. With a kiss, the billy goat turns into a gorgeous 15-year-old girl.

".... And that, your honor, is how the girl ended up in my room."