We no habla.

I am all for people being bilingual -- it makes for a very well-rounded individual. But this is America, and our language is English -- not Spanish!

Have you seen the McDonald's commercial that is completely in Spanish? I saw it the other day, and it was brought to my attention again yesterday when I was requested to do a post on it. This commercial was not on the Spanish language channel -- it was on a regular network channel. How long will we cater to those who come here (a great many of them illegally) to partake of our benefits but who refuse to learn our language?

And you know, it's all our fault we don't speak Spanish -- I know some people who own a store. They do not speak Spanish. People come in to shop and have their children translate. The other day, a Mexican couple came in and wanted to buy on credit. The owner explained to the child that they could not sign a contract, because the contracts are in English. The owner would have had no way of knowing whether or not the people understood the contract, as most 10-year-old children are not too familiar with legal terms -- especially translating them from English to Spanish. The people were quite perturbed that they were being refused. I'm pretty sure there will come a time when these people will be forced to extend credit to non-English speakers. It's only a matter of time before one of them sues. Then, when the store owner has to extend the credit, they'll just default and say, "We didn't understand the contract."

We can't win! We better start demanding English only in all business transactions. You may think it won't affect you, but when all the Spanish speakers start defaulting on credit, you'll make up the difference in higher prices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv3xdAABFfQ