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First. And Mormon converts from Polynesia.
Posted by: chris not rock at June 27, 2016 03:27 PM (nQ2Yg) 2
Lot of Poles up in the Chicago area. On the whole, not bad people.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Mein Land. Meine Familie. Meine Heimat. at June 27, 2016 03:28 PM (WVsWD) 3
Interesting. Arabic in Michigan is not exactly surprising.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 03:28 PM (3ZoRf) 4
Actually amazing how much German there still is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 03:28 PM (3ZoRf) 5
"Most of them are not surprising, but a few are real head-scratchers. Pacific-Island languages in Utah?"
It's not that surprising if you've spent any time in SLC. Utah of 2016 is not Utah if 1990. Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:29 PM (0LHZx) 6
Map is hard to see on smartphone
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2016 03:29 PM (2kEHB) Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:29 PM (dFi94) Posted by: SH at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (gmeXX) 9
I wonder why the map shows third most spoken language? I wonder what the second most spoken languages are?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (dFi94) 10
The Indic in TX and several Southern states surprised me. As did Spanish in Alaska.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (0mRoj) Posted by: Tim in Illinois Mein Land. Meine Familie. Meine Heimat. at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (WVsWD) 12
African languages in Minnesota? Really? That's going to turn out well.
(presumably Somali, or whatever the hell they speak there) Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (oKE6c) 13
Also known as fire-crotch.
Posted by: SH at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (gmeXX) ===================================== Does that come with umlauts? Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:31 PM (dFi94) 14
7 What's Indic?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:29 PM (dFi94) Languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. Posted by: Insomniac at June 27, 2016 03:31 PM (0mRoj) 15
Indic I assume is language from India.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 03:31 PM (mmU7u) 16
Why 3rd-most?
Posted by: the devil take the hindmost at June 27, 2016 03:31 PM (2WoCi) 17
I'm truly surprised English isn't on the list. Give it 20 years and it will be 3 or 4 in CA.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:31 PM (0LHZx) 18
9 I wonder why the map shows third most spoken language? I wonder what the second most spoken languages are?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (dFi94) Spanish everywhere, presumably. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (oKE6c) 19
I wonder why the map shows third most spoken language? I wonder what the second most spoken languages are?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (dFi94) Spanish everywhere except Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, and Maine. Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (FohCt) 20
First comment nailed it. There are a LOT of Polynesian Mormons, which is why there are always some gigantic Hawaiian and Samoan lineman playing football for BYU.
Posted by: radar at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (BQDvD) 21
(presumably Somali, or whatever the hell they speak there)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:30 PM (oKE6c) ============================================ There are a lot of Somali around Minneapolis. I wonder if the second-most language is still Swedish. Or Norwegian. Those Norwegians sneak in while you're not looking. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (dFi94) 22
Not one state with Ewok as third language though.Ace is lonely.
Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (B48dK) 23
16 Why 3rd-most?
Posted by: the devil take the hindmost at June 27, 2016 03:31 PM (2WoCi) Because we all know what the second language is almost everywhere. Would make for a pretty uniform map. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (3ZoRf) 24
>>I wonder why the map shows third most spoken language? I wonder what the second most spoken languages are?
Jive. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 03:33 PM (/tuJf) 25
*punches wall* Posted by: Esperanto League at June 27, 2016 03:33 PM (2WoCi) 26
Speaking of foreign ideas, a Donk house committee has determined who is responsible for Benghazi and it is, drum roll please, DONALD TRUMP. See WZ.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:33 PM (Nwg0u) 27
I don't know what indic is but when you go all the way down to 3rd place anything can happen. In SC 95% of the population speak English. The next highest group is Spanish at 3%, then 3rd is French at .5% and you are into the dregs.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2016 03:33 PM (mpXpK) Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:33 PM (oKE6c) 29
Anyone know what Tagalog is? That's the one for NV. Sounds like a kiddie playground game that the Pederast Reid invented to lure them into his van.
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (6IPEM) 30
Third most spoken language in Clinton household . Tie between Pig Latin and lies.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (mmU7u) Posted by: brak at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (MJuTN) 32
Mormons have been evangelizing in the pacific islands for a long time. iirc they were in Hawaii before they even got to Utah. Parts of SLC are heavily Samoan etc.
Posted by: Knemon at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (vG8CB) 33
So this is odd - Democrat's Benghazi report mentions Donald Trump more than Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty combined.
http://tinyurl.com/holt3lw Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (7HtZB) 34
The Great Salt Lake was sold to them as the Little Pacific.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (Nwg0u) 35
Jive.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 03:33 PM (/tuJf) If that White guy keeps seeing my wife, I will punch him. Posted by: Jive guys at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (3ZoRf) 36
Most of them are not surprising, but a few are real head-scratchers. Pacific-Island languages in Utah?
Why is that surprising? Zillions of Tongans, Samoans and Hawaiians have been converted to Mormonism, and many immigrate to Utah. That's been going on for decades and decades. Isn't this widely known? Posted by: zombie at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (jBuUi) 37
What, no Esperanto?
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (TMgNe) Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (tvyXw) 39
Number one everywhere is Ebonics.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (oKE6c) Posted by: brak at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (MJuTN) 41
Oh, look. Arabic in Michigan. *shocked face*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (1ZOkK) 42
Spanish everywhere, presumably.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:32 PM (oKE6c) =========================================== Probably in a lot of states. I'm thinking the Upper Midwest still has a healthy dose of Skandi. Don't know how much Hispanic population is in North Dakota or Nebraska. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:35 PM (dFi94) 43
Yo yo yo wha de Ebonics nawm sayn?
Posted by: Creepy ass cracka map! at June 27, 2016 03:35 PM (JPARi) 44
So all of China, with all it's various languages comes in at 1.3
billion, same with India, but for purposes of this they're just one language? Then why aren't all the romance languages bundled together? See where I'm going with this? Right, because racist. Posted by: Chupacabra at June 27, 2016 03:35 PM (W2YA6) 45
Why is that surprising? Zillions of Tongans, Samoans and Hawaiians have
been converted to Mormonism, and many immigrate to Utah. That's been going on for decades and decades. Isn't this widely known? -- Umm... not at all. At least not on the other side of the Mississippi. Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at June 27, 2016 03:35 PM (tvyXw) 46
Spanish is only # THREE in .... that state way at the top and in the middle that borders Canada? Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 03:35 PM (pC96u) 47
Indic is where you find the most call centers and Kwik Mart's.
Chinese is where all the Chinatown and take out is. I'm mostly surprised with the States where Spanish is third. What's second? I imagine French, at least in Maine Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (wmxwV) 48
The Latter Day Saints have been very successful in the Pacific Basin. For example, almost every church on Guam that isn't Catholic is LDS. The huge Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu is run by the LDS Church.
Posted by: RD Walker at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (ImpgP) 49
7 What's Indic?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:29 PM (dFi94) What I say during Foreplay Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (7HtZB) 50
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Anyone know what Tagalog is? That's the one for NV. Sounds like a kiddie playground game that the Pederast Reid invented to lure them into his van. Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (6IPEM) It is the one of the dialects in the Philippines. I used to be able to speak a little of it. Enough to order a beer. Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (mpXpK) 51
36 Most of them are not surprising, but a few are real head-scratchers. Pacific-Island languages in Utah?
Why is that surprising? Zillions of Tongans, Samoans and Hawaiians have been converted to Mormonism, and many immigrate to Utah. That's been going on for decades and decades. Isn't this widely known? Posted by: zombie at June 27, 2016 03:34 PM (jBuUi) Not by me anyway. I had no idea that was a thing. Posted by: Insomniac at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (0mRoj) 52
It's well known to anyone who follows football.
Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (B48dK) 53
Not even the least surprised by the German in Ohio. That's why I'm here in the first place. I remember reading that the largest group of Siebenbuerger Saxons outside of Siebenbuergen was in Cleveland.
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (FQKBL) 54
Lots of Hmong relocated into places like Montana, which had to be a bit of a shock after living in 105 degree 100% humidity Vietnam.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (39g3+) 55
Thanks brak.
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (6IPEM) 56
I know some Pacific Islander Mormons so that might explain it.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (iQIUe) Posted by: zombie at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (jBuUi) 58
I wonder why the map shows third most spoken language? I wonder what the second most spoken languages are?
Jive. Posted by: JackStraw Oh stewardess! -Barbara Billingsly Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (PrVhQ) 59
Anyone know what Tagalog is? That's the one for NV
------------------------------ Girl Scout cookies are a language? Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (7HtZB) 60
Why are all those Vietnamese in Nebraska? That first winter must have been a real eye-opener...
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (Pby3z) 61
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming until 8 PM MDT =========== So, if anyone in those 3 states sees Muldoon flying thru the sky on a wind funnel, let us know. TIA Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (iQIUe) 62
Tagalog is the native language of the people in the Philippines. Indic surprises me because India has so many languages, depending on where in the country you are - Hindi, Tamil, etc. I wonder if Indic is just a generic term for all of them.
Posted by: IC at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (a0IVu) 63
Tagalog -- filipino, lots of LBFM in Vegas?
Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (Doh4+) 64
The only phrase in Wisconsinese I know is "Hmong I wanna lay u."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (Nwg0u) Posted by: the people of samoa at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (tvyXw) 66
I would think shit talkers would have made the list somewhere.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (B3Tgj) 67
So the second and select thirds are the product of engineered migration by Our Betters.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (SEFXb) 68
See where I'm going with this? Right, because racist.
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 27, 2016 03:35 PM (W2YA6) LOL! Next they'll say serving chinese food at the school buffet is racist...oh, wait. Posted by: Max Power at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (q177U) 69
I'm mostly surprised with the States where Spanish is third. What's second? I imagine French, at least in Maine
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (wmxwV) I'm sure it would be French in Vermont and Maine, and "Native North American Languages" in North Dakota and Alaska (if not a specific language, as they do specify Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico). Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (FohCt) 70
Anyway, it's a fun diversion to try to figure out exactly why some of these languages are spoken in each state. Posted by: Open Blogger at 04:15 PM known as piss poor immigration policy to the rest of us Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (uqqj+) 71
I guess the french creole in FL reflects the Haitians but I would have thought all the columbians and other people from South American who moved there wd make Spanish the predominant language.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (iQIUe) 72
It is the one of the dialects in the Philippines. I used to be able to speak a little of it. Enough to order a beer.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (mpXpK) So you were fluent, then. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (oKE6c) 73
Most of them are not surprising, but a few are real head-scratchers. Pacific-Island languages in Utah? Alot of Samoans in Utah Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (lKyWE) 74
All I know is I speak third most Italian.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (KUaJL) 75
See also: BABEL, Tower of.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (noWW6) 76
Indic is 7-11 Indian, not casino Indian, right?
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (7HtZB) 77
Retty-pay ool-cay.
Posted by: Dang at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (k0G44) 78
Where are the French speakers in WV?
Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (Doh4+) 79
Crazy world when Minnesota of all places becomes Little Somalia
Posted by: brak at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (MJuTN) 80
Why is that surprising? Zillions of Tongans, Samoans and Hawaiians have
been converted to Mormonism, and many immigrate to Utah. That's been going on for decades and decad ---- Cargo Cult. They weave magic underwear out of palm fronds. Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:40 PM (wmxwV) 81
Indic is dot, not feather Indian.
Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2016 03:40 PM (Doh4+) Posted by: eleven at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (qUNWi) 83
Well the map makes sense of sorts. Alot of those states have concentrated immigrant populations from certain parts of the world. One family gets here and sponsors others and the state soon becomes a destination for others in their home country who don't want to be isolated from their native land.
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (6IPEM) 84
I'm sure it would be French in Vermont and Maine, and "Native North American Languages" in North Dakota and Alaska (if not a specific language, as they do specify Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico).
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (FohCt) ____ Maine and Vermont have a lot of people with French descendants, but do that many actually speak French? Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (0LHZx) 85
African languages in Minnesota? Really? >>>
That would explain all those clicking noises coming from the cafeteria at work. Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (tf9Ne) 86
Lots of Hmong relocated into places like Montana, which had to be a bit of a shock after living in 105 degree 100% humidity Vietnam.
You'd think same with the Somali's in Minnesota. Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (PrVhQ) 87
I'm quite surprised Pennsylvania isn't German for Amish is German.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (d9qXV) 88
Most of them are not surprising, but a few are real head-scratchers. Pacific-Island languages in Utah?
Mormonism is quite popular in many S. Pacific countries. Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (vBeA5) 89
85 African languages in Minnesota? Really? >>>
That would explain all those clicking noises coming from the cafeteria at work. Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (tf9Ne) Nah, that's the insect infestation. Posted by: Insomniac at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (0mRoj) 90
78 Where are the French speakers in WV?
Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (Doh4+) The staff at the Haitian lunch truck outside WV State campus Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (7HtZB) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (Nwg0u) 92
I'm sure it would be French in Vermont and Maine,
and "Native North American Languages" in North Dakota and Alaska (if not a specific language, as they do specify Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico). Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 27, 2016 03:38 PM (FohCt) =========================================== Census data says North Dakota languages (other than English) in order are: German, Spanish, Scandinavian Languages. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (dFi94) 93
known as piss poor immigration policy to the rest of us
Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (uqqj+) Yeah, tell us about that shit. Posted by: American Indians at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (oKE6c) 94
Pacific-Island languages in Utah?
The Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii is run by Mormons, a strong influence in Hawaii. Fun Fact - Utah and Hawaii (at one time if not still) are the only two states with no legal form of gambling, not even church bingo. Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (P/kVC) Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (PrVhQ) 96
I met a couple young ladies in Bermuda the other day. They are doing an 8 month mission to convert Bermudians to Mormonism.
If they let me stay in Bermuda I'd convert. I'd even learn to speak Bermudian. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (/tuJf) 97
Well Skip, it's hard for a little pocket of German to survive against every language India has to offer.
That's why I'm pointing out this is bullshit FB fodder. Not that I'm criticizing our esteemed host. Posted by: Chupacabra at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (W2YA6) 98
Huh. Spanish in Alaska.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (1ZOkK) 99
Utah is informative:
14% speak other than English at home 246,000 Spanish 13,000 Pacific Island 8,000 Navajo Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 03:44 PM (NUqwG) 100
It is the one of the dialects in the Philippines. I used to be able to speak a little of it. Enough to order a beer.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 27, 2016 03:36 PM (mpXpK) East, "San Miguel" Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 27, 2016 03:44 PM (P/kVC) 101
89 85 African languages in Minnesota? Really? >>>
That would explain all those clicking noises coming from the cafeteria at work. Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (tf9Ne) Nah, that's the insect infestation. Posted by: Insomniac at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (0mRoj) Somali/Eritrean I would presume, with the influx of East Africans there, primarily Somali. Posted by: Moki at June 27, 2016 03:44 PM (ezHMO) 102
Anyone know what Tagalog is?
- Not as good as Thin Mints but OK for a Girl Scout Cookie. Golf clap. Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 03:44 PM (PrVhQ) 103
OT- 30 UN Alpine Armoring Pit Bull VX Swat Trucks diving on the interstate in Virginia. Article at the Daily Mail says people had reported seeing these Trucks in Dallas also.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2016 03:44 PM (92uZF) 104
If they let me stay in Bermuda I'd convert. I'd even learn to speak Bermudian.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (/tuJf) _____ It's very similar to Austrian I've heard. Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (0LHZx) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (SEFXb) 106
If they let me stay in Bermuda I'd convert. I'd even learn to speak Bermudian.
I'm actually fluent in Bermudian. That, and jive. Posted by: The JEF at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (1ZOkK) 107
No Klingon speakers?
Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (7HtZB) 108
In Alabama we speak drawl with a touch of nasal.
Posted by: Grump928(c) tugs collar at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (evdj2) 109
Maine and Vermont have a lot of people with French descendants, but do that many actually speak French? ---- Yes. Go to the north borders, small towns in Maine Vermont NY etc Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (wmxwV) 110
"Crazy world when Minnesota of all places becomes Little Somalia"
The new slogan from the Minneapolis tourist promotion board: "Like Mogadishu, but freezing cold!" Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 03:46 PM (noWW6) 111
99 Utah is informative:
14% speak other than English at home 246,000 Spanish 13,000 Pacific Island 8,000 Navajo Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 03:44 PM (NUqwG) ____ And 225K of that 246K is in SLC. SLC is about 25% Hispanic and growing. Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:46 PM (0LHZx) 112
Where are all these Germans in CO? We don't even have German restaurants here. Are they measuring by bratwurst consumption?
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 03:46 PM (6IPEM) 113
>>So this is odd - Democrat's Benghazi report mentions Donald Trump more than Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty combined.
OMG they are insane. So if Trump wins, every dang bad thing Obama did over the past 8 years and then some will be attributed to Trump. Posted by: Lizzy at June 27, 2016 03:46 PM (NOIQH) Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 03:46 PM (8XRCm) 115
Yes. Go to the north borders, small towns in Maine Vermont NY etc
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:45 PM (wmxwV) ___ Quebecois French. That's like it's own thing. I speak passable French and couldn't understand a fucking word when I was in Quebec. Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:47 PM (0LHZx) 116
Island of Samoa & landlocked Utah. Same same really.
Keep the Samoans in the middle of the state for balance. Posted by: Hank Johnson at June 27, 2016 03:47 PM (evdj2) 117
You'd think same with the Somalis in Minnesota.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 03:42 PM (PrVhQ) I will accept correction on this point, but my impression is that the Somalis in Minnesota are as close to useless as any people you'll find on the face of the earth. An article recently had illiterate, uneducated, unemployed (naturally) Somalis in MN bitching that the free food they were given was quite to their taste, and they wanted authentic Somali food. Hey you know a place that has real authentic Somali food? Yeah, it's fucking Somalia, that's where! Posted by: American Indians at June 27, 2016 03:47 PM (oKE6c) Posted by: Lizzy at June 27, 2016 03:47 PM (NOIQH) 119
62 Indic surprises me because India has so many languages, depending on where in the country you are - Hindi, Tamil, etc. I wonder if Indic is just a generic term for all of them.
Posted by: IC at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (a0IVu) -------------------- Yep. Generic. I'd like to see the breakdown on it though. Hindi, for example, usually means Hindus. Urdu usually means Paki-Muslims. It makes a big difference to a raaaaacist like me. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (T/5A0) 120
I would think shit talkers would have made the list somewhere.
It doesn't come in third anywhere. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (39g3+) 121
112 Where are all these Germans in CO? We don't even have German restaurants here. Are they measuring by bratwurst consumption?
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 03:46 PM (6IPEM) InBEV higher ups looking to acquire Coors? Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (7HtZB) 122
Island of Samoa & landlocked Utah. Same same really.
---- They were told by someone in the US government that their island was going to tip over... Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (wmxwV) 123
As for the " UN" vehicles,maybe they are being used in a movie shoot?
Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (B48dK) 124
I thought in Illinois, it would be 'Ditka".
Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (QM5S2) 125
After giving this much thought, I've finally settled on the best solution for the DC problem. They're not a state, you know, and it's been grating on them for years. They even have a street..."No Taxation Without Representation Boulevard", (or something like that).
So. Step one, the feds enter into negotiations with western states where they generally own more of the land than do the states, and select a new site for the nation's capitol. DC is split down the middle, and the two chunks are forced on Virginia, and Maryland. All the special federal bennies accorded to DC are immediately terminated. Anything of historical importance worth keeping in DC, is dismantled, and later reassembled at the new capitol site. At our shiny new capitol, there are no residential sections. No one lives there, except the president. It has no DMV, it has no license plates, or municipal police force. The state, or states that house, and service the expected bloatacratic infusion of workers, lobbyists, and glittering hangers on have to do so on their own dime. And lastly, we repeat this simple exercise every fifty years. Posted by: Sticky Wicket at June 27, 2016 03:49 PM (wrIl2) 126
Maine and Vermont have a lot of people with French descendants, but do that many actually speak French?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (0LHZx) It's not so much Maine and Vermont have many who speak French, but that they don't have many who speak Spanish. In the 2010 Census, only 1.3% and 1.5% of their populations were Hispanic. The only state with a smaller % Hispanic was West Virginia at 1.2%. If French is third in WV, perhaps second is German rather than Spanish, as German is third-most spoken in neighboring Ohio and Kentucky. Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 27, 2016 03:49 PM (FohCt) 127
>>Hey you know a place that has real authentic Somali food? Yeah, it's fucking Somalia, that's where!
Quality UN millet is so hard to find in the upper peninsula, doncha know? Posted by: Lizzy at June 27, 2016 03:49 PM (NOIQH) 128
Yo!
Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:49 PM (GwIKd) 129
Sock off.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 03:49 PM (oKE6c) 130
Trump killed those people in Orlando just like he killed those people in Benghazi.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:50 PM (Nwg0u) Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:50 PM (GwIKd) 132
I thought Virginia's third language was Macaca.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 03:51 PM (mmU7u) 133
MN is African Languages?
?? Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:50 PM (GwIKd) ---- Somali Refugees. Lots of them.... lots and lots of them. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 03:51 PM (8XRCm) 134
Would not have guessed Indic for here in Alabama, though I guess Korean hasn't had enough time to build its numbers yet.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 03:51 PM (9krrF) 135
Quebecois French. That's like it's own thing. I speak passable French and couldn't understand a fucking word when I was in Quebec.
----- Blerblerbluhblerbah pah! Fuhdurblurblerbuhbler oh ho ho hunnnnn Yeah I'm familiar Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:51 PM (wmxwV) 136
MN is African Languages?
?? Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:50 PM (GwIKd) ====================================== Because when you get out of Africa, you want to cool off a bit. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:52 PM (dFi94) 137
Keep the Samoans in the middle of the state for balance.
I would think if you evenly distributed them around the edges it would work best. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 03:52 PM (39g3+) 138
Indic has something to do with marijuana?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 27, 2016 03:52 PM (IqV8l) 139
I don't understand this at all.
My computer's clock and my watch are both showing a different time right now before the original posting was made [will be made???] at 4:15 p.m. And the inside of the blog is alot bigger than the outside of the blog!!! Posted by: andycanuck at June 27, 2016 03:53 PM (A/+my) 140
The first time I saw an Ethiopian Restaurant I thought it was a joke. You know, like an English Dentist. But I love their food.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:53 PM (Nwg0u) 141
123 As for the " UN" vehicles,maybe they are being used in a movie shoot?
Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2016 03:48 PM (B48dK) The non-conspiracy answer is that they're built in PA & are being transported for delivery. Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 03:53 PM (7HtZB) 142
It's actually colonial French though. Like how southerners speak colonial English from whatever part of England and northerners speak mostly Midlands English.
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 03:53 PM (wmxwV) 143
If the Benghazi report mentions of Trump are greater than 0, I'd say there's a problem there.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 27, 2016 03:53 PM (SEFXb) 144
139 CBD got a hold of aces TARDIS.
Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (B48dK) 145
Nebraska must have changed, I grew up in Lincoln and didn't have a single Asian in any of my schools.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (B3Tgj) 146
Quebecois French. That's like it's own thing. I speak passable French and couldn't understand a fucking word when I was in Quebec.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:47 PM (0LHZx) ----------------- I eventually acquired the ability to understand Quebecois English. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (NUqwG) 147
Been in Indiana since 1977. Never heard anyone speaking German.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (IqV8l) 148
I'm surprised English is not listed in Aztlan.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (hNICT) 149
And the inside of the blog is alot bigger than the outside of the blog!!!>>>
Like Dr Who's Tardis? Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (tf9Ne) 150
Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 03:39 PM (uqqj+)
Yeah, tell us about that shit. Posted by: American Indians at June 27, 2016 03:43 PM (oKE6c) no enemies to the left of you is there Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (uqqj+) 151
I wonder which Chinese language is spoken most in Oregon? I know we have a pretty big population. #2 would be Spanish, of course. Not Castilian, Mexican.
There used to be tons of great Chinese restaurants in town, but the owners all retired or died off or something and the kids took over. They aren't very good any longer. Kwan's is still good downtown, but he experiments too much with crap like kiwi meat and guava. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (39g3+) 152
And the inside of the blog is alot bigger than the outside of the blog!!!
Also the blog is made of stainless steel and has gullwing doors. Posted by: the scary door at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (2WoCi) 153
Hmong and ride the train...
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 27, 2016 03:55 PM (s/EUv) 154
>>Because when you get out of Africa, you want to cool off a bit.
Maine has a smaller but still significant number of Somalis as well. They have a thing for lobster and skiing. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 03:55 PM (/tuJf) 155
Portuguese in MA and RI due to the large influx of Brazilians
(legal and otherwise). Posted by: plum at June 27, 2016 03:55 PM (h+OMg) 156
Been in Indiana since 1977. Never heard anyone speaking German.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 27, 2016 03:54 PM (IqV8l) ------- Certainly many Amish communities do. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 03:55 PM (NUqwG) 157
In D.C. the most spoken language is Parseltongue.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:56 PM (Nwg0u) 158
Ssssssssss
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at June 27, 2016 03:56 PM (evdj2) 159
Lots of Nail Salons in Nebraska, Oklahoma, and the Bayou.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 27, 2016 03:56 PM (hNICT) 160
Question: Every time I go to a nail salon, the nail people are always Vietnamese. Always. I've had my nails done in Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona and New Mexico. Always Vietnamese. Did Vietnam buy out the entire franchise?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:57 PM (dFi94) 161
131 MN is African Languages?
?? Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:50 PM (GwIKd) Yes, the Catholic Church and other religious organizations are running "refugee" programs that are bringing in Somali immigrants in to Minnesota, truckload after truckload. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 03:57 PM (XrN31) 162
Ohh,Enter the Dragon just started on AMC.
