{"id":5732,"date":"2017-04-21T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2020-05-28T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T05:45:05","slug":"american-perspectives-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/american-perspectives-on-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"american perspectives on immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>americans <em>gathering<\/em> together in public to shout &#8220;build the wall!&#8221; might be the most\u00a0embarrassing image associated with donald trump&#8217;s efforts to make america great again. for\u00a0trump supporters these <em><strong>gatherings<\/strong><\/em> (meetings) present a chance to loudly and unfairly place\u00a0\u00a0on immigrants, especially mexicans, and show aof (missing) intellecutal rigor and human compassion in understanding the issue.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>the <em><strong>double standard<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(uneven application of a principle) represented in these highly visible, ignorant american displays inspired\u00a0the latest video on the .<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"immigration\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYs12m4SMD0?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>here are some\u00a0observations to\u00a0<strong><em>aid<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(help) in your appreciation of the video.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>come let us reason together\u00a0<\/em>at the beginning to the video suggests a philosophical\u00a0conversation.<\/li>\n<li>at:48, the comment <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">i&#8217;ve got\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em>the papers to prove it<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is an example of thethat can replace the verb <em>have<\/em> means\u00a0<em>verify<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5810\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/make_america_great_again_signs-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"the just want to make america great again\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/make_america_great_again_signs-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/make_america_great_again_signs.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>can we reason together?<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>in the sentence <strong><em>you&#8217;re just gonna have to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">take my word for it, though<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0at :52,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/though-examples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>though<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>has the same function as the word <em>but<\/em>. i.e.,\u00a0i am a legal immigrant, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but<\/span><\/em>\u00a0you&#8217;re just gonna have to <em><strong>take my word for it<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(believe me) because i don&#8217;t have my papers with me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5811\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/that-would-be-great-yeah-if-people-could-just-take-my-word-for-it-that-im-awesome-instead-of-making--300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/that-would-be-great-yeah-if-people-could-just-take-my-word-for-it-that-im-awesome-instead-of-making--300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/that-would-be-great-yeah-if-people-could-just-take-my-word-for-it-that-im-awesome-instead-of-making-.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>this version of the popular &#8220;that&#8217;d be great&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/jennifer-aniston-is-fed-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">office space<\/a> meme includes <u>take my word for it<\/u>\u00a0&amp; <u>fill out<\/u><\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0i <em>swear<\/em> to ya <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">i\u00a0<\/span><u>got the<\/u>\u00a0paper work<\/strong>, at 1:03, is a<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/reductions-richyrocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> reduction<\/strong><\/a> of <em>i&#8217;ve got<\/em>. \u00a0in some situations in english, the &#8220;v&#8221; sound is <strong><em>reduced<\/em><\/strong> (not pronounced).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>paper work<\/strong><\/em> is <em>documentation<\/em>. frequently spanish speakers want to use the word <em>tramit<\/em>, based on the spanish words <em>tramitar<\/em> or <em>tr\u00e1mite<\/em>. \u00a0DON&#8217;T DO IT. it&#8217;s great spanglish, but tramit is NOT a word in english.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>swear<\/em><\/strong> indicates <em>a strong promise<\/em>, like in the title of the smash hit<strong><em>\u00a0i swear <\/em><\/strong>by\u00a0boy band <strong>all4one<\/strong><b><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/b>i prefer the version by the minions in <strong><em>despicable me 2<\/em><\/strong>. it sounds like they are singing &#8220;underwear&#8221; instead of &#8220;i swear&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minions song - i Swear - Despicable Me 2\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wd4Oxk11PA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>starting at 1:10, a long hypothetical possibility is presented using the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nd_conditional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2nd conditional <\/a>structure<\/strong> (<strong>if +past tense+ would, could or might<\/strong>). the idea is that <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span><\/em><\/strong> i <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wasn&#8217;t<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0a legal immigrant&#8230;&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>i <em><u>wouldn&#8217;t be<\/u><\/em>\u00a0<em>out and about<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<h4><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">i&#8217;d be<\/span><\/em>\u00a0be hiding in the shadows.<\/h4>\n<h4>i <em>sure as heck<\/em> <em><u>wouldn&#8217;t be<\/u><\/em>\u00a0making videos on youtube.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>out and about<\/strong><\/em> means <em>publicly visible.<\/em> \u00a0<em><strong>sure as heck<\/strong><\/em> is for emphasis, similar to\u00a0<em>definitely<\/em>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/heck-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>heck<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a softer way to say <em>hell<\/em>. there is another hypothetical situation used at 2:35.