Who here noticed the Spanish on America's Quarter?

[billdeserthills]

Why does America have money with a foreign language on it?

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[jackrv]

Because the powers that be want it. Inclusion, don't ya know.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Well...
Many US coins and bills also have :
E.Pluribus Unum on them...so there is that as well.

I understand that the above Latin is the motto of the United States....
But it is in a foreign language....even if back in the day it was also the language of scholars, which is why it is on our currency.

So to me at least...the Spanish on the quarter makes sense for the context of coin and the gal who is on it.

If either of the foreign phrases bother anyone so much....feel free to send any coins and bills which have 'em to me.....
Andy

 

[TTSX]

I'd rather have some Spanish words than "in god we trust" on my money.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Because George WA is no longer cool. Some idiots even tear down statues of him and desecrate war memorials.

That said I always liked that Sacajawea dollar due to the gold color made it different.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

While I don't agree to the tearing down of statures and the like....
We as a country are the sum of all of our history.
We wouldn't be who we are without the good , the bad or the meh in our history or of those who made it.
Tearing down statures and like does not change the past....
What happened has happened...learn from the past...don't deny it.

In any event...
We as a country are made , as the phrase goes...
Out of many , one...E pluribus unum
Recognizing our greatness and faults ....
As well as those who have helped shape us as a nation , is a good thing

Some of the above greatness , faults , and shaping...will be cause for questions , concerns , pride , honor and even uncomfortable conversations.
However....
None of us need to be defined by the past....we are who we make ourselves out to be.
Andy

 

[gryghin]

Because George WA is no longer cool. Some idiots even tear down statues of him and desecrate war memorials.

That said I always liked that Sacajawea dollar due to the gold color made it different.

Yeah, why don't we have any Shoshone written on coins? That was Sacajawea's tribe.

 

[gryghin]

While I don't agree to the tearing down of statures and the like....
We as a country are the sum of all of our history.
We wouldn't be who we are without the good , the bad or the meh in our history or of those who made it.
Tearing down statures and like does not change the past....
What happened has happened...learn from the past...don't deny it.

In any event...
We as a country are made , as the phrase goes...
Out of many , one...E pluribus unum
Recognizing our greatness and faults ....
As well as those who have helped shape us as a nation , is a good thing

Some of the above greatness , faults , and shaping...will be cause for questions , concerns , pride , honor and even uncomfortable conversations.
However....
None of us need to be defined by the past....we are who we make ourselves out to be.
Andy

Wow, you sound like an "educator".

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Wow, you sound like an "educator".

Well...
Yes.
Ifin' you mean that in a positive way....
Andy

 

[albin25]

I sometimes wonder if statues and monuments commemorating past evils wouldn't be just as (more) beneficial to a society as visible reminders to never forget/never repeat those evils….
…. Covering up or erasing the past is a sure fire way to make sure it's repeated.

 

[Member 5605]

It also has Latin.

E Plurbius Unum

I guess we can disregard 'out of many one' then.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Peso, here we come!

 

[clanhanson]

Get these durn foreign words off muh Murican money! This is Murica, we speak MURICAN YEEHAWW

I wonder if it would be so triggering if it was in Norwegian instead...

 

[titsonritz]

Well...
Many US coins and bills also have :
E.Pluribus Unum on them...so there is that as well.

I understand that the above Latin is the motto of the United States....
But it is in a foreign language....even if back in the day it was also the language of scholars, which is why it is on our currency.

So to me at least...the Spanish on the quarter makes sense for the context of coin and the gal who is on it.

If either of the foreign phrases bother anyone so much....feel free to send any coins and bills which have 'em to me.....
Andy

^^^This pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter.

I'd rather have some Spanish words than "in god we trust" on my money.

It should read "In God we trust, all others pay cash"

 

[titsonritz]

Get these durn foreign words off muh Murican money! This is Murica, we speak MURICAN YEEHAWW

I wonder if it would be so triggering if it was in Norwegian instead...

Than it would read...

Kongens palass er et enkelt sted å gå inn, men et vanskelig sted å forlate.

or...

Gull er liten trøst for den døde slektningen.

 

[clanhanson]

Than it would read...

Kongens palass er et enkelt sted å gå inn, men et vanskelig sted å forlate.

or...

Gull er liten trøst for den døde slektningen.

*then

 

[titsonritz]

*then

Theirs one I always screw up, can't never keep strait witch is witch, weather then or than.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Theirs one I always screw up, can't never keep strait witch is witch, weather then or than.

The interesting part is that it was your English he had to correct, not your Norwegian (assuming that wasn't Google translate, or similar).

 

[titsonritz]

The interesting part is that