Posted by: steevy at June 27, 2016 03:57 PM (B48dK) 163
Americans certainly won't do nails.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 03:57 PM (NUqwG) 164
157 In D.C. the most spoken language is Parseltongue.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:56 PM (Nwg0u) I thought the most popular dialect in D.C. was Weasel. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (XrN31) 165
Lots of Norwegians in Iowa. Guess they all learned English.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (hNICT) 166
At our shiny new capitol, there are no residential sections. No one lives there, except the president. It has no DMV, it has no license plates, or municipal police force.
But I don't want to downgrade my birth certificate to Maryland... :/ Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (9krrF) 167
I saw somewhere that the Somali s don't get along with the local blacks in MN.
Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (GwIKd) 168
This map is kinda silly.
West Virginia. 1,840,000 speak English (or dialects of same) at home. 8,000 speak Spanish 7 college French professors speak French. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 03:59 PM (T/5A0) 169
Lots of Norwegians in Iowa. Guess they all learned English.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (hNICT) ============================================== Ya, one day I'm going to get to Decorah. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:59 PM (dFi94) 170
Question: Every time I go to a nail salon, the nail people are always Vietnamese.>>>
The are immune to the effects of Acetone? Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 03:59 PM (tf9Ne) 171
Do the local blacks get along with the local blacks in MN?
Posted by: andycanuck at June 27, 2016 03:59 PM (A/+my) 172
As for the " UN" vehicles,maybe they are being used in a movie shoot?
- Maybe not enough college girls are getting raped. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 03:59 PM (Nwg0u) 173
160 Question: Every time I go to a nail salon, the nail people are always Vietnamese. Always. I've had my nails done in Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona and New Mexico. Always Vietnamese. Did Vietnam buy out the entire franchise?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 03:57 PM (dFi94) I think they made a deal with the dot Indians: "we'll do nails and let you have the motels and convenience stores." Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (XrN31) 174
I have heard Scots say that when they travel in the south, they feel more at home because the accent is comfortable and often quite similar to their home.
Which isn't surprising. A lot of Scots and Irish settled in the area. Much of what we know as Bluegrass is a variation of old English folk music. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (39g3+) Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (zp+j1) Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (hNICT) 177
Do Somalis get along with each other?
Why we importing people from Somalia? We don't have enough clan warfare here in the usa Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (GwIKd) 178
>>Portuguese in MA and RI due to the large influx of Brazilians
A lot of Cape Verdeans too because fishing. TF Green airport is pretty small with only a handful of international flights, most to Canada. But last year the first service to Cape Verde was launched. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (/tuJf) 179
Portuguese in MA and RI due to the large influx of Brazilians
(legal and otherwise). Posted by: plum at June 27, 2016 03:55 PM (h+OMg) Not Brazilians. They've had a massive Portuguese population since the 19th century, mostly from the Azores. Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (vBeA5) Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (wmxwV) 181
Most places I go in my Blue State they are building "bullshitease"?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:01 PM (zp+j1) 182
"According to the 2012-2013 Industry Statistics published by Nails Magazine, 48% of nail professionals in the $7.47 billion American nail industry are Vietnamese Americans. The number skyrockets to 80% in California."
Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:01 PM (NUqwG) 183
The are immune to the effects of Acetone?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 03:59 PM (tf9Ne) ========================================== Maybe so. Who knows? They're lovely people, it's just odd that every nail salon I've ever been in is 100% Vietnamese. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:01 PM (dFi94) 184
Do the local blacks get along with the local blacks in MN?
If it's the standard pattern, probably not. African blacks are notorious for taking a very dim view of their American cousins... Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:01 PM (9krrF) 185
155 Portuguese in MA and RI due to the large influx of Brazilians
(legal and otherwise). Posted by: plum at June 27, 2016 03:55 PM (h+OMg) -------------------------- There were piles of Portuguese immigrants (from Portugal) up there long before Brazilians. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:02 PM (T/5A0) 186
"Lots of Hmong relocated into places like Montana, which had to be a bit
of a shock after living in 105 degree 100% humidity Vietnam." Recall a Green Beret who had spent his time in Vietnam doing the classic training-of-indigenous-forces mission. His team took over a bunch of highlands Hmong originally stood up as a unit (if you can call it that) by CIA officers. He described his shock at being surrounded by Hmong shaking strings of ears at him and demanding money. The more ears, the louder the demand. "We kill VC! Kill plenty VC! You pay now!" From the tiny size of some of the ears they had collected, it was obvious to him that the Hmong were applying an... _expansive_ view of who was and was not a VC. Yeah, that toddler in the corner of the hut isn't grown up yet, but once she is, she's sure to go over to Charlie. Better not take any chances. His commander told the Hmong to knock it off and that there would be no more payment for ears. Things got extremely uncomfortable -- just a handful of Special Forces advisers surrounded by hundreds of angry armed Hmong -- and they eventually had to call off the mission and exfil home. He was not especially happy when a few short years later he started spotting Hmong on the street here in the States. Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:02 PM (noWW6) 187
I saw somewhere that the Somali s don't get along with the local blacks in MN. Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (GwIKd) -------------------- I hear all the time that Africans both here and in Africa don't get along with Black Americans. Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 04:02 PM (pC96u) 188
Maine and Vermont have a lot of people with French descendants, but do that many actually speak French?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 03:41 PM (0LHZx) They border Quebec and the French speaking parts of New Brunswick (which has a large Arcadian population - people whose ancestors never found their way to Louisiana) so I would imagine a fair number of them do. It's more surprising to me that any Cajuns still speak Cajun French. Their dialect persisted for a long time just because the Cajuns were so isolated from the outside world. That is no longer true. From what I understand, only very old people still speak Cajun, while younger ones still to their own version of English, one that incorporates a lot of Cajun words. A French guy I know who traveled to Cajun country told me that old people he met down there were delighted to meet someone from "the old country" and started talking to him in what they thought was French. He said that with the best will in the world he understood maybe 1 word in every 10. Same thing with Germans who try to understand "Pennsylvania Dutch." The ancestors of the Cajuns and the Amish left France and Germany centuries ago. Their language reflects that. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:02 PM (u0lmX) 189
I think at spa's is where you get the non-Vietnamese nail girls.
So, I guess you Moron's just aren't high-falutin' enough. Well, except for Moo. Posted by: Chupacabra at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (W2YA6) 190
"According to the 2012-2013 Industry Statistics
published by Nails Magazine, 48% of nail professionals in the $7.47 billion American nail industry are Vietnamese Americans. The number skyrockets to 80% in California." Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:01 PM (NUqwG) ============================================= I will make it my mission to find a non-Vietnamese nail salon. Not because I have any negative feelings towards Vietnamese at all - they've been very kind. It's just an oddity that I must explore. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (dFi94) 191
I saw somewhere that the Somali s don't get along with the local blacks in MN.
Most African immigrants view American black culture with a combination of disgust and amusement. They hold gangstas and such in utter contempt. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (39g3+) 192
133 MN is African Languages?
?? Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:50 PM (GwIKd) ---- Somali Refugees. Lots of them.... lots and lots of them. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 03:51 PM (8XRCm) Temporarily, until they go back to join ISIS, which quite a few of them have already done. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (oKE6c) 193
It is interesting to see which states the various different types of invaders gravitate towards.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (R+30W) 194
Jnside every gook there is an American trying to get
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 04:04 PM (Nwg0u) 195
>>>> Question: Every time I go to a nail salon, the nail people are always Vietnamese. Always. I've had my nails done in Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona and New Mexico. Always Vietnamese. Did Vietnam buy out the entire franchise?
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, ----- Same in TX. Asians are natural entrepreneurs and savers and make owning their own business a life goal. Nail salons are a cheap, easy startup and can be staffed with all family much like Chinese do with restaurants and drycleaners. Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:04 PM (6IPEM) 196
167 I saw somewhere that the Somali s don't get along with the local blacks in MN.
Posted by: Yo! at June 27, 2016 03:58 PM (GwIKd) I don't think they get along with anybody. One of the 'ettes (I think it was Tammy al-Thor) said that the religious groups are bringing in Somalis who are what she termed "the worst kind" of Muslim, i.e they're surly as hell, and have no intention of assimilating to anything except welfare. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:04 PM (XrN31) 197
The wife and I are looking to adopt a couple of 18-year old Danish girls, so I'm brushing up on Danish by reading Beowulf in the original tongue.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (hqZPQ) 198
If you go into a fast food joint in the State of NJ, and I don't recommend you do that, nobody speaks English. Well not an English I recognize
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (zp+j1) 199
Question: Every time I go to a nail salon, the nail people are always Vietnamese. Always. I've had my nails done in Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona and New Mexico. Always Vietnamese. Did Vietnam buy out the entire franchise?
Heard a tale once of a lady who, new in town, went with a friend to get her nails done. Her friend had gone to the same place for years, loved the job they did. The ladies who worked there had always chatted on in Vietnamese, which naturally she didn't understand word one of. You can see where this is going: As it happens, Ms. New-In-Town spoke and understood Vietnamese. And thus understood every last nasty thing they were saying about all ethnicities that were not Vietnamese, including the ones sitting in their chairs. Lady got her nails done, paid, and thanked them for the wonderful job. In Vietnamese. Never went back, I'm given to understand. Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (9krrF) 200
I think at spa's is where you get the non-Vietnamese nail girls.
============================================ I go to a pretty up-scale spa, very pampering, very spa-experience. So I don't think that's it. I think the Prime Minister of Vietnam has cornered the market. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (dFi94) 201
We're not up to the thread time stamp, Ace posting from the future or Nova Scotia not sure.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (d9qXV) 202
Pacific Islanders convert to Mormonism to get off of their crummy islands with the terrible economies and high crime.
Posted by: K-E at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (NmDhP) 203
They hold gangstas and such in utter contempt.
- So they're not crazy then? Must be racists, though. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (Nwg0u) 204
After giving this much thought, I've finally settled on the best solution for the DC problem. They're not a state, you know, and it's been grating on them for years. They even have a street..."No Taxation Without Representation Boulevard", (or something like that).
So. Step one, the feds enter into negotiations with western states where they generally own more of the land than do the states, and select a new site for the nation's capitol. DC is split down the middle, and the two chunks are forced on Virginia, and Maryland. All the special federal bennies accorded to DC are immediately terminated. Anything of historical importance worth keeping in DC, is dismantled, and later reassembled at the new capitol site. At our shiny new capitol, there are no residential sections. No one lives there, except the president. It has no DMV, it has no license plates, or municipal police force. The state, or states that house, and service the expected bloatacratic infusion of workers, lobbyists, and glittering hangers on have to do so on their own dime. And lastly, we repeat this simple exercise every fifty years. ________________________________________________ I'm all for that, except Virginia already got back our portion of DC in the form of Arlington. Maryland gets that craphole. Posted by: makatta at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (Y7Qzg) 205
198 If you go into
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (zp+j1) FTFY Posted by: josephistan at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (7HtZB) 206
There's a scene in the animated Japanese film "Princesss Mononoke" where the leading character shoots and kills "the god of the forest" -- some kind of universal nature deity, represented by a stag with antlers -- but instead of simply falling down and dying, the inner spirit of the nature-god kind of pours out of the stag's body and grows to immense size and eventually transforms the entire dying forest into a green thriving garden of Eden.
There's something about that scene that reminds me of what is going on in Europe right now at this very moment. The elites and bureaucrats and transnantiopnal socialists though they could kill the spirit of individualism and independence and freedom, but instead that have unleashed a formerly-containly energy that is now going to sweep over the continent. The entire project of "global government" which has been the goal of the Left since the 1850s has suddenly and shockingly taken a massive bodyblow, as the EU is now disintegrating and the desire local governance is sweeping the world. Posted by: zombie at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (jBuUi) 207
To be fair, a lot of those Somalis are playing for the Mogadishu Twins.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (hqZPQ) 208
Lady got her nails done, paid, and thanked them for the wonderful job.
In Vietnamese. Never went back, I'm given to understand. Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:05 PM (9krrF) =========================================== Ouch. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (dFi94) 209
This is a fun thread, CBD. Thanks for it.
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (6IPEM) 210
I don't think they get along with anybody. One of the 'ettes (I think it was Tammy al-Thor) said that the religious groups are bringing in Somalis who are what she termed "the worst kind" of Muslim, i.e they're surly as hell, and have no intention of assimilating to anything except welfare.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:04 PM (XrN31) Perfect immigrants, then. Welcome to our country! And don't forget to bring the secrets of your success in Somalia! Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (oKE6c) 211
The largest group to leave the US to join ISIS and other murderous group are the Somalis from Minn.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (iQIUe) 212
I saw somewhere that the Somali s don't get along with the local blacks in MN. Most African immigrants view American black culture with a combination of disgust and amusement. They hold gangstas and such in utter contempt. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (39g3+) ------------------------ It goes the other way, too. In Africa, Black Americans have a bad rep among the locals. Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (pC96u) 213
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (6IPEM)
Isn't it! I thought it would be a hoot, and a bit of a change, and Ace apparently thought so too! By the way, that map is clickable to a larger version..... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 27, 2016 04:07 PM (Zu3d9) 214
Brother Cavil- It might be that Vietnamese syndicate, tough to mussel in on them.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2016 04:07 PM (d9qXV) 215
Props to all Texan morons. The Texas Sandcrabs won the 12U Gold Medal yesterday at the USABaseball Futures Invitational. A more polite, classy and baseball savvy bunch I have never met.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:07 PM (2cS/G) 216
Excuse the Grammar Nazi in me but... Acadian not Arcadian (unless it was autocorrect striking that I could well see being the case).
