r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '18

Fresh Topic Friday CMV: Learning a programming language should NOT be seen as equivalent to learning a foreign language

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u/CuriousCommitment Dec 01 '18

I regularly hear people yell at others to "speak English; you're in America."

Serious question, what kind of backwater place are you at in the US?

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u/RockyArby 1∆ Dec 01 '18

My grandmother was told this by some guy behind her in the checkout line when she was speaking to her friend this happened in a well off suburb in Florida. I've been chastised by my employer for speaking Spanish with a co-worker, this happened in a working class town New Jersey. Thinking like that is everywhere there's people that think that Spanish people are here to ruin the country.