# go back to your own country, i cant understand you. V: philly cheesesteak shop **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 22, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452 "2008-03-22T15:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/41 "2008-03-24T12:05:19Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Poor comparision. The majority of the toll free numbers you’re hearing “press 2 for Spanish” are US based, and blocked to international callers. > > I’d know, I spent 6 years as an IVR developer. I meant while he was in Italy, you know since he’s planning on going there! ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/42 "2008-03-24T12:05:40Z")
> [@93dx--hatch](#): > > stereotype much? yeah actually i do. Just going by what i see is all. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/43 "2008-03-24T12:11:13Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > I meant while he was in Italy, you know since he’s planning on going there! Still a terrible comparision because English is the unofficial language of business. Do you think the IVR’s in Italy have a “press X for Spanish” option? ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/44 "2008-03-24T12:22:26Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Still a terrible comparision because English is the unofficial language of business. > > Do you think the IVR’s in Italy have a “press X for Spanish” option? They probably have a press x for french, x for spanish, x for german options. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/45 "2008-03-24T12:24:00Z")
Jeeze. It seems like some of you want the government to regulate everything. I would prefer to let social darwinism take care of cultural issues. I don’t think there needs to be any law about not speaking anything but English in public. Just let the people sort out their cultural issues. Afterall _A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have._- Thomas Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/46 "2008-03-24T13:44:30Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > sure why not, they already come here looking to get everything for nothing, why dont we just learn they’re language to make them even happer. :meh2: ---
**Author:** ![forthekicks385](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/forthekicks385/32/7484_2.png) [@forthekicks385](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/forthekicks385)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/47 "2008-03-24T14:48:50Z")
speak English or move the fuck out! this is america motherfucker as i said you don’t like it that is to damn bad go back to mexi-of-the-ho ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/48 "2008-03-24T14:58:12Z")
> [@forthekicks385](#): > > speak English or move the fuck out! this is america motherfucker as i said you don’t like it that is to damn bad go back to mexi-of-the-ho How about you speak the English language before you start to criticize others for not doing the same. ---
**Author:** ![Estorvito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/estorvito/32/7234_2.png) [@Estorvito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Estorvito)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/49 "2008-03-24T15:05:17Z")
> [@forthekicks385](#): > > speak English or move the fuck out! this is america motherfucker as i said you don’t like it that is to damn bad go back to mexi-of-the-ho :retard: PerfectO! tard ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/50 "2008-03-24T15:25:37Z")
> [@forthekicks385](#): > > speak English or move the fuck out! this is america motherfucker as i said you don’t like it that is to damn bad go back to mexi-of-the-ho You saying that is even better than the guy with the buy American bumper sticker parked in front of Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![speedracer329](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/speedracer329/32/5058_2.png) [@speedracer329](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedracer329)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/51 "2008-03-24T16:48:51Z")
> [@newman](#): > > negative, > but i have been to Germany, Japan, and Mexico (ironic?) and there was English signage everywhere. > > France has an official language. It’s FRENCH. > > You and I don’t speak AMERICAN, we speak English. We have borrowed another country’s language. Other people choose to borrow a different language, it’s their right. > > I still find it hard to see why it bothers you what language OTHER people speak. > What about it makes your life that much harder? japan? were you in tourist central tokyo? japan has fewer than 5% of the population speak english, they actively try not to change their culture by adding english signs. its kanji, hiragana, and katakana, some teenager who can translate for you, or hundreds of americans in the navy… i lived in kyoto at least there there is really no english ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452/52 "2008-03-24T18:15:17Z")
I find it hard to believe that some old Italian guy would be closed minded on an issue such as this. “Extra cheese is two dollars.” [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/go-back-to-your-own-country-i-cant-understand-you-v-philly-cheesesteak-shop/45452.md?page=2)