Posted by: andycanuck at June 27, 2016 04:08 PM (A/+my) 217
Asians are natural entrepreneurs and savers and
make owning their own business a life goal. Nail salons are a cheap, easy startup and can be staffed with all family much like Chinese do with restaurants and drycleaners. Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:04 PM (6IPEM) But wait - minorities can't make it in America. Everyone knows that. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:08 PM (oKE6c) Posted by: chiefjaybob, who hates everyone at June 27, 2016 04:08 PM (ND7OQ) 219
We don't have enough clan warfare here in the usa
Posted by: Yo! That sounds like something a Capulet would say, you varlet! Posted by: andycanuck at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (A/+my) 220
This is a fun thread, CBD. Thanks for it.
Posted by: L, Elle It is a fun thread but I got here late and people have already made all the smart comments I thought of. *pouts* Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (1xUj/) 221
We will not rest until European languages are off the map!
Posted by: SJW at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (qVItN) 222
He described his shock at being surrounded by Hmong shaking strings of ears at him and demanding money. The more ears, the louder the demand. "We kill VC! Kill plenty VC! You pay now!"
- They'd fit into the south side of Chicago. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (Nwg0u) 223
161---Yes, the Catholic Church and other religious organizations are running "refugee" programs that are bringing in Somali immigrants in to Minnesota, truckload after truckload.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 03:57 PM ------------------------- The Lutheran Church is the biggest offender there, re Somalis. Of course when "the Catholic Church" or "the Lutheran Church" or other churches do this, they are NOT running a charity. They get plenty of gold from Almighty Caesar to run the rackets. Doesn't cost them a dime and, in fact, they get to hire helpers at federal expense. Patronage is power. And need I say it? Power corrupts. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (T/5A0) 224
Most African immigrants view American black culture with a combination
of disgust and amusement. They hold gangstas and such in utter contempt. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:03 PM (39g3+) I had a Nigerian postdoc who once characterized American ghetto blacks as "buffoons." Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (oKE6c) 225
Well, we can thank Lutheran Scandis in Minn. for Somalians....
Posted by: JoeF. at June 27, 2016 04:10 PM (NMG30) 226
It goes the other way, too. In Africa, Black Americans have a bad rep among the locals.
Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (pC96u) I remember a program I saw one time where a black american girl was talking about going to Africa. She talked about getting back to her roots and finding out about her people's culture. They showed her in Africa, and I am not sure what she was expecting. She said the right things to the camera, but her eyes and body language showed she was about 5 notches outside her comfort zone. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:11 PM (3ZoRf) 227
I think the "German" speakers must be the Amish colonies.
And, as I noted earlier, their German will not get you very far in modern-day Germany. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:11 PM (u0lmX) 228
I had a Nigerian postdoc who once characterized American ghetto blacks as "buffoons."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (oKE6) -------------- Buffoons who can't run a decent financial scam. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:11 PM (NUqwG) 229
211 The largest group to leave the US to join ISIS and other murderous group are the Somalis from Minn.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (iQIUe) Yep. That was kinda my point. I have a liberal acquaintance who's originally from MN who refuses to hear a word against Muslims. I periodically send him articles detailing exactly this phenomenon. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:11 PM (oKE6c) 230
I've met several Africa Africans myself -- always impressed by their use of the Received Pronunciation of the Queen's.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:11 PM (hqZPQ) 231
Well, we can thank Lutheran Scandis in Minn. for Somalians....
Right You are... Had Relatives we visited in Minn... Libs all but they complained about the Somalis.... Of course they did... Posted by: donna at June 27, 2016 04:12 PM (O2RFr) 232
224, I worked with a guy from Liberia and all he would admit was that American Blacks are "confused."
Posted by: JoeF. at June 27, 2016 04:12 PM (NMG30) 233
Props to all Texan morons. The Texas Sandcrabs won the 12U Gold Medal yesterday at the USABaseball Futures Invitational. A more polite, classy and baseball savvy bunch I have never met.
Posted by: Lincolntf Jeez. We gotta work on names. Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:12 PM (PrVhQ) 234
Anything of historical importance worth keeping in DC, is dismantled, and later reassembled at the new capitol site.>>>
No reason to move the historical stuff to where the politicians go. The new Capitol should be Quonset huts and FEMA trailers. Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 04:12 PM (tf9Ne) 235
The Lutheran Church is the biggest offender there, re Somalis.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (T/5A0) =============================================== Ya, my guess would be that there are a higher number of Lutheran churches over Catholic up there, given their Skandi roots. "Good deeds" coming back to bite you in the butt. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (dFi94) 236
I can curse in Cajun. Ces't Tout.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (mmU7u) 237
One of my favorite jobsite jokes. Wat do Mexican roofers and cue balls have in common???? The English gets better the harder you hit them. ***yes yes yes .... self denounce. But my Latino guys love that one. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (8XRCm) 238
Don't know if there are any soccer fans here, but England's about to get bounced out of the Euro soccer tournament by Iceland.
Cue the Brexit blame.... Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (hqZPQ) 239
You can't find a donut shop around here that is not run by Asians
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (B3Tgj) 240
No reason to move the historical stuff to where the politicians go. The new Capitol should be Quonset huts and FEMA trailers.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 04:12 PM (tf9Ne) I was thinking a van down by the river. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (3ZoRf) 241
I remember a program I saw one time where a black american girl was talking about going to Africa. She talked about getting back to her roots and finding out about her people's culture.
Worked once with a guy who quit to do that. Ran into him about seven years later. He'd lasted about two months before hightailing it back and never speaking of it again. Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (9krrF) 242
Offbeat/inscrutable names are one of the best parts of pre-Pro baseball. Embrace your inner Sandcrab.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:14 PM (2cS/G) 243
228 I had a Nigerian postdoc who once characterized American ghetto blacks as "buffoons."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (oKE6) -------------- Buffoons who can't run a decent financial scam. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:11 PM (NUqwG) This guy was/is the salt of the earth, a sort of Billy Budd type. When I brought him over to the US from Europe (where he'd worked for me), it looked like he'd have a little trouble buying a car. So, with my wife's wholehearted agreement, I offered to co-sign a loan for him.* (Not something I'd do lightly, or have ever offered to do for anyone else.) He's just that manifestly virtuous. *(In the event, it did not prove necessary to do that.) Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:14 PM (oKE6c) 244
No matter what these weird languages are, I can always communicate with those folks. I just speak English, louder and slower. They get the point. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 27, 2016 04:14 PM (dJec7) 245
216 Excuse the Grammar Nazi in me but... Acadian not Arcadian (unless it was autocorrect striking that I could well see being the case).
Posted by: andycanuck at June 27, 2016 04:08 PM (A/+my You are correct. I blame autocorrect too! (Blaming autocorrect is great, like how everyone in my family always blamed the dog for farting. ) Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:14 PM (u0lmX) 246
I'm not gonna say that every nail salon is this way or that the Vietnamese girls are all that way but... nail salons with Asian girls is a classic cover for, er, massage parlors with extra happy endings in the back.
There's a conflict with immigration officials right now being told to not profile, but knowing that lots of Asian girls are filled with stories of a short stint in the states getting rich being shipped in via Hawaii. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (39g3+) 247
As the Shaolin abbot told Bruce Lee:
"Remember: the enemy has only images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy. " Good words to remember in These Troubled Times. Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (gUoN4) 248
Maryland inmates who are serving parole eligible life sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles may now be considered for minimum security and prerelease facilities under a new state policy--which means they could be allowed to participate in work release programs in the community. http://goo.gl/KZNmiV ============ Let the rapin' and robbin' begin! Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (iQIUe) 249
I remember a program I saw one time where a black american girl was talking about going to Africa. She talked about getting back to her roots and finding out about her people's culture.
They showed her in Africa, and I am not sure what she was expecting. She said the right things to the camera, but her eyes and body language showed she was about 5 notches outside her comfort zone. Depends on her "tribe". Anthony Bourdain taped a show from Africa where he got the honors to slit the goat's throat for the evening meal. I can see that being outside the comfort zone for a city kid. Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (PrVhQ) 250
Don't be surprised about the indic in Texas....all the tech jobs are going to h1b's. Also has the secondary effect of ensuring Texas goes blue in the near future.
Posted by: Resist we much at June 27, 2016 04:16 PM (9uM86) 251
You can see where this is going: As it happens, Ms. New-In-Town spoke and understood Vietnamese. And thus understood every last nasty thing they were saying about all ethnicities that were not Vietnamese, including the ones sitting in their chairs.
Heard a similar story about an Australian special forces guy who had spent some years somewhere in southeast Asia, and got tired of a couple of Cambodian (or Hmong, I forget which) teenaged girls on a city bus with him loudly badmouthing everybody else, so he addressed them in their native tongue and told them how deeply ashamed of them their parents would be if they heard them speaking that way. Aaand that shut them up right quick. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:16 PM (XrN31) 252
It is interesting to see which states the various different types of invaders gravitate towards.
May have been said already. I skipped a long ton of comments. It also depends on which relief agency was resettling the refuges with federal money. Posted by: Gordon Lightbender at June 27, 2016 04:16 PM (2YQnH) 253
242 Offbeat/inscrutable names are one of the best parts of pre-Pro baseball. Embrace your inner Sandcrab.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:14 PM (2cS/G) Too bad the Sandcrabs can't play the Mud Hens. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:18 PM (u0lmX) 254
Black Hawk Down 2: St. Paul
Posted by: brak at June 27, 2016 04:18 PM (MJuTN) 255
Offbeat/inscrutable names are one of the best parts of pre-Pro baseball. Embrace your inner Sandcrab.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:14 PM (2cS/G) ========================================== We've got the Kingfish. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:18 PM (dFi94) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (Nwg0u) 257
Donna I pointed out Pennsylvania should be German for all the Amish in the central south of the state. But Spanish for the East part. There are a fair amount of India people but not sure they could out number Spanish or German.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (d9qXV) 258
>>They showed her in Africa, and I am not sure what she was expecting. She
said the right things to the camera, but her eyes and body language showed she was about 5 notches outside her comfort zone. And, somewhat related: Ahmed the clock boy is returning to Texas. Guess Qatar wasn't such an educational paradise. Posted by: Lizzy at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (NOIQH) 259
The Germans have a foothold in my state. Must have been holdovers from all the POW camps.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (hqZPQ) 260
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One of my favorite jobsite jokes. Wat do Mexican roofers and cue balls have in common???? The English gets better the harder you hit them. ***yes yes yes .... self denounce. But my Latino guys love that one. Heard similar true story 30+ years ago from a Galveston County Sheriff's Deputy. Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (PrVhQ) 261
I can see that being outside the comfort zone for a city kid.
Especially a city pouf like Bourdain. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (39g3+) 262
Offbeat/inscrutable names are one of the best parts of pre-Pro baseball. Embrace your inner Sandcrab.
Can't say a thing. Montgomery Biscuits. Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (9krrF) 263
There's a conflict with immigration officials right now being told to not profile, but knowing that lots of Asian girls are filled with stories of a short stint in the states getting rich being shipped in via Hawaii.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (39g3+) -------------------- Sounds like a type of the "spas" in Houston. Except in that case it helps make Houston the national leader in white slavery. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (NUqwG) 264
When I was growing up in PA the foreign language choices were French, German, and Spanish. I assumed that was the case everywhere, that these are the important languages which are taught.
My first job was with a student exchange organization, matching schools between here and abroad. It turns out German isn't taught everwhere. It's taught in PA, OH, MI, MO and bascially the states shown in this map. It's where the Germans went and it's mostly places that look like Germany. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (1xUj/) 265
You can see where this is going: As it happens, Ms. New-In-Town spoke and understood Vietnamese. And thus understood every last nasty thing they were saying about all ethnicities that were not Vietnamese, including the ones sitting in their chairs.
---- My six foot, bleach blonde, Viking clone of a sister speaks fluent Spanish... and Mexican (yes... different). She teaches high school Spanish. I always get a kick when we're someplace and the yacka-yacka-yacka starts. Sis lets it go on for a bit then yacka-yacka- yacka... si ?? Back at them. Those looks are priceless. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (8XRCm) 266
I remember a program I saw one time where a black american girl was
talking about going to Africa. She talked about getting back to her roots and finding out about her people's culture. They showed her in Africa, and I am not sure what she was expecting. She said the right things to the camera, but her eyes and body language showed she was about 5 notches outside her comfort zone. A friend's daughter went to a sub-Saharan African country as a Peace Corps volunteer. She was an EE, so naturally they sent her to a place without electricity. There she organized the locals to deepen a well, to suspend a crank-operated bucket over the well (instead of dragging goat skins through the shit-filled village and then dropping them into the well), and to build a fence to keep their cattle from shitting into their water supply. I'm not making this up. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (oKE6c) 267
There are a fair amount of India people but not sure they could out number Spanish or German.
