Publix Sucks

**Novaheart** · 07-13-2011, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by patriot45

It was horrible! I was waiting for the punchline... like press 2 for english! But no!! The whole commersh was mexican!! Im sure it will be youtube by tomorrow!

this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWD6CWOhXbA

**Novaheart** · 07-13-2011, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by NJCardFan

Um, no. Not exactly. Traditional Spanish is different from Puerto Rican which is different from Honduran which is different from Cuban which is different from Mexican which is different from Portuguese etc. The base is similar but there are nuances to each that differentiate one from the other.

I like to bash Spanish as much as the next person, but English is also regional. So is Hindi, Chinese, and any other language spoken over a broad geographic spread over centuries. It's easier for most Americans and Londoners to understand each other almost 100% while both have difficulty understanding each other's or their own countrymen of certain dialects, doesn't mean these people aren't speaking English. In fact, while most people would have difficulty understanding the residents of Tangier Island VA, Smith Island MD, or Selbyville DE, these people are actually speaking the artifact of Elizabethan English they share with living people in the rural British maritime communities.

**fettpett** · 07-13-2011, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by NJCardFan

Um, no. Not exactly. Traditional Spanish is different from Puerto Rican which is different from Honduran which is different from Cuban which is different from Mexican which is different from Portuguese etc. The base is similar but there are nuances to each that differentiate one from the other.

yep, just like Persian French is different from Quebuies, and Hatian, etc

Or American English from British or Canadian or any other majority English speaking

**Novaheart** · 07-13-2011, 01:15 PM

Which is not to say that I am not a language Nazi.

I want to slap people on television who do these things because they spread their bad habits:

pronounce the t in often

say did-dint, stoo-dent, or any other misguided attempt at diction which avoids the "(u)nt" sound.

begin a sentence with "meantime" rather than "In the meantime" or use them interchangeably with "meanwhile" when they actually mean different things.

the list goes on

**lacarnut** · 07-13-2011, 01:35 PM

Publix in Orange Beach AL has great fried chicken and taters. Their prices are too high on other things so I shop at Winn Dixie. Being a tourist/vacation town, Americans work in all retail stores.

**CueSi** · 07-13-2011, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by NJCardFan

Your dad looks like Peanut?

No... he just did the head-tilt and smile like him.

~QC

**Hawkgirl** · 07-14-2011, 10:02 PM

I like my neighborhood Publix. They treat me well as a customer, never had a problem.

I'm still in North GA, just discovered Ingles, which displays a large sign at their entrance "AMERICAN OWNED"
Great store.

**patriot45** · 07-14-2011, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by Novaheart

I like to bash Spanish as much as the next person, but English is also regional. So is Hindi, Chinese, and any other language spoken over a broad geographic spread over centuries. It's easier for most Americans and Londoners to understand each other almost 100% while both have difficulty understanding each other's or their own countrymen of certain dialects, doesn't mean these people aren't speaking English. In fact, while most people would have difficulty understanding the residents of Tangier Island VA, Smith Island MD, or Selbyville DE, these people are actually speaking the artifact of Elizabethan English they share with living people in the rural British maritime communities.

Just press one for english. Do you live in America? Well this "region" Speaks English! BTW thats the language we are typing in! Moonbats have nuance don't they!