<\/p>\n<h4><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span><\/em>\u00a0u <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span><\/em> being a little bit more real about it, maybe u <em><u>would go o<\/u><\/em><i><u>ut<\/u><\/i>\u00a0there and chant, &#8220;i want my things.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5809\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/conan-o-brien-624x351-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/conan-o-brien-624x351-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/conan-o-brien-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/conan-walking-around-in-mexico-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conan o&#8217;brien<\/a> <u>out and about<\/u>\u00a0in mexico city<\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>\u00a0shall we say<\/strong><\/em> at 1:27 is used to make something negative sound less negative.<\/li>\n<li>a string of hypothetical situations in the past (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/third-conditional-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3rd conditional<\/a><\/strong>&#8212;<strong>modal auxiliary verb + have + past participle<\/strong>) starts at 1:30.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>while it is almost impossible to imagine that there <em>would&#8217;ve been<\/em> some mexican squad, searching, <em>scouring<\/em> mexico city coming and looking for me.\u00a0if it <em>would&#8217;ve happened<\/em>, i probably <em>woulda just had to leave<\/em>.\u00a0it seems very unlikely that i <em>would&#8217;ve looked<\/em> for solidarity.<\/h4>\n<p>all of these examples are with the modal auxiliary verb <em>would<\/em>. 3 times <em>would have<\/em> is represented by the contraction <em>would&#8217;ve<\/em>. i probably <em>woulda<\/em> just had to leave is another example of<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/shoulda-woulda-coulda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> the &#8220;v&#8221; sound being reduced<\/a>, in this case the &#8220;v&#8221; at the end of <em>have<\/em>.\u00a0<strong><em>scour<\/em><\/strong> means <em>search meticulously<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dipshit-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>dipshits<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (3:05) are<em> idiots<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5814\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dipshit-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dipshit-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dipshit.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>comfy<\/strong><\/em> is short for <em>comfortable<\/em>. <strong><em>cozy<\/em><\/strong> is similar, additionally evoking a feeling of home. \u00a0and <em><strong>comfy cozy<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(3:10) describes a feeling of warm comfort and security. it&#8217;s used sarcastically in the video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5808\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bigmanrecliner-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bigmanrecliner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bigmanrecliner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bigmanrecliner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bigmanrecliner-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bigmanrecliner.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em><u>comfy, cozy<\/u> in a big fucking chair<\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>land grab<\/strong> <\/em>(3:16) means taking land by<em> force<\/em> or<em> fraud<\/em>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/grab-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>grab<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>take forcefully or suddenly with your hand<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>get in line<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>stand in line <\/strong><\/em>are illustrated in the picture in the video at 3:21.<\/li>\n<li>the dialogue from\u00a03:30 to 3:45 is a style of talk somewhere between cowboys in movies and supporters of building a wall between the u.s. and mexico. near\u00a0the beginning of this <em><strong>rant<\/strong><\/em> (long, emotional sometimes confused speech) <strong><em>u <b><i><u>best<\/u><\/i><\/b> get off<\/em> it<\/strong> is a <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/threat-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threat<\/a> to get off the land. <em>best<\/em> is an alternative to using<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/better-as-a-modal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> <em><b><i><u>better<\/u><\/i><\/b> <\/em>as a modal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5807\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1461602130405-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1461602130405-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1461602130405.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em><u>filling out<\/u> forms: the american way.<\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>the graphic at 3:42 says <strong>filling out forms=the american way<\/strong>. it\u00a0is a sarcastic representation of anti-immigration ideas. an\u00a0armed cowboy protecting his land is a traditional american icon that connects\u00a0with the &#8220;build the wall&#8221; mentality; it&#8217;s a proud symbol that many americans \u00a0identify with . there is much less national pride about the united states&#8217; strong bureaucratic tradition, <em>paper work<\/em> and <em>filling out<\/em> forms.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>fill out<\/strong><\/em> means <em>complete<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5816 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hypocritical-ii-300x286.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hypocritical-ii-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hypocritical-ii.png 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>what do u think about immigration around the world? \u00a0do\u00a0americans look <em><strong>hypocritical<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(contradictory) for taking a strong position against mexican\/latin american immigration into the united states? \u00a0share your opinions under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.65\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>americans gathering together in public to shout &#8220;build the wall!&#8221; 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