Sure, but this is THIRD most spoken language Its an oddly specific chart. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (39g3+) 268
When I was but a mere child, there was a saying (this was during the Cold War): "The optimist is learning Russian; the pessimist is learning Chinese."
Well, it didn't happen the way anyone expected, but it looks like the Left Coast has been preparing for bad news for a while. Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (iIzG7) 269
Blaming autocorrect is great, like how everyone in my family always blamed the dog for farting.
Well, we don't have courtiers around to accept the blame like Queen Victoria did so I think that's perfectly acceptable. Posted by: andycanuck at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (A/+my) 270
241 I remember a program I saw one time where a black american girl was talking about going to Africa. She talked about getting back to her roots and finding out about her people's culture.
Worked once with a guy who quit to do that. Ran into him about seven years later. He'd lasted about two months before hightailing it back and never speaking of it again. Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (9krrF) I always am amused by that statement Muhammad Ali made when he got back from that fight he did in Zaire. Reporters asked him how he liked Africa and he said words to the effect of "I'm glad my grandaddy was on that boat." Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:21 PM (XrN31) 271
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Don't know if there are any soccer fans here, but England's about to get bounced out of the Euro soccer tournament by Iceland. Cue the Brexit blame.... Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:13 PM (hqZPQ) Against Iceland!! Talk about embarrassing. Posted by: IC at June 27, 2016 04:21 PM (a0IVu) 272
OMG they are insane.
So if Trump wins, every dang bad thing Obama did over the past 8 years and then some will be attributed to Trump. -- Have you checked out Insty today? There's a post there about the gay pride parade in NYC to honor the Orlando victims. They're carrying a heeeeuge, rainbow-colored banner that reads, "Republican Hate Kills." They. Are. INSANE. And stupid. Very, very, very stupid. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:21 PM (+FSld) 273
It's where the Germans went and it's mostly places that look like Germany.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (1xUj/) --- Pella, Iowa. Most German town outside of Germany. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:22 PM (8XRCm) 274
Why import ANY Somalis?
If we MUST bring in the most ignorant and illiterate dregs of the earth, the truly miserable and hopeless, why not our neighbors, the Haitians? I denounce myself for racism. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:22 PM (T/5A0) Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:22 PM (/tuJf) Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 04:23 PM (T/cxb) 277
My six foot, bleach blonde, Viking clone of a sister speaks fluent Spanish... and Mexican (yes... different). She teaches high school Spanish.
I always get a kick when we're someplace and the yacka-yacka-yacka starts. Sis lets it go on for a bit then yacka-yacka- yacka... si ?? Back at them. Worked with a prison guard that was that way. He grew up in Brownsville. LOL Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:23 PM (PrVhQ) 278
A friend's daughter went to a sub-Saharan African country as a Peace Corps volunteer. She was an EE, so naturally they sent her to a place without electricity. There she organized the locals to deepen a well, to suspend a crank-operated bucket over the well (instead of dragging goat skins through the shit-filled village and then dropping them into the well), and to build a fence to keep their cattle from shitting into their water supply.
I'm not making this up. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (oKE6c) Good on her. Exporting problem solving to places that do not have it is no easy task. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:23 PM (3ZoRf) 279
263 There's a conflict with immigration officials right now being told to not profile, but knowing that lots of Asian girls are filled with stories of a short stint in the states getting rich being shipped in via Hawaii.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (39g3+) -------------------- Sounds like a type of the "spas" in Houston. Except in that case it helps make Houston the national leader in white slavery. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:19 PM (NUqwG) I've been watching "Underworld, Inc." on Netflix, and it has a segment on exactly this phenomenon. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:23 PM (oKE6c) 280
I've not been true to Ace today...I've spent a good portion of my day (more than my employer would prefer) commenting on the CNBC stories bashing Trump, bashing Brexit, bashing Trexit, etc...most of the commenters are pretty much in agreement with me, so as always, skip the story, read the comments.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:24 PM (hqZPQ) 281
I'm from SW Ohio. Big German enclaves at the turn of the last century in those parts. My paternal family is nearly all German. My maiden name is extremely German. However, I never recall hearing anyone actually speaking German in my family or anywhere else out in the SW Ohio world.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:24 PM (+FSld) 282
Dammit Michigan!
Please tell me Krautish is the second most spoken.... Nope. Spanish, Arabic, Chaldean, Hmong. **sigh** Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 27, 2016 04:24 PM (jR7Wy) 283
>>>> But wait - minorities can't make it in America. Everyone knows that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:08 PM (oKE6c) ------ Not all minorities are created equal. No, really, there is something to this. Asians have to save up money for airfare and go through all kinds bureaucratic, expensive hurdles to come here. The reason they succeed here is bc American citizenship and a better life is valuable to them. They earn a better life through hard work and saving and living frugally. It's a very different mentality than walking across a border and applying for every welfare benefit you can you find. They aren't perfect immigrants and tend to live in subcultures of their own, but Asians aren't even considered a minority anymore bc they have been too successful and generally are middle or upper middle class. I don't think we need anymore H1B1 visas anymore bc we are denying our natural born citizens here that can fill those jobs, but there is a reason they succeed compared to other immigrant groups. Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:24 PM (6IPEM) 284
"There she organized the locals to deepen a well, to suspend a
crank-operated bucket over the well (instead of dragging goat skins through the shit-filled village and then dropping them into the well), and to build a fence to keep their cattle from shitting into their water supply." In the grand tradition of humanitarian NGO work in Africa, you can be sure that ten weeks after she left, the well crank system had broken and not been repaired, that the fence posts had been stolen and burned as firewood, and that the locals were back to dragging goat skins through shit. Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:25 PM (noWW6) 285
It's kind of fun, but I'm really sad when I think about how American Blacks are so looked down upon by Africans and other foreigners.
Their leaders and The Dems have really done a number on them for the last 60 or so years. Posted by: JoeF. at June 27, 2016 04:25 PM (NMG30) 286
Anthony Bourdain taped a show from Africa where he got the honors to slit the goat's throat for the evening meal. I can see that being outside the comfort zone for a city kid. Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:15 PM (PrVhQ) --------------------------- Friend of mine who lived in Ghana for a year says Black Americans simply act like stuck-up ugly Americans and local Africans can't stand them. Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 04:26 PM (pC96u) 287
>>It's kind of fun, but I'm really sad when I think about how American Blacks are so looked down upon by Africans and other foreigners.
Most Europeans look down on us white European descendants too but that's because we aren't socialist enough. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:27 PM (/tuJf) 288
A friend's daughter went to a sub-Saharan African country as a Peace Corps volunteer. She was an EE, so naturally they sent her to a place without electricity. There she organized the locals to deepen a well, to suspend a crank-operated bucket over the well (instead of dragging goat skins through the shit-filled village and then dropping them into the well), and to build a fence to keep their cattle from shitting into their water supply.
I'm not making this up. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (oKE6c) Yeah, and this is why that evil racist bastard Rudyard Kipling wrote this: The White Man's Burden Take up the White Man's burden Send forth the best ye breed Go send your sons to exile To serve your captives' need To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild Your new-caught, sullen peoples Half devil and half child Take up the White Man's burden In patience to abide To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple An hundred times made plain To seek another's profit And work another's gain Take up the White Man's burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah slowly) to the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, "Our loved Egyptian night?" Take up the White Man's burden Have done with childish days The lightly proffered laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers! Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:28 PM (XrN31) 289
In the grand tradition of humanitarian NGO work in Africa, you can be sure that ten weeks after she left, the well crank system had broken and not been repaired, that the fence posts had been stolen and burned as firewood, and that the locals were back to dragging goat skins through shit.
More to the point, the other villages realized they had a better well and started raiding them for it. Until the bandits came in and wrecked everything. Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 27, 2016 04:28 PM (9krrF) 290
"Asians have to save up money for airfare and go through all kinds
bureaucratic, expensive hurdles to come here. The reason they succeed here is bc American citizenship and a better life is valuable to them." Can't speak for all Asians, but for mainland Chinese immigrants in Commiefornia, one reason American citizenship is valuable is that they can then apply to bring in their elderly parents from China under "family reunification". The young Chinese who thus apply are told that they must financially support their parents once here and not allow them to become "a public charge". Since there's absolutely no enforcement of this edict, the Chinese younguns bring in their parents from the PRC and then immediately dump Mom and Dad into the SSI system, without paying a dime for their upkeep. Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (noWW6) 291
Have you checked out Insty today? There's a post there about the gay pride parade in NYC to honor the Orlando victims. They're carrying a heeeeuge, rainbow-colored banner that reads, "Republican Hate Kills."
They. Are. INSANE. And stupid. Very, very, very stupid. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:21 PM (+FSld) In comfortable, prosperous times people can get away with an awful lot of stupidity. I think those times are over. Their stupidity will cost them very very dearly in the near future. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (u0lmX) 292
It's kind of fun, but I'm really sad when I think about how American Blacks are so looked down upon by Africans and other foreigners.
-- One of my best friends is a black woman who is from Morocco. She used to tell me that American blacks were the laziest, worthless people she'd ever seen. I didn't say it. I didn't suggest it. She did. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (+FSld) 293
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>>UN Alpine Armoring Pit Bull VX Swat Trucks diving on the interstate in Virginia Whaaaaat? Posted by: Lizzy at June 27, 2016 03:47 PM ~~~~~ I posted about that in another thread with links, but got willowed... Here it is: 240 Someone, somewhere linked this Breitbart article from last October regarding Obama and Lynch coordinating with the U.N. to establish a global police force to fight "extremism" in America. Frightening enough because we know who Obama thinks the extremists are. http://preview.tinyurl.com/p9rmhjz And apparently, U.N. vehicles with bullet proof glass and which are "gas sealed" were spotted in Virginia this past weekend. http://preview.tinyurl.com/hf4xl3n He warned us. But seriously, WTH?! Posted by: IrishEi at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (Lsu4e) 294
There's a funny thing to me about this map. It's like those color tests where you're supposed to say the color you see but the word blue is written in green.
I was looking for Iowa and oh it's next to Vietnamese. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:30 PM (1xUj/) 295
In the grand tradition of humanitarian NGO work
in Africa, you can be sure that ten weeks after she left, the well crank system had broken and not been repaired, that the fence posts had been stolen and burned as firewood, and that the locals were back to dragging goat skins through shit. Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:25 PM (noWW6) Actually, that's true. A nearby village was provided with a motorized bucket system that lasted, oh about (checks watch) 10 minutes before it packed up and was never repaired or replaced. And there was great resistance to everything she did. She spent most of her time negotiating with the villagers to get them to get off their asses and contribute either in cash or in kind to deepen the well, so they wouldn't like, you know, die of thirst when the water table dropped (as it did periodically). But they couldn't see the sense of it. And they saw NO sense in fencing the cattle in to keep from the shitting in the water supply. But all cultures are equally valid and valuable, apart from ours, of course. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:30 PM (oKE6c) 296
My guess for Pennsylvania would be in order
English, Spanish, German, Indie. So I would guess German would be 3rd. Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2016 04:30 PM (d9qXV) 297
Since there's absolutely no enforcement of this edict, the Chinese younguns bring in their parents from the PRC and then immediately dump Mom and Dad into the SSI system, without paying a dime for their upkeep.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (noWW6) ------- That is indeed their niche specialty. Posted by: RioBravo at June 27, 2016 04:31 PM (NUqwG) 298
Up until recently and they may still be but the country that we have the most immigrants from is Germany. By a large margin.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:31 PM (mmU7u) 299
The Corbyn Game Of Thrones is up to 45 defectors per the Daily Mail.
It'd be a fun poll to collect the names of all the cleavage-carriers on the DM home page for a week then see how many of them anyone actually knows. I think my average is about two a day. Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:31 PM (o+SC1) 300
290, Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (noWW6)
Yikes! Do they really do that? Can't speak for all Chinese, but my neighbors got green cards for their parents so they could spend longer than 3 months at a time here with the grandkids. I did the same for my mom so she spends about hald the year with me and her only grandchild but she has never taken anything from the system. Posted by: IC at June 27, 2016 04:31 PM (a0IVu) 301
In comfortable, prosperous times people can get away with an awful lot of stupidity.
I think those times are over. Their stupidity will cost them very very dearly in the near future. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:29 PM (u0lmX) Someone once characterized poker as a game in which the players compete to see whose perception is closest to reality. Same with life. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:32 PM (oKE6c) 302
>>>> It is a fun thread but I got here late and people have already made all the smart comments I thought of.
