[ladolcevita.]

At school yesterday, I was at dance practice, and we were speaking Filipino and these two guys were like "OMG can you stop speaking Filipino? It's so annoying, I'm not even Filipino [i'm not sure why he said that, i think he's viet]" and then this other girl said "But I like speaking Filipino, so what?" and then his friend [who is filipino] said "God shut up, you FOB." It makes me so mad because I'm just SPEAKING it, how does it make me a FOB? Does anyone here have any experiences or stories? And does it irritate you when people tell you to stop speaking Korean, Viet, Chinese, etc.? Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

[�-oh.double.kaYzz]

yah dude pisses me off when teachers tell me not to speak in vietnamese
geez if they have a problem with it, its there problem so who cares
not like they gonna go hit you that would be so low

they only said it because there jealous they cant understand
and it pisses them off because they cant socialize with you

anyways i find it offensive if you cant

[dankyung]

same here. i have friends who don't speak english well and so we only speak korean but i'll speak english if i don't feel like using korean. and people in PE are like "THIS IS AMERICA, SPEAK ENGLISH" so i said F-CK YOU. and they didn't say anything. ROFL. i was like, if you don't like it so much just mind it. get over it and stop being so childish over it. i was so angry. i mean who cares? it's not like im freaking talking about the person. -.- and also in spanish there's this freshman that asks me EVERYDAY if im japanese or chinese. EVERYDAY i answer him. i don't want to get mad at him but i swear if he asks me on monday again im gonna tell him off. these people just need to grow up. esepcially the people who tell me to stop speaking korean at school. they get all pissy at me cause they want to know what im saying but can't. uhh hello??? why do you want to know anyway? -.- -.- omg thank goodness for this thread for letting me get that out. haha. but people don't tell me those things anymore cause i tend to flip out and tell them to go to hell. rofl.

[missdevotional]

When I'm waiting for my bus with my best friend - who is the only person I really ever get to speak Vietnamese to besides my family (there are like no Vietnamese people in my area) - we always speak Vietnamese, and my filipino friend always thinks we're saying things about her. She always pouts and shouts at us, running over to another group of people she knows.
When she does that, we just talk faster and louder to annoy her for annoying us

[hellotiffy]

people just don't like it when others speak another language around them because they can't understand it. it makes them paranoid and curious. that's how i perceive it. personally, i don't speak vietnamese to my friends, only to parents and elders. english seems to be easier for me to communicate with my friends, whereas in vietnamese, i would be mixing in english anyway.

[pekkles]

I don't really recall having this kind of problem (should I still post? ) I mean, I've spoken in Canto in a room where not everyone speaks Canto, but no one's ever insulted me/ given me trouble because of it.

But I do have something to say about your situations. If you're just having a conversation and some random person comes up and gives you trouble, "This is America" or whatever, they're wrong. If they're deliberately being troublesome,t hen they're wrong. But, if you're in a group and you start speaking your native language and not everyone understands, then even if it's not your intention to exclude anyone, that's what's happening, and it's pretty rude. So try to not get into that situation ^__^

And teachers shouldn't be telling you off for speaking in a specific language, unless:
-it's a language class, so you should be speaking English/French/Japanese/etc
-you're supposed to be doing something, not talking at all
^but those should apply to everyone, no matter which language, so the teacher should be telling off everyone in the class who's talking- if it's just you and your language, then it's discrimination.

What else?

If a person doesn't understand what you're saying, then of course she/he won't be able to tell that you're not talking about him. It does make people uncomfortable~ I'd say that they're less likely to be jealous and more just frustrated that you're not letting them in on what you're saying. It's not a problem over your native language, but over the fact that you're speaking, maybe deliberately and maybe not, in a language that they don't understand.

I'm not sure exactly what position I'm trying to take here, but just keep in mind that you need to be considerate ^__^

[eternaldarkness4]

no..

i actually find it annoying when people speak other languages...
why?

you feel excluded....and ignored....even when your a total stranger...how are you supposed to introduce yourself?
what if you wanna get to know them?...
you dont want to introduce yourself when they have no english cause well...how the hell would you communicate
you have no idea what they're talkign about
most of those people hardly try and learn english and its kidna irritatign when you try to talk to them

especially in class...i dont see why the teacher shhouldnt tell you to stop talking in another language...

if i was a boss...and all my employees were talking in some language .....i would kinda be fustrated....wouldnt you?

i hate it when i'm sitting in a group and they all start chatting in canto or something....
i'm just like O.O....and then they start laughing and its just like T _ T

and you dont know if they're talking about you or not...
ok your probably not...
but i know my friends bag people out in canto behind the ausseis back...
espeacially teachers and stuff

[Antz]

Wtfeck? Hmm.... I can't really speak any other language apart from English fluently, but it does kind of get annoying when people DO speak another language. BUT I just ignore it, it's not my business and I just hope they're not talking about me X_X"

[cannotfindserver]

if the person isn't talking to you nor facing you while speaking their own language, then you shouldn't mind. it's really not your business after all. i would always speak my native language if i'm talking to a person who speak the same way.

[Maipcrkiyl]

My mom always speaks in Chinese when she's talking about somebody.
Then I'm the person who receives a "wth" look.

I dunno, it's just one of those things that bug me.. But I don't have a reason for it.
Okay, I'm getting myself confused. I don't like it when people speak another language.

Man, that spelled out sounds so harsh.. Unless they're at like, Chinatown or somethin'.

[meilove]

i hate the "this is america, speak english" comments. they annoy me so much
it's not like i do it all the time, only sometimes
no offence but the spanish ppl speak spanish to each other ALL the time and from what i see, they dont get those comments -____-

[butterflyeffect]

i've never had this problem, but i would be so pissed off if people said that to me.
i'd just ignore it, it's not their business anyway.

[mr. lovely]

Um, personally, I don't like it when people speak another language like right in front of me. If they're off in a corner not bothering anybody, though, it's fine.

[RockStar17]

To be honest, I find it a little annoying when people speak other languages. It's not that I think "This is America, speak English," it's just...I don't know. I understand that some people don't know English very well, and it's easier for them to communicate in their native language, but a lot of the people where I live speak different languages when they're gossiping and talking about others.

lol I know that's not always the case everywhere else, but that's usually my experience.



Ugh I sound like a whiner. Oh well.

[latina]

i dont care what they say. i do what i wanna do. they should mind their own business

[OukaKioshi]

haha those ppl are annoying
its just like
HAHA TOO BAD YOU DONT UNDERSTAND
*continues talking* lol!

[HearMeGoRAWR]

I think it's pretty rude when they do that. I would speak German to one of my friends because he just moved here from Germany and doesn't understand English much. Yet, I see all Spanish people speaking Spanish to their friends and nobody seems to care.
Normally I would just reply, "Oh, I'm sorry you can't understand" then walk away.
But I think the more annoying part is where they know like 3 words of your language and try to make a whole conversation out of those 3 words.

[maharu.]

I have a trauma with that lol. My grandma didn't approve of my mom and well, when I just came to America, she dissed me and my mom.
She's like "THIS IS AMERICA!" And I remember crying over it because it felt like I wasn't allowed to communicate with my language I'm comfortable in.

I don't mind people speaking their own language, just when there's people who don't understand and such, I try to not speak it.
Well I don't know anyone in my school who speaks my language so I just simply don't.
I just don't like when Spanish speakers look and start laughing in Spanish...its like, don't stare this way when you're speaking.

[Deziel]

When I speak in chinese, my white friends are like, "OMG YA REALLY?"

[l3lo]

yea i hate it wen ppl who speak a second language do dat its so annoying its like
"why can't you also shut the f*** up too?"