Controversial Coke Ad

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Lost_Sheep said:
Do you live in the U.S.? If so, you should speak English; especially in public.
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I do live in the U.S. Not to be rude, but why should I speak in English when having a private conversation with my family? I don’t even speak Spanish all the time in public. I’m not speaking loudly, making a spectacle of myself or anything, but I do get dirty looks from people who walk by and hear that I’m speaking Spanish. I speak in English when addressing anyone not in my immediate family, or when I’m in professional environments.
Lost_Sheep said:
It will probably cause controversy in some circles as well. Just saying…
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It did cause controversy, but it really shouldn’t have.
 
RinoaHeartilly said:
but I do get dirty looks from people who walk by and hear that I’m speaking Spanish.
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That’s because it creates the impression that you are a “foreigner” who has no desire to assimilate with the rest of the country.

An incorrect impression perhaps, but an impression nonetheless.
 
Lost_Sheep said:
That’s because it creates the impression that you are a “foreigner” who has no desire to assimilate with the rest of the country.

An incorrect impression perhaps, but an impression nonetheless.
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True, true. I feel like I’ve surprised a couple store clerks when they hear me saying something in Spanish to my grandmother and then turn around and speak fluent English when I go to pay! 😃
 
Lost_Sheep said:
That’s because it creates the impression that you are a “foreigner” who has no desire to assimilate with the rest of the country.

An incorrect impression perhaps, but an impression nonetheless.
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This seems to be about your own prejudice. There’s no reason that she’s obligated to speak in English to her family in a store just so that you can understand her conversation. It’s none of your business what she’s saying. If that’s the conclusion that you come to when you hear a foreign language, you might want to reconsider your attitude.

I am fluent in Spanish. When I honeymooned in Mexico, I spoke English to my husband. Is that a problem? I would hope not, since the only thing he knew how to say was “necesito mi esposa”. 😃

I would never expect anyone to speak English to people that they are far more comfortable speaking another language to just so that they don’t “look foreign”. And even if they do “look foreign”, who cares? For all you know, they are, and they’re just visiting the country.
 
If you shouldn’t go to a country unless you can speak the predominant language well, world travel would be something that only the very wealthy with a lot of time on their hands could do.

And, if you assume that someone is speaking another language because they can’t speak English, you’re going to end up looking foolish.
 
spes_salvi said:
If Coke continues to promote same sex marriage, I’ll be seriously reconsidering abandoning soda altogether.
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I would suggst you do it, after all apraently Coke is good for lots of stuff, except for drinking.
 
BlueEyedLady said:
This seems to be about your own prejudice. There’s no reason that she’s obligated to speak in English to her family in a store just so that you can understand her conversation. It’s none of your business what she’s saying. If that’s the conclusion that you come to when you hear a foreign language, you might want to reconsider your attitude.

I am fluent in Spanish. When I honeymooned in Mexico, I spoke English to my husband. Is that a problem? I would hope not, since the only thing he knew how to say was “necesito mi esposa”. 😃

I would never expect anyone to speak English to people that they are far more comfortable speaking another language to just so that they don’t “look foreign”. And even if they do “look foreign”, who cares? For all you know, they are, and they’re just visiting the country.
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See the line under my signature below. :rolleyes:
 
Lost_Sheep said:
See the line under my signature below. :rolleyes:
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One side of my family speaks French around each other. They have been in America for several generations. I will speak Spanish with my mother when we go shopping. There is nothing wrong with being trilingual and it if you don’t use it, you will lost it. 🤷

People who think that I am not trying to assimilate are being rude and judgmental, not to mention that they have no clue that I was born in America and I have never even traveled outside of the States.

They are the ones with the problem, not me nor others who are able to speak other languages.
 
BlueEyedLady said:
This seems to be about your own prejudice. There’s no reason that she’s obligated to speak in English to her family in a store just so that you can understand her conversation. It’s none of your business what she’s saying. If that’s the conclusion that you come to when you hear a foreign language, you might want to reconsider your attitude.
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Thank you. 🙂
BlueEyedLady said:
I am fluent in Spanish. When I honeymooned in Mexico, I spoke English to my husband. Is that a problem? I would hope not, since the only thing he knew how to say was “necesito mi esposa”. 😃
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That’s very cool that you know Spanish (I’m assuming it’s not your native tongue). I’ve tried to teach my non-Spanish-speaking friends some phrases and words here and there. So far they only know a few words, but I will keep trying! 🙂
BlueEyedLady said:
I would never expect anyone to speak English to people that they are far more comfortable speaking another language to just so that they don’t “look foreign”. And even if they do “look foreign”, who cares? For all you know, they are, and they’re just visiting the country.
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This. 👍
 
This ad was not catchy enough to remember, or make me want to drink Coke. The music was very so-so. The modern way of jamming a bunch of images to make a mental collage is overdone.

Check this Coke ad for something that will stick in your brain:

youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q
 
Lost_Sheep said:
That’s because it creates the impression that you are a “foreigner” who has no desire to assimilate with the rest of the country.

An incorrect impression perhaps, but an impression nonetheless.
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So what? If some one is foreign, why would that be a bad thing? You make it sound like America is the most selfish, immoral, snooty people on the Earth.
 
In our local newspaper today there was a letter complaining that in the Coke commercial “our National Anthem was sung in a variety of twisted languages.”

Call me judgmental but I can’t help but think that says a lot about the letter writer.
 
BlueEyedLady said:
:confused:

He said that you’re making the US look that way because of your attitude towards people that you deem “others”. In response, you agreed with him…?
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He said “You make it sound like America is the most selfish, immoral, snooty people on the Earth.”

I simply agreed that Americans are the most selfish, immoral, snooty people on the Earth.
 
Lost_Sheep said:
He said “You make it sound like America is the most selfish, immoral, snooty people on the Earth.”

I simply agreed that Americans are the most selfish, immoral, snooty people on the Earth.
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I doubt it has anything to do with what country you are from… but rather how much leisure time and disposable income you have for your passions and desires.

If your passions and desires are not “good” and you have a lot of time and money… then narcissism becomes the rule of the day…
 
So here’s a question… How come the commercial excludes languages such as Italian, Gaelic, German and such who had such a huge part of building the USA. There were three European languages (kind of), Spanish, Senegalese-French, and English. None of which I feel were being associated with their European ancestry. The commercial seemed to be made to appeal more to minority groups.
 
felsguy said:
In our local newspaper today there was a letter complaining that in the Coke commercial “our National Anthem was sung in a variety of twisted languages.”

Call me judgmental but I can’t help but think that says a lot about the letter writer.
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I had a friend do the same thing.

When someone reminded him that it wasn’t the National Anthem, he pretty much said, “Well, it may as well have been.” :rolleyes:

Oh, and I saw the Cherrios commercial. Wasn’t it adorable?

In case people don’t realize that is the same family that did a different Cherrios commercial. The little girl poured the cereal on her sleeping father’s heart in the last one. I just loved the look on the girl’s face when she says, “And a puppy,” in this commercial.
 
RinoaHeartilly said:
It’s comments like these that remind me of people at the store/school/anywhere that give me dirty looks when I speak in Spanish to my family, even though I’ve been in Advanced English classes since 2nd grade, and have no issues speaking the ‘de facto’ language.

Indeed I did. What about it?
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I took Spanish to fulfill my foreign language requirement at university. To practice I usually talked to a Cuban friend in Spanish. One time while we were standing
in line at a convenience line store and chatting in Spanish, a man suddenly started yelling at us about us needing to learn English.
English is my first language.:rolleyes:
 
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