*pouts* Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:09 PM (1xUj/) ----- Okay, Bander and Hi, here is a question I asked earlier and only got a jokey response (which was funny whomever posted it). Why would CO have the 3rd highest population of Germans. I have never met one and we have not one German restaurant in the closest upscale city nearest to me that is full of mostly restaurants. Never an Oktoberfest either and it's a city full of bars too. Where are all these Germans? Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:32 PM (6IPEM) 303
Not all minorities are created equal.
No, really, there is something to this. Asians have to save up money for airfare and go through all kinds bureaucratic, expensive hurdles to come here. The reason they succeed here is bc American citizenship and a better life is valuable to them. They earn a better life through hard work and saving and living frugally.>>> I sold my first house to a Vietnamese family back in the 80s. It was a fairly small story and a half house and they moved about 14 family members into it. I found out later that they had paid the entire mortgage off on that house in less than 2 years. Bought another house and so on until all the family's owned a house free and clear. Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 04:32 PM (tf9Ne) 304
I tried to sing along to Finnish death metal. I think if I recite the lyrics, I'll conjure up a gnome.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:32 PM (hqZPQ) 305
>> Since there's absolutely no enforcement of this edict, the
>> Chinese younguns bring in their parents from the PRC and >> then immediately dump Mom and Dad into the SSI system, >> without paying a dime for their upkeep. This process has been going on since the mid '60s. Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:33 PM (o+SC1) 306
Here's a thought.
My grandparents (on my mother's side) came to this country during the Depression, not speaking any English. They later told me, "We wanted to become good Americans. We wanted to never need a handout, we wanted to vote, we wanted to be good neighbors and good citizens." They agreed to speak nothing but English, even at home, once they learned enough. Within six months, they learned enough English to fit into the neighborhood (I guess there were a lot less words back then). Grandad worked for the same comepany (Savage Arms) for 42 years before he retired, living in a house they owned, free and clear. They never missed an election (they voted Democrat, but it was Massachusetts, so what do you expect?), and considered voting to be a sacred duty. I look forward - or, maybe, backwards - to the day when that map is "The Most Common Language People USED TO Speak." Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at June 27, 2016 04:33 PM (iIzG7) Posted by: Colorado 'Germans' at June 27, 2016 04:33 PM (A/+my) 308
Why would CO have the 3rd highest population of Germans. I have never met one and we have not one German restaurant in the closest upscale city nearest to me that is full of mostly restaurants. Never an Oktoberfest either and it's a city full of bars too. Where are all these Germans?
Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:32 PM (6IPEM) In the Eagles' Nest Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:34 PM (zp+j1) 309
265----I always get a kick when we're someplace and the yacka-yacka-yacka starts. Sis lets it go on for a bit then yacka-yacka- yacka... si ?? Back at them.
Those looks are priceless. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM -------------------------- I have a lot of fun with that too. Spanish is my native language but my appearance is non-descript blanquita so they just assume I'm an Anglo. But I imagine a tall, blue-eyed blonde would really shock them! Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:34 PM (T/5A0) 310
>> we have not one German restaurant
Even Germans don't eat at German restaurants often enough to keep them in business. Pizza, Argentine steakhouses, doner kebab. Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM (o+SC1) 311
I'm not making this up.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:20 PM (oKE6c) Good on her. Exporting problem solving to places that do not have it is no easy task. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:23 PM (3ZoRf) Why was the West able to colonize other continents so easily? why didn't they encounter wave, after wave of indigenous people, the kind of populations we're seeing now being produced in the third world? It's because they didn't have the technology, to provide enough basic sanitation and health care, and food to produce a sizable population. We provide them with that ability, and now in return they send us low skill high problem "immigrants", lots of them. No good deed goes unpunished. The real question is can we drag them into the 21st century or are they going to drag us back into the 18th. One or the other has to happen. Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM (uqqj+) 312
I believe Gaelic is widely spoken in San Francisco.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM (hqZPQ) 313
I would have expected Peruvian to be widely spoken in Florida.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM (u0lmX) 314
Why would CO have the 3rd highest population of Germans.
Hi, Elle. I saw that question and it's not one of the ones I have a smart answer for. I don't know anything about Colorado. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM (1xUj/) 315
L, Elle for Colorado it would be English, Spanish, and since there is that large German family in Boulder, German. Once that Pashtun family gets a few more cousins moved it it will be Pashtun.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (d9qXV) 316
287, they look down on us also because we're fat.
About the only perceptive quote I ever heard Joy Behar utter was as a young stand-up comedian she talked about a trip to Rome. When she got off the plane she looked around and said, "Where are all the fat Italians?" Posted by: JoeF. at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (NMG30) 317
...doner kebab.
Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM ~~~~ That's ALL there is in Germany anymore. Posted by: IrishEi at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (Lsu4e) 318
I have a German Restaurant across the street from my house. Best German restaurant in Houston. I don't eat there.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (mmU7u) 319
>>He warned us. But seriously, WTH?!
If you look at the pictures of those MRAPs, which are on trailers by the way, they appear to be the ones built by BAE Systems. BAE is a British company but they are also built in York, PA. I saw a very similar report a couple years ago. The UN hasn't come for us yet. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (/tuJf) 320
I sold my first house to a Vietnamese family back in the 80s. It was a fairly small story and a half house and they moved about 14 family members into it. I found out later that they had paid the entire mortgage off on that house in less than 2 years. Bought another house and so on until all the family's owned a house free and clear. Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 27, 2016 04:32 PM (tf9Ne) And dammit those are the types of people we need. It takes a lot of focus and discipline to do that kind of thing. Those are the kind of qualities we need to be reinfused with. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (3ZoRf) 321
I tried to sing along to Finnish death metal. I think if I recite the lyrics, I'll conjure up a gnome.
A very surly gnome, like Negasonic Teenage Warhead Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:37 PM (39g3+) 322
Looking at the language map and I realized I've never been cussed at in Navajo. English, Spanish, German, Dutch, and French, yes, but never Navajo.
I gotta get up to the rez and do something stupid, but legal. Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 04:37 PM (T/cxb) 323
They later told me, "We wanted to become good Americans. We wanted to never need a handout, we wanted to vote, we wanted to be good neighbors and good citizens."
These days, such people are referred to as "chumps". Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:37 PM (XrN31) 324
Soooo, Ahmed the Clockmaker has discovered that living in the Middle East kinda sucks after all and he's a-coming back to Tejas.
Something tells me this kid's 15 minutes are far from over. I can totally see him being used by the left against Trump. And getting used...it's what Ahmed lives for. (Didn't like every single person here predict he'd be back within a year? We were right.) Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 27, 2016 04:37 PM (s/EUv) 325
"Why would CO have the 3rd highest population of Germans. I have never
met one and we have not one German restaurant in the closest upscale city nearest to me that is full of mostly restaurants. Never an Oktoberfest either and it's a city full of bars too. Where are all these Germans?" Adolph Coors and his descendants? Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at June 27, 2016 04:37 PM (iIzG7) 326
pacific islander in utah because of the huge mormon populations in polynesia.
Posted by: Village Idiot at June 27, 2016 04:38 PM (bf86X) 327
>> Within six months, they learned enough English to fit into
>> the neighborhood My mother's father seems to have good spidey-sense, he got out of Belgium six months before the pickelhaubes marched through in 1914. He met his future wife, French, on the boat over or at least so the story goes. My mother never more French than necessary to curse out Petain during the next war. Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:38 PM (o+SC1) 328
Why was the West able to colonize other continents so easily? why didn't they encounter wave, after wave of indigenous people, the kind of populations we're seeing now being produced in the third world? It's because they didn't have the technology, to provide enough basic sanitation and health care, and food to produce a sizable population. We provide them with that ability, and now in return they send us low skill high problem "immigrants", lots of them. No good deed goes unpunished. The real question is can we drag them into the 21st century or are they going to drag us back into the 18th. One or the other has to happen.
Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 04:35 PM (uqqj+) I dunno about you, but the 18th century is an optimistic prediction. That is after the industrial revolution started, after all. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:38 PM (3ZoRf) 329
Guys, guys, you guuuuuuyyyysssss. People are blaming Scotusblog for Supreme Court rulings on twitter again and Scotusblog is playing along again.
It's hilarious. Posted by: alexthechick - I despair I despair at June 27, 2016 04:38 PM (mf5HN) 330
Within six months, they learned enough English to fit into the neighborhood (I guess there were a lot less words back then). Grandad worked for the same comepany (Savage Arms) for 42 years before he retired,
Oooooh! Evil gun culture! Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:38 PM (PrVhQ) Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (PrVhQ) 332
It goes the other way, too. In Africa, Black Americans have a bad rep among the locals.
Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 04:06 PM (pC96u) --- A black sailor related to me that the Africans told him they hold them in contempt because they are the descendants of slaves and have too much white blood in them. He laughed and said "so much for solidarity!" Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (jR7Wy) Posted by: rd at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (v0YLX) 334
When she got off the plane she looked around and said, "Where are all the fat Italians?"
Posted by: JoeF. at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM (NMG30) In Chicago. I remember being shocked to learn that the Germans in Germany are a thin bunch, as compared to the Krauts of Milwaukee. It's remarkable that every Euro with "fat genes" somehow knew to get on those boats and make it to the land of plenty! Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (u0lmX) 335
If you look at the pictures of those MRAPs, which
are on trailers by the way, they appear to be the ones built by BAE Systems. BAE is a British company but they are also built in York, PA. I saw a very similar report a couple years ago. The UN hasn't come for us yet. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:36 PM ~~~ OK, but why were they spotted on the road in Virginia and Texas? Seems if they were going to be shipped overseas, they could go straight to Port Elizabeth in NJ, no? Posted by: IrishEi at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (Lsu4e) 336
I gotta get up to the rez and do something stupid, but legal.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 04:37 PM (T/cxb) You mean like purchase some big-ass fireworks that probably violate several arms limitation treaties? Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (XrN31) 337
Not all minorities are created equal.
Not all minorities are created equal. Nope. Why should they be? Are all individuals created equal? Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:39 PM (oKE6c) 338
Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 04:40 PM (0LHZx) 339
There's a German Restaurant not far from my office. I ate there once. Tasted *nothing* like the food I remember eating at my Grandparents or at Oktoberfest. It was so bland... I thought I had wandered into a British themed restaurant. I wonder if the proprietors, who Im sure were first generation, came from EAST Germany. Nice people, terrible food. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:41 PM (8XRCm) 340
what else is German food?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 04:40 PM (0LHZx) Do types of beer count? Because germans have plenty of those. Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 27, 2016 04:41 PM (KUaJL) 341
Even Germans don't eat at German restaurants often enough to keep them in business. Pizza, Argentine steakhouses, doner kebab.
This was true 25 years ago when I lived there. The only German restaurants in Germany were sort of like theme parks. Restaurants were Greek and Italian, but street food was still German. That was before the Doener Kebab, though, which is now the most popular fast food in Krautistan. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:41 PM (1xUj/) 342
338 Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 04:40 PM (0LHZx) Beer? Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:41 PM (3ZoRf) 343
My mom never liked us kids using the Italian we picked up from our relatives. She always kind of cringed because she and her sibs were forbidden to talk Italian in their immigrant parent's home.
My grandmother never did fully grasp l'enghlese, but they wanted to be as All-American as possible so speaking the language of the old country was verboten. Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 27, 2016 04:41 PM (s/EUv) Posted by: rd at June 27, 2016 04:42 PM (v0YLX) 345
The further north you get in Europe, the worse the food gets. Its an absolute rule, until you get to places like Norway where all the food is white and has no flavor.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:42 PM (39g3+) 346
345 The further north you get in Europe, the worse the food gets. Its an absolute rule, until you get to places like Norway where all the food is white and has no flavor.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:42 PM (39g3+) It was probably snow. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (oKE6c) 347
Their leaders and The Dems have really done a number on them for the last 60 or so years.
- That's true but it is also true that they were and are coconspirators. They rudely, and frequently violently, demand free shit, free shit, and more free shit. That won't change anytime soon. They sold their birthright for free shit porridge. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (Nwg0u) 348
Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
-- Noodle-y things and beef simmered in thick, clove-y sauces? Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (+FSld) 349
I dunno about you, but the 18th century is an optimistic prediction. That is after the industrial revolution started, after all. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:38 PM (3ZoRf) you're right Posted by: DFCtomm at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (uqqj+) 350
I think Schnitzel was the precursor to chicken fried steak.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (mmU7u) 351
You mean like purchase some big-ass fireworks that probably violate several arms limitation treaties?
Used to do that when I lived in NM. And they probably won't cuss at me in Navajo for spending money on the rez. Just smile and say something like, "Thanks, fatass!" as they take the money. Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (T/cxb) 352
Why was the West able to colonize other continents so easily?
