Originally posted by mercurydrinker
Anyways... I read through the entire thread for the *second* time, and I haven't found one instance where you said "its fine if someone is old or whatever"...
So thats why I assumed you meant pretty much anybody should speak English and that it was rude to do otherwise....
And it doesn't matter anyways, I disagree that parents should speak in English, its bloody difficult to change your personality, outlook on life or language for that matter, after about the age of 25 or so....and as for the children, if they want to speak it they can.... I believe in a little thing called "freedom of speech", where you can say whatever the hell you want, this includes language.
People should be able to express themselves in another language if they want, because there isn't just one way of expressing yourself.... for instance the Eskimos have over 50 words just for snow, whilst english has only a few. The eskimo would therefore be able to articulate more effectively about snow.... it's not the greatest example, but you get what I mean...
ming and u'll get there..
