Thread: Pet Peeves?

Members who talk about pork ribs and beer when I'm hungry and thirsty... (kidding)

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The phone rings, my darling wife answers it. Soon she is having an in depth conversation with a variety of topics ranging from the weather to politics and religion. There is a lot of laughing, and banter...
20 minutes later, she hands the phone over and says "it's for you"...

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I wouldn't exactly call it a 'Peeve' but it's 'interesting'.

My son's girlfriend is of Mexican decent (her father is a Mexican National working on his citizenship) the girlfriend was born here in the USA and speaks fluent English and Spanish.

When she's at the Boars Nest and she is talking to her mom on the phone she switches back and forth from Spanish to English and English to Spanish.

I really couldn't care less about what she's talking about but it's 'interesting' as to WHY switch?? I can understand needing to use a word that's only an 'English' or Spanish word but to be speaking entire paragraphs back and forth doesn't make any sense to me.

Oh well---

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I really couldn't care less about what she's talking about but it's 'interesting' as to WHY switch?? I can understand needing to use a word that's only an 'English' or Spanish word but to be speaking entire paragraphs back and forth doesn't make any sense to me.

Might be able to shed a little light on this one... I have family and friends from south america. they do the same thing and I asked about this before.
The answer made me feel pretty silly and embarrassed. generally people are trying to respect american conventions by speaking in english as much as possible, but when trying to convey something very clearly to someone in another language (especially if english is your second language) it's easier for both parties to understand in native language. so while it might be less noticeable to just stick with spanish, sometimes switching languages is actually a result of trying to show respect for people around them.
this is x2 for when you're speaking to someone who doesn't understand english very well...

It's very common among Mexican's who live here to talk part spanish and part english and go back and forth even if they are among non spanish speakers.

You really see it with folks who live in the valley in South Texas around Harlingen and McAllen.

or they will claim they don't speak english the oilfield is a big work place for Mexicans, and sometimes they try that on the supervisors,, being in the oilfield for 40+ yars I could speak as good as they could,, so I usually let the new guys ramble on a bit before I talk to them its sometimes funny,, heck sometimes I go back and forth too.. if you work in New Mexico , Texas, or Oklahoma you need to understand the lingo.

Stainless steel razors...

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In my mind and at my keyboard, I am a silent punctuation and grammar Nazi, but my own punctuation and grammar aren't that great.

Drivers who change lanes to the left, and then do not accelerate to accommodate the faster moving traffic behind them.

I don't like reading articles that aren't about what the headline refers to.

Being presented with a food substance that I am unable to identify, and being expected to consume it without question. (Any married man will know what I mean.)

Bad breath.

Originally Posted by FWiedner

Bad breath.

I second that

For Ron....