We had the Maxim Gun and they did not. Posted by: Lindsey Graham at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (evdj2) 353
346 345 The further north you get in Europe, the worse the food gets. Its an absolute rule, until you get to places like Norway where all the food is white and has no flavor.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:42 PM (39g3+) It was probably snow. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (oKE6c) I have heard lutefisk described as a few things, flavorless was not one of them. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (3ZoRf) 354
The further north you get in Europe, the worse the
food gets. Its an absolute rule, until you get to places like Norway where all the food is white and has no flavor. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:42 PM (39g3+) ============================================== Tell me about. Everyone's plate at Christmas Eve here is covered with indistinguishable beigeness. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (dFi94) 355
My mom never liked us kids using the Italian we picked up from our
relatives. She always kind of cringed because she and her sibs were forbidden to talk Italian in their immigrant parent's home. I've picked up a little Spanish by cutting off gardeners on the freeway. They're happen to provide a quick impromptu tutorial. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (oKE6c) 356
"The further north you get in Europe, the worse the food gets. Its an
absolute rule, until you get to places like Norway where all the food is white and has no flavor." This explains why all the best restaurants in England are either Chinese or Indian. Old Blighty isn't exactly known for its desirable native cuisine. Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (iIzG7) 357
Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 04:40 PM (0LHZx) ---- Sauerbrautten is my favorite. Hot German potato salad is awesome. I really like Lebercase too. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (8XRCm) 358
There is a German Restaurant in Portsmouth VA
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (zp+j1) 359
They also make a pickled roast beef. Not my favorite and I like roast beef.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM (mmU7u) 360
>>OK, but why were they spotted on the road in Virginia and Texas? Seems if they were going to be shipped overseas, they could go straight to Port Elizabeth in NJ, no?
Sealy, TX used to be a big MRAP manufacturing facility until the government went with the MATV from Oshkosh. The Sealy plant was closed but my understanding is that there were still using the facility to store undelivered MRAPs. I remember an article that said they were being sold off to scrap metal dealers for pennies on the dollar after the US government paid for them because that's the way they roll. Not sure why they were on the road in VA. Maybe going to Norfolk for shipping? I would think they would ship on military ships but don't know for sure. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM (/tuJf) 361
We had a few good team names in this Tournament (12U Futures Invitational). The Sandcrabs, of course, also "The Show", from San Diego and the "Rivercats" from NC. The "Sandlot" from both Jersey and Arizona. Only one team had a "normal" baseball name, the Orioles, but they were from California, so that made no sense to me. "Kangaroo Court" was another good name.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM (2cS/G) 362
>> Nice people, terrible food.
You take a bunch of Chinese into a real German restaurant and there won't be a schweinshaxe or an eisbein left in the house. Seriously. They're like everything the Chinese cook turned up to 11. Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM (o+SC1) 363
I gotta get up to the rez and do something stupid, but legal.
Get snot slinging drunk and play blackjack? Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM (PrVhQ) 364
I have heard lutefisk described as a few things, flavorless was not one of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:44 PM (3ZoRf) ================================================ Nobody's ever tested your theory, as it would involve actually eating it. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (dFi94) 365
Noodle-y things and beef simmered in thick, clove-y sauces?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (+FSld) ----- Strogenoff. But its not German. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (8XRCm) 366
We used to go to Garmisch every winter.
Most excellent restaurants, with outstanding German/Bavarian food. I could easily stay there and eat for the rest of my life. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (ptqRm) Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (oKE6c) 368
Old Blighty isn't exactly known for its desirable native cuisine.
Or for its soccer, for that matter. Lost to Iceland 2-1. I think Ladbrokes will be going out of business. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (hqZPQ) 369
>> We had a few good team names in this Tournament (12U
>> Futures Invitational) What, no Bakersfield The Announcer Molests His Dogs? Posted by: JEM at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (o+SC1) 370
Noodle-y things and beef simmered in thick, clove-y sauces?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM (+FSld) Horseradish, too. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (XrN31) 371
357 Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
Steiner will bring strudel! Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (PrVhQ) 372
>>... and since there is that large German family in Boulder, German. Once
that Pashtun family gets a few more cousins moved it it will be Pashtun. Ha ha. Grew up in Boulder and there was actually a lot of immigrants from SE Asia. No idea what it's like now, though, since that was back in the 7's and 80's. Posted by: Lizzy at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (NOIQH) 373
Haggis v. Lutefisk.
Which is more inedible? Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (oKE6c) ============================================= Yes. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (dFi94) 374
discuss this hmong ourselves?
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (WTSFk) 375
Haggis v. Lutefisk.
Which is more inedible? Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (oKE6c) Yes. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (XrN31) Posted by: tmitsss at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (ZYgGF) 377
If I can get that rabbit to hold still I'm gonna make me a nice Hasenpfeffer stew.
Posted by: Elmer Fudd at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (tf9Ne) 378
happen --> happy
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (oKE6c) 379
Not sure why they were on the road in VA. Maybe
going to Norfolk for shipping? I would think they would ship on military ships but don't know for sure. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM ~~~~ Norfolk would make sense. I never used to be this paranoid. It came on suddenly, in the winter of '09. Strange thing. Posted by: IrishEi at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (Lsu4e) 380
I really like Lebercase too.
omg! Spiegeleier mit Leberkaese (fried eggs and a thing that's sometimes called veal loaf here) is a fantastic breakfast. Germany is a bunch of places. Up north in Hamburg it's pickled herring, the schnitzl is pretty much down in Bavaria (which, like Texas, isn't really Germany). The thing that unites the country is every possible way of murdering a pig and cooking all its parts. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (1xUj/) Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (PrVhQ) 382
Dang you, Grammie, aren't you supposed to be getting ready for your wedding?
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (XrN31) Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (ptqRm) 384
BMW is in South Carolina along with a lot of textile machinery
Posted by: tmitsss at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (ZYgGF) 385
Get snot slinging drunk and play blackjack?
Heh. Last time I was up there I found out the rez is dry, or at least it's supposed to be. Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (T/cxb) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (Nwg0u) 387
>>>> Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 04:40 PM (0LHZx) ------- They serve fries with paprika, not bad btw. Sauerbraten. German potatoes. Strudel. And all the beers. Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (6IPEM) 388
342 338 Aside from Wiener Schnitzel (which is Austrian I guess) and German Sausages....what else is German food?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 27, 2016 04:40 PM (0LHZx) Dumplings...pork... pickled beets....meh. I love brats and sausages (shut up 'rons) but traditional German food is heavy and bland. Even in Milwaukee, there are not many German restaurants left. Those foods were comfort foods to my grandparents and parents generation. Give me Thai and Indian any day. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (u0lmX) 389
The Hill country settlements in Texas were largely German.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (mmU7u) 390
I think we can all agree that Black Forest Cake is the finest dessert in the world.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (hqZPQ) 391
Haggis v. Lutefisk.
I've heard haggis is kind of like slightly spiced oatmeal and lutefisk is like rotten death. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (39g3+) 392
Dang you, Grammie, aren't you supposed to be getting ready for your wedding?
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:48 PM (XrN31) =========================================== I was going to. But then I thought I'd hang out here and drink instead. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (dFi94) 393
Europeans put mayo on their fries.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:50 PM (mmU7u) 394
Spiesbraten, enough said.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:50 PM (2cS/G) 395
"Noodle-y things and beef simmered in thick, clove-y sauces?"
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM ---------------------------- Spaetzle and sauerbraten!!!!! YUM! Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:50 PM (T/5A0) 396
Not sure why they were on the road in VA. Maybe
going to Norfolk for shipping? I would think they would ship on military ships but don't know for sure. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:45 PM ~~~~ Well not Military Ships, but the Military Sealift Command, which is mostly a civilian Department of the DOD Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:51 PM (zp+j1) 397
Strogenoff.
But its not German. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:46 PM (8XRCm) My mom made stroganoff when I was a kid called "Skid row Stroganoff" (that was it's name in the cookbook she used.) She still makes it occasionally. Damn tasty. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:51 PM (3ZoRf) 398
Steiner will bring strudel!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (PrVhQ) Mein Fuehrer, die Lieferung Steiners hat nicht erfolgt. Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 27, 2016 04:51 PM (oKE6c) 399
PUMPERNICKEL BREAD Posted by: iforgot at June 27, 2016 04:51 PM (pC96u) 400
Noodle-y things and beef simmered in thick, clove-y sauces?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 27, 2016 04:43 PM ~~~~~ Geschnetzletes. Pork in a "creamy hunter's sauce" (whatever that means) over buttered noodles. Pretty good. No cloves, but plenty of paprika. Posted by: IrishEi at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (Lsu4e) 401
>>what else is German food?
Springele and Lebkuchen. My grandmother used to make batches of them every Christmas. And beer. I was born in Germany and my mother's very German doctor told her to drink beer while she was nursing. I love that man. Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (/tuJf) 402
....what else is German food?
---- Escargot, Oeufs en meurette , and a nice Bordeaux. Well for a while anyway. Posted by: fixerupper at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (8XRCm) 403
lutefisk is like rotten death.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:49 PM (39g3+) =============================================== Imagine fish. Then imagine old, spoiled fish. Then imagine soaking the old, spoiled fish in lye. Then imagine letting the lye-fish sit around for a few weeks. Then imagine putting it on your relatives' plates and saying "Merry Christmas!" ( or God Jul) This is one reason I have very little interest in cooking. Bad things can happen. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (dFi94) 404
376 bbc.in/293fMIo
How Tippi Hedren made Vietnamese refugees into nail salon magnates Posted by: tmitsss at June 27, 2016 04:47 PM (ZYgGF) ------------------------------ Now THAT is interesting! Thanks. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (T/5A0) 405
Spiesbraten, enough said.
Oh, there was a food cart between the bars and where I lived when I did a term in Cologne. Spiessbratenbroetchen is the only German word my kids know, because I make an approximation of it and they love it. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:53 PM (1xUj/) 406
Stroganoff is one of my better tasting freezed dried prepper food stocks that I have.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:53 PM (mmU7u) 407
....what else is German food?
---- Escargot, Oeufs en meurette , and a nice Bordeaux. Well for a while anyway. That there is funny. Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:54 PM (1xUj/) 408
Spaetzle. Spaetzle everywhere in Germany.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 27, 2016 04:54 PM (Lsu4e) Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 04:54 PM (zp+j1) Posted by: Cotton Hill at June 27, 2016 04:55 PM (evdj2) 411
"Yikes! Do they really do that?"
Yep. UC Davis computer science prof Norm Matloff has been diligently investigating and writing about this for quite a while now. Here's his congressional testimony from back in the Nineties: http://tinyurl.com/jp9x67h Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 04:55 PM (noWW6) 412
Imagine fish. Then imagine old, spoiled fish. Then imagine soaking the old, spoiled fish in lye. Then imagine letting the lye-fish sit around for a few weeks. Then imagine putting it on your relatives' plates and saying "Merry Christmas!" ( or God Jul)
This is one reason I have very little interest in cooking. Bad things can happen. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (dFi94) I have heard that the lye does what lye does when exposed to animal flesh and soapifies it. Since this results in pretty much a gelatinous mass, I am surprised that it has not been poured into some sort of jello mold by some enterprising Lutheran. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (3ZoRf) 413
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*opens mouth, then sits a moment.* I uh, this came across my facebook feed. There's this place, I can't tell if its a brothel or just a really odd fetish or some kind of niche modeling thing. Chateau Cat girl http://www.thechateau.org/kittens/ They wear ears and tails and uh, is Anna Puma living there? Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (39g3+) 414
Re the link tmitsss gave us (#376) about Tippi Hedren:
One individual ends up helping people thrive more than any government ever could. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (T/5A0) Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (1xUj/) 416
Posted by: Cotton Hill at June 27, 2016 04:55 PM (evdj
Great episode. But that could be said about most of KOTH. Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (mmU7u) 417
Imagine fish. Then imagine old, spoiled fish. Then imagine soaking the old, spoiled fish in lye. Then imagine letting the lye-fish sit around for a few weeks. Then imagine putting it on your relatives' plates and saying "Merry Christmas!" ( or God Jul)
You forgot about putting it in a bucket out on the front porch and then the cat pees on it. This is one reason I have very little interest in cooking. Bad things can happen. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:52 PM (dFi94) Does the future Mr. know about this? Or has he pre-committed to taking you out every night? Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:57 PM (XrN31) 418
Ok uh, there's a "Kittenplay lifestyle?"
The Chateau is the first ever online magazine dedicated solely to cat girls and the kittenplay lifestyle. Our magazine represents the luxury life of a pet, and the sensual nature of the feline. The Chateau, nicknamed CatGirlManor is a private residence based in Colorado, USA. Occasionally we host private and public events at the mansion, but also host events in Denver, Las Vegas and New Orleans. Our brand inspires the Princess in girls who still desire the finer things in life, subjects we explore are champagne, high end couture, the arts and fine cuisine. Still looks like a brothel to me Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:58 PM (39g3+) 419
Schlaraffenland, where cheese rains from the sky, cooked hams walk by with knives and forks stuck in them, roast geese fly directly into your mouth, and poached fish flop onto dry land at your feet.
I'm just assuming rivers of beer, since it's a peasant's paradise. Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at June 27, 2016 04:58 PM (jR7Wy) 420
They wear ears and tails and uh, is Anna Puma living there?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (39g3+) *scrubs browser history* *clears throat* A, uh, friend tells me that the whole cat (or animal in general) eared thing is a pretty big fetish in some circles. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:58 PM (3ZoRf) 421
403 lutefisk is like rotten death.
