Oklahoma votes to make English official language

[sasha031]

Source: NewsOK

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters have approved a measure requiring that all official state actions be conducted in English.



Read more: http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-votes-to-make-english-official-language/article/3510663

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no Shia Law too

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Oklahoma isn't English.

CHANGE THE STATE NAME TO REDNECKLAHOMA!

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[Wednesdays]

7. I'm not in your imagination

Of all the abominations that were this year's proposals, that was one of the two worst! :(

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Well...I am in Utah.

So, yes...:P

[jberryhill]

22. SLC is San Francisco compared to most of OK

But, hey, I lived in Logan for a while.

[Tess49]

15. I can. I live here. Sucks.

[activa8tr]

35. I LOVE THAT!!!!

Yes, those stupid people have to change the name of the state now!

[davidinalameda]

2. they'll have to learn English now

cool

[HuckleB]

8. +1

[margotb822]

10. +1000

[glinda]

14. lol. Not sure some can.

[Haole Girl]

17. LOL!

:rofl:

[yurbud]

30. what did they speak before?

[still_one]

4. They should have first had a measure requiring those in Oklahoma to learn to read /nt

[muntrv]

5. So Dimson won't be goin' to OK.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. !Chingate!

[TheDebbieDee]

9. Those dipshits also banned Sharia Law!

And who is Sharia Law, you may ask? :p

[jberryhill]

20. I think I dated her in college /nt

[activa8tr]

36. I think I dated a girl named Sharia in High School.... perhaps she just got

banned in OK!!!!!

[sakabatou]

12. *facepalm*

Sono baka...

[AsahinaKimi]

25. honto desune

Republicans to Teabaggers: Jigoku ni ochiro! Shinde kure!

[sakabatou]

26. That's brutal

[AsahinaKimi]

27. Yes it is

I am sure there are more extreme words that are being used..

[sakabatou]

28. We could call the "Aho"

[AsahinaKimi]

29. OR maybe even

"Kisama"

[sakabatou]

31. What's the one that ends in "-yaro?"

[Art_from_Ark]

32. That would be "baka-yaro"

Or it could also be "kuso-yaro", which is even worse.

"Aho" is pretty tame by comparison-- it usually just means "silly"

[sakabatou]

38. Kuso-yaro. That's the one

"Aho" is pretty tame by comparison-- it usually just means "silly"

I thought it meant a lot worse. Maybe I was wrong.

[AsahinaKimi]

39. I will stick with my original

Teabaggers, Republicans~ Jigoku ni ochiro! Shinde kure!

[Art_from_Ark]

42. "Aho" apparently has some regional differences in meaning

In Kansai and parts west (where I learned the term), it means "silly". Apparently in the Tokyo area, it can mean "jackass"

But there is no ambiguity with kuso-yaro, as in "Kyowa-to no seijika wa kuso-yaro!"

[sakabatou]

43. ....Today and... bah, my Japanese isn't up to snuff

[Art_from_Ark]

44. In this case, "Kyowa-to" means "Republican Party"

Written in Kanji, it is 共和党　or きょうわとう in hiragana

"Seijika" 政治家　means "politician(s)"　:hi:

[sakabatou]

46. Oh.

[John Kerry VonErich]

45. Good thing the net has a translator

nt

[TroglodyteScholar]

13. I heard Oklahoma also voted to rename itself "Pantswetting Bigotsville." n/t

[struggle4progress]

16. Dear Oklahoma

I was surprised to see that you have chosen English as your single official language, especially when you had such a wonderful assortment of possibilities: Apache, Arapaho, Caddo, Cayuga, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek, Delaware, Fox, Iowa, Kaw, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Miami, Modoc, Otoe, Ottawa, Pawnee, Peoria, Ponca, Potawatomi, Quapaw, Sac, Seminole, Seneca, Shawnee, Tonkawa, Wichita, and Wyandotte, for example, might all naturally come to mind as important in Oklahoma's history, as immigrant-rich as it is

[Drale]

18. Anyone here an awesome inventor?

that could invent a universal translator, so we can stop with this bullshit already. PLEASE!

[Crunchy Frog]

19. Yeah, it would be nice if those Okies would start speaking English.

I just wonder how the law's going to be enforced.

[KamaAina]

21. Don't they mean "offical" language"?

:dunce: :dunce: :dunce:

Also, was Cherokee ever considered instead?

[Art_from_Ark]

34. Or maybe official "lanaguage"?

[activa8tr]

37. Yeah, THAT'S it.... I knew that sign was MADE IN OKLAHOMA!!! n/t

[2critical]

23. Yes, but can OKers actually speak English? EOM

[kath]

24. Conducted in English, OR in "Native American" languages. Just no Messcin, dammit!

And it sure is a good thing they kept out Sharia law!!

GACK, it's soooooo embarrassing to live here!

[Skittles]

33. you can always count on Oklahoma to keep fear alive

what a bunch of sheep

[COLGATE4]

40. Now if they would only learn how to speak it there... nt

[cheneyschernobyl]

41. English? English? What do

the Brits have to do with this? We don't speak English here in the States; we speak American.

Part sarcasm...part serious

[Starbucks Anarchist]

47. Are they going to change the name of their state?

It's a Choctaw word.