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Swede

(36,728 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:19 PM Jun 15

Someone just posted this on Facebook. Pretty cool.

A lady just came up to me and said "Speak English, we are in San Diego." So I politely responded by asking her “how do I say 'San Diego' in English?"
The look of bewilderment on her face made it feel like a Friday.

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Someone just posted this on Facebook. Pretty cool. (Original Post) Swede Jun 15 OP
Love it! surfered Jun 15 #1
Too fricking funny NotHardly Jun 16 #31
And then there'd be me sakabatou Jun 15 #2
I speak Japanese! YoshidaYui Jun 16 #32
I know, but I'm rusty. sakabatou Jun 16 #34
Best thing I heard all day! n/t yellow dahlia Jun 15 #3
Now that is cool. republianmushroom Jun 15 #4
That's easy ... GarColga Jun 15 #5
Perfect! MLAA Jun 15 #6
Someone ate her ignorance for breakfast. Yummy. littlemissmartypants Jun 15 #7
LOVE IT!!! niyad Jun 15 #8
Snap! Mblaze Jun 15 #9
HAHAHA h2ebits Jun 15 #10
My hometown... Godot51 Jun 15 #11
Interesting fact SCantiGOP Jun 15 #12
"El Pueblo de Nuestra Seora la Reina de los ngeles del Ro Porcincula" (i AllaN01Bear Jun 15 #14
in english AllaN01Bear Jun 15 #15
so , how does one say sonora ca in englis? sonora AllaN01Bear Jun 15 #13
Where does the bull come in? I know oso means bear, but I though sonoro/a meant resounding LauraInLA Jun 15 #18
And Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento Bluetus Jun 15 #16
We're just gettin' started, California Colorado New Mexico Nevada MasonDreams Jun 16 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author MasonDreams Jun 16 #20
Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Santa Maria, Escondido, El Segundo barbtries Jun 16 #27
when Americans told my English mum they loved her accent Skittles Jun 15 #17
San Diego is BLUE! BigmanPigman Jun 16 #21
Perfect! calimary Jun 16 #22
I remember coming from Germany and speaking German gopiscrap Jun 16 #23
San Diego markbark Jun 16 #24
LOL Emile Jun 16 #25
ignorant MAGA Texas Republicans that complain... IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 16 #26
Chinga Te, Cabron usonian Jun 16 #28
La Villa Real de la Santa F de San Francisco de AsisI SpankMe Jun 16 #29
Great comeback!!!! Martin68 Jun 16 #30
Love, love, love it. n/t iluvtennis Jun 16 #33
Dumber than damn rocks. Joinfortmill Jun 16 #35

sakabatou

(45,074 posts)
2. And then there'd be me
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:51 PM
Jun 15

[in Japanese] English? Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know Japanese? Do you speak Japanese? (beat) Ah, so you don't. That's unfortunate. Buh-bye, you stupid idiot.

sakabatou

(45,074 posts)
34. I know, but I'm rusty.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:48 PM
Jun 16

Don't ask about reading, because I'd completely flop.

I tried Spanish way back, but the cassette tapes you'd practice from got too quick for me to understand.

SCantiGOP

(14,533 posts)
12. Interesting fact
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 05:59 PM
Jun 15

If you translate the name “The Los Angeles Angels” into all English, it comes out as The The Angels Angels.

AllaN01Bear

(26,372 posts)
13. so , how does one say sonora ca in englis? sonora
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 06:00 PM
Jun 15

ful name of town, de las oso de la sonoras ( place of the bull and bear.) put that on a regular envelope

MasonDreams

(769 posts)
19. We're just gettin' started, California Colorado New Mexico Nevada
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:41 AM
Jun 16

Eureka is Greek yes? I digress, El Paso Corpus Christi remember the Alamo? oops forget that? 🤣 Can't we all just get along?
Yes We Can! And that is (believe it or not) One of the many qualities that define my USA. We're great without the dictratitor in chief.

Response to Bluetus (Reply #16)

barbtries

(30,580 posts)
27. Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Santa Maria, Escondido, El Segundo
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 10:33 AM
Jun 16

Playa del Rey, Palos Verdes, Hermosa, Redondo, San Pedro, Mendocino, and more.

California is Mexican. vive la difference, fuck her bigotry and ignorance.

Skittles

(165,955 posts)
17. when Americans told my English mum they loved her accent
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 09:44 PM
Jun 15

she'd say, "I'M speaking English; YOU have an accent."

BigmanPigman

(53,339 posts)
21. San Diego is BLUE!
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 02:00 AM
Jun 16

She isn't going to be saying that to many people without getting a royal smack down.

Over 60,000 attended the NO KINGS protest here and the immigrant/deportation issue was the main issue represented at the protest. I was there and I know.

I think the tRumpers in San Diego are realizing just how much they are hated and this is a new thing for them. They are terrible non-humans who see that their once RED city is and has been BLUE for at least 15 years. I was discussing this with someone at the protest. He said the same thing is gong on in areas of LA which used to be RED.

Their vocal, liberal hating majority is and has been the minority and they do not like it and are being even more asinine than ever, if that is even possible.

calimary

(87,030 posts)
22. Perfect!
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 05:33 AM
Jun 16

And I love how you described it, Swede.

“The look of bewilderment on her face made it feel like a Friday.”

Freakin’ FABULOUS!!!

gopiscrap

(24,426 posts)
23. I remember coming from Germany and speaking German
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 05:42 AM
Jun 16

in Tacoma WA and once being told by some snotty lady at the supermarket to "speak English, you're in America now_ and mom looked at the lady and told her to go read the plaque on the Statue of Liberty and took me by the hand walked off before the lady could answer back

markbark

(1,611 posts)
24. San Diego
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 07:29 AM
Jun 16

rendered in English would be either Saint James or Saint Jacob (depending on who you ask )

 

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
26. ignorant MAGA Texas Republicans that complain...
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 10:21 AM
Jun 16

Racist ignorant Republicans…are everywhere…..

—-

And the ignorant MAGA Texas Republicans that complain…

“Stop speaking Mexican”, this is America.’

As the idiot Texans are literally standing on land
that was New Spain for over 300 years, and then part of Mexico.

Anglo Texans, racists

——

Tejas land…

New Spain
1519 to 1821

Part of Mexico
1821-1836

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Spain

SpankMe

(3,526 posts)
29. La Villa Real de la Santa F de San Francisco de AsisI
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 10:36 AM
Jun 16

The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi. This is the long form name for Santa Fe, NM.

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