I have heard that it is very difficult to find in modern day Norway, just as duck's blood soup (beloved by my sainted mother) is hard to find in Poland these days. I guess once people in those countries became more prosperous it dawned on them one day that " Hey! We don't have to eat this stinking fish (or blood soup) any more! So let's not!" Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:58 PM (u0lmX) 422
Adolf Coors, huh? Never knew the first name. I always assumed it was an American beer bc it sucks and is so weak.
Before you start disagreeing, my favorite beer is Shiner Bock, made in TX Posted by: L, Elle at June 27, 2016 04:58 PM (6IPEM) 423
Vietnamise in Mississippi doesn't surprise me, the Gulf Coast has a large Vietnamise population, the Mississippi Coast has tradtionally had a large Catholic population (although there is a Buddhist--I presume Vietnamise immigrant--community) and fishing and shrimp fishing a significant.
Posted by: Jim at June 27, 2016 04:59 PM (rnwV8) 424
We had a bar near our tiny German base (1 MLRS Battalion) in Idar-Oberstein that made Spiesbraten (which we called "Speez") on Thursday and Friday nights. Open fire, hot frauleins, sizzling pork, the world's greatest beers. Not a bad way to spend an evening.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:59 PM (2cS/G) 425
Since this results in pretty much a gelatinous mass,
I am surprised that it has not been poured into some sort of jello mold by some enterprising Lutheran. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 04:56 PM (3ZoRf) ============================================ Yikes. Turning Lutheran in a few weeks. Don't give them any ideas. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 04:59 PM (dFi94) 426
So many foreign delicacies are what I consider to be offal.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 27, 2016 05:00 PM (evdj2) 427
It's more depressing than interesting.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at June 27, 2016 05:00 PM (Ee2nz) 428
We had a bar near our tiny German base (1 MLRS Battalion) in Idar-Oberstein that made Spiesbraten (which we called "Speez") on Thursday and Friday nights. Open fire, hot frauleins, sizzling pork, the world's greatest beers. Not a bad way to spend an evening.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 04:59 PM (2cS/G) I never went there, but Landstuhl was a favorite Posting for many Navy Medical Types. Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2016 05:01 PM (zp+j1) 429
I guess once people in those countries became more
prosperous it dawned on them one day that " Hey! We don't have to eat this stinking fish (or blood soup) any more! So let's not!" Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 04:58 PM (u0lmX) =============================================== This is when they discovered the Betty Crocker Cookbook and found out how to make a Mock-Apple pie using Ritz Crackers. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 05:01 PM (dFi94) 430
426 So many foreign delicacies are what I consider to be offal.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 27, 2016 05:00 PM (evdj2) Yeah, belot(sp?) is another one that I have been glad I have never had the pleasure of meeting. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 05:02 PM (3ZoRf) 431
As long as the main language in any state is English, its not a real threat to American culture to have other peoples there. I love immigrants and people adding their spice to the soup. Just as long as they add to rather than replace.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 05:02 PM (39g3+) 432
Does the future Mr. know about this? Or has he pre-committed to taking you out every night?
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 04:57 PM (XrN31) ============================================= He too is Skandi so I told him right up front there would be no Lutefisk. I told him right up front about a lot of things, come to think of it. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 05:03 PM (dFi94) 433
I love immigrants and people adding their spice to the soup. Just as long as they add to rather than replace.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 05:02 PM (39g3+) And don't piss in the soup! Posted by: LBJ at June 27, 2016 05:03 PM (zp+j1) 434
"Before you start disagreeing, my favorite beer is Shiner Bock, made in TX"
Shiner Bock is damn fine beer. So is Pearl, if you can get it. Coors Light tastes like Rocky Mountain spring water, after it's been filtered through a horse. Posted by: Qoheleth DIXIT at June 27, 2016 05:04 PM (iIzG7) 435
Landstuhl is where guys from Idar went for the "big City" nights if they didn't have enough time/money to go to Frankfurt or out of country. I went a few times. Decent bars, but so soldier-saturated that it kind of killed the "see new things, meet new people" vibe I was looking for. I preferred our little burg.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 27, 2016 05:04 PM (2cS/G) 436
3 Vietnamise in Mississippi doesn't surprise me, the Gulf Coast has a large Vietnamise population, the Mississippi Coast has tradtionally had a large Catholic population (although there is a Buddhist--I presume Vietnamise immigrant--community) and fishing and shrimp fishing a significant.
Posted by: Jim at June 27, 2016 04:59 PM (rnwV I didn't know that. It makes me smile to think of a ethnic Vietnamese opening his mouth and drawling Hey, y'all...." Just like I couldn't help but smile when I visited England and some dreadlocked black dude would speak the King's English in a beautiful clipped accent instead of ebonics.... Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (u0lmX) 437
Old Blighty isn't exactly known for its desirable native cuisine.
- But they make up for it with colloquial names. Spotted dick. Bangers and mash. Bubble and squeak. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (Nwg0u) 438
Yikes. Turning Lutheran in a few weeks. Don't give them any ideas.
I'm turning Luth-er-an I think I'm turning Luth-er-an I really think so Turning Luth-er-an I think I'm turning Luth-er-an I really think so Nahhh, it just doesn't work as well as the original. Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (T/cxb) 439
"A, uh, friend tells me that the whole cat (or animal in general) eared thing is a pretty big fetish in some circles."
Revoicing a thought from the other day: Since men can now under Obamacare declare that they identify as women, and since under Obamacare doctors are _required_ to accept and treat these men as female patients, including treating illnesses they can't possibly physically have... when do "furries" get to go to the vet? Posted by: torquewrench at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (noWW6) 440
This is when they discovered the Betty Crocker Cookbook and found out how to make a Mock-Apple pie using Ritz Crackers.
Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 05:01 PM (dFi94) The key ingredient of which is cream of tartar. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (XrN31) 441
You know, as crimes go, I think moonshining is one that really ought to be left alone.
I mean if weed is legal why is moonshining illegal? Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (39g3+) 442
441 You know, as crimes go, I think moonshining is one that really ought to be left alone.
I mean if weed is legal why is moonshining illegal? Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (39g3+) Taxes, my boy, taxes. Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 05:07 PM (3ZoRf) 443
Nood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2016 05:07 PM (3ZoRf) 444
I mean if weed is legal why is moonshining illegal?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (39g3+) =============================================== That's uncanny . I had this very same conversation Saturday. Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 27, 2016 05:07 PM (dFi94) 445
431 As long as the main language in any state is English, its not a real threat to American culture to have other peoples there. I love immigrants and people adding their spice to the soup. Just as long as they add to rather than replace.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2016 05:02 PM (39g3+) Yeah. And I don't care if they speak their own language at home, as long as they learn and speak English outside of it. Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 27, 2016 05:08 PM (u0lmX) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 27, 2016 05:08 PM (Nwg0u) 447
Remins me
Heaven Is Where: The French are the chefs The Italians are the lovers The British are the police The Germans are the mechanics And the Swiss make everything run on time Hell is Where: The British are the chefs The Swiss are the lovers The French are the mechanics The Italians make everything run on time And the Germans are the police Posted by: Shiggz at June 27, 2016 05:09 PM (G7wcY) 448
Nahhh, it just doesn't work as well as the original.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 27, 2016 05:05 PM (T/cxb) Don't make fun. Grammie has to give up all of her rootin' and tootin' and arm raisin' and foot stompin' for a more sedate style of worship. The culture shock will be so uuge, she might take to drink. Lutherans never raise their hands. Never. Unless it's to reach for the chicken casserole. Posted by: OregonMuse at June 27, 2016 05:09 PM (XrN31) 449
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Why are all those Vietnamese in Nebraska? That first winter must have been a real eye-opener... Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 27, 2016 03:37 PM (Pby3z)" When they first started settling Vietnamese in the United States in the 1970s they made a real effort to spread them around evenly all over the country. In fairly short order, as soon as they had learned enough English and had some skills and money, a lot of the Vietnamese moved to congregate in a few places like Orange County, California and the Gulf Coast of Texas. There are still lots of Vietnamese in towns all over the United States but some places have a lot more than others. Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at June 27, 2016 05:13 PM (QHgTq) 450
"Since there's absolutely no enforcement of this edict, the Chinese younguns bring in their parents from the PRC and then immediately dump Mom and Dad into the SSI system, without paying a dime for their upkeep."
OK, I have been wondering about this, too. I know of a family that brought their parents over, and I wondered about the financials...now I know. And word must have gotten out because I was at a new dim sum place that was packed with very old Chinese who dressed like they arrived yesterday. Canada solved this problem with super-visas: your fam can come visit indefinitely, but not on the taxpayer dime. Posted by: Sexypig at June 27, 2016 05:16 PM (UBBWX) 451
BTW, this is the real problem: lots of laws and rules about immigrants (or even locals) to not get welfare are simply ignored.
It makes a compromise negotiation hard, and it incentives people to game the system. Posted by: Sexypig at June 27, 2016 05:19 PM (UBBWX) 452
Also, a whole lot of people abuse SSI. Its not just elderly Chinese.
My white landlord was "disabled" and on SSI. He personally re-roofed and re-wired the electrical in the rental. How disabled are you if you can do roofing? He also had THREE mortgages on the property. Posted by: Sexypig at June 27, 2016 05:22 PM (UBBWX) 453
It would be interesting to see the second most languages from 50 years ago. In Washington, before Seattle went all lefty, it was overwhelmingly Scandi. The Ballard district , fishermen (think Deadliest Catch). I live about 100 miles west of there, lots of Finns and Swedes, still a very few native speakers. Fishing and logging, just like the old country.
Posted by: JHW at June 27, 2016 05:23 PM (kn0BL) 454
Interesting.
I've worked with and am friends with so many people from India. I really love them because they are usually willing to adjust culturally (well, at least the kids) and they have a respect for American laws and customs. Plus, they're just darn nice and good people with high expectations and values. You might find the original immigrants working at 7-11 but their children become doctors, lawyers, and engineers. They highly value education and hard work. Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at June 27, 2016 05:29 PM (nvMvs) 455
It would be interesting to see the second most languages from 50 years ago. In Washington, before Seattle went all lefty, it was overwhelmingly Scandi. The Ballard district , fishermen (think Deadliest Catch). I live about 100 miles west of there, lots of Finns and Swedes, still a very few native speakers. Fishing and logging, just like the old country.
Posted by: JHW at June 27, 2016 05:23 PM (kn0BL) I agree. 50 years ago, I'm pretty certain that the 3rd-most spoken language in Texas was German. Some school districts in the Texas Hill Country used German as their first language and English was just used to get by. I have a close friend whose mother grew up in Boerne (Texas) and English was always a second language to her. Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at June 27, 2016 05:35 PM (nvMvs) 456
To all those who mentioned the Azores, yes I know, I lived for some time in Gloucester (until I became weary of being robbed) but I thought the map was referring to folks whose primary language was that mentioned.
Posted by: plum at June 27, 2016 06:25 PM (h+OMg) 457
Where do Merkin, Ebonix and Hip Hop common tally into view on this list?
Posted by: Joot La Frondeur at June 27, 2016 06:49 PM (lqeGC) 458
In many cities immigrants from a given country will come to dominate some line of small businesses. When I lived in Chicago the diners/coffee shop cafes were mostly owned by Greeks. The cleaning ladies and cleaning contractors who served the office buildings were all Polish. The Pakistanis owned the laundromats. The Arabs owned the inner city convenience stores. The Koreans had a lock on the dry cleaning establishments. Often recently emigrated family members would be employed in the jobs that didn't require interaction with customers. Eventually the family might help them buy their own business.
At the dry cleaners I used there was an elderly Korean woman who was a wiz with repairs and alternations. She worked Saturdays, when one of her American born grandchildren could translate the customer's requests. Those kids always had a stack of STEM textbooks to study when their translation services weren't needed. Posted by: NC Mountainl Girl at June 27, 2016 06:57 PM (C3VTh) 459
InDick is the second most spoken language in San Fransisco, right behind Mushmouth.
Posted by: RJ at June 28, 2016 12:22 AM (9mYCV) 460
Aww looks like I missed good threads. Zombie that Mononoke reference us apt!
There is a good documentary examining the Polynesian culture in utah and how HS football weaves into that, called "in football we trust." Filmed by a Poly guy to explore the connection and how football affects Poly families. Posted by: LizLem at June 28, 2016 10:27 AM (QFY2e) 461
179 They've had a massive Portuguese population since the 19th century, mostly from the Azores.
Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at June 27, 2016 04:00 PM (vBeA5) See the film Mystery Street (basically CSI 1950 - a skeletal Jane Doe corpse is identified and the murder uncovered by forensics). It stars Ricardo Montalban as Detective Morales, a Portuguese-American from the Cape Cod town of Barnstable. Posted by: Rich Rostrom at June 29, 2016 03:00 AM (YkV15) Processing 0.04, elapsed 0.0575 seconds. |
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