Y'know, a while back I read an article on Spongebob/Buster

[conuly]

And the author mentioned that when he was growing up, a mom complained to him that "Sesame Street is just so horrible. I mean, it's teaching children Spanish".

Yeah. Guess that hasn't gone away yet.

Here's that article, if you're curious.

Comments

[panda-cookie.livejournal.com]

That sort of attitude disgusts me.

Once I had this person on my friends list. She was going to have a baby. Anyway, she changed doctors. When her friends asked why, she said, and I'll never forget this: "Because that doctor has HIV! I'm not exposing my baby to AIDS!!!"

Long story short, I cut her from my list faster that you can say "uneducated".

[conuly]

Ouch. At least it was an almost reasonable statement, and made out of care for her baby instead of just completely blind prejudice.

Which is just about the only thing it's got going for it.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Espanol! O los ninos!

[naive-notstupid.livejournal.com]

i used to LOVE sesame street! my kids used to LOVE sesame street! i wish i'd paid more attention though.... i now live in the south-central portion of the usa, and more spanish would definitely make it easier to find good jobs. :\

*can't stand ignorant people!*

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I heard something on NPR months ago, about a gay cant, but it wasn't Spannish. Are gays now using Spannish to communicate subvertly with each other?

[conuly]

I know I'm missing the joke here.

I just recalled

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

It's called Polati. As far as I remember, Polati has never been a part of Sesame Street.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I thought the issue with Spongebob Squarepants and Seseme Street is a supposed norming of homosexuality. Polari is a cant developed in order to allow homosexuals to communicate with each other. If the issues of teaching Spannish and normalizing homosexuality are related, then it may be due to the use of Spannish as a covert language among homosexuals. (http://andrejkoymasky.com/lou/pol/pol001.html")

[conuly]

Oh But. Why are you spelling it "Spannish"?

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I do things by the rules if I'm not sure.

The rule is in a two-sylable word, short vowels are followed by a double letter. E,g, "latter" vs" "later." I'm guessing from context that "Spanish" is correct.

You know I can't spell.

[conuly]

1. Yup, Spanish, one N.
2. No, actually, I didn't know that. You hide it well. But if you're curious, I *can* spell, most of the time (I still have a bad habit of thinking that necessary has two cs in it) so I'm hardly ever wrong.
3. In a two syllable word, short vowels are followed by a double letter if the next vowel is an E. Because V_E makes the first vowel long.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'll commit that rule to memory.

I think using Microsoft Word has helped me improve my spelling. It used to be absolutely horid. Sometimes I have blank-out moments where I question everything, though. Usually it involves sufixes. -ible vs. -able, -ey vs -y, etc.

[conuly]

Oy vey.

It helps to be an etymology geek, of course. Know where a word comes from, and you can spell it quickly.

[panda-cookie.livejournal.com]

That sort of attitude disgusts me.

Once I had this person on my friends list. She was going to have a baby. Anyway, she changed doctors. When her friends asked why, she said, and I'll never forget this: "Because that doctor has HIV! I'm not exposing my baby to AIDS!!!"

Long story short, I cut her from my list faster that you can say "uneducated".

[conuly]

Ouch. At least it was an almost reasonable statement, and made out of care for her baby instead of just completely blind prejudice.

Which is just about the only thing it's got going for it.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Espanol! O los ninos!

[naive-notstupid.livejournal.com]

i used to LOVE sesame street! my kids used to LOVE sesame street! i wish i'd paid more attention though.... i now live in the south-central portion of the usa, and more spanish would definitely make it easier to find good jobs. :\

*can't stand ignorant people!*

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I heard something on NPR months ago, about a gay cant, but it wasn't Spannish. Are gays now using Spannish to communicate subvertly with each other?

[conuly]

I know I'm missing the joke here.

I just recalled

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

It's called Polati. As far as I remember, Polati has never been a part of Sesame Street.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I thought the issue with Spongebob Squarepants and Seseme Street is a supposed norming of homosexuality. Polari is a cant developed in order to allow homosexuals to communicate with each other. If the issues of teaching Spannish and normalizing homosexuality are related, then it may be due to the use of Spannish as a covert language among homosexuals. (http://andrejkoymasky.com/lou/pol/pol001.html")

[conuly]

Oh But. Why are you spelling it "Spannish"?

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I do things by the rules if I'm not sure.

The rule is in a two-sylable word, short vowels are followed by a double letter. E,g, "latter" vs" "later." I'm guessing from context that "Spanish" is correct.

You know I can't spell.

[conuly]

1. Yup, Spanish, one N.
2. No, actually, I didn't know that. You hide it well. But if you're curious, I *can* spell, most of the time (I still have a bad habit of thinking that necessary has two cs in it) so I'm hardly ever wrong.
3. In a two syllable word, short vowels are followed by a double letter if the next vowel is an E. Because V_E makes the first vowel long.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'll commit that rule to memory.

I think using Microsoft Word has helped me improve my spelling. It used to be absolutely horid. Sometimes I have blank-out moments where I question everything, though. Usually it involves sufixes. -ible vs. -able, -ey vs -y, etc.

[conuly]

Oy vey.

It helps to be an etymology geek, of course. Know where a word comes from, and you can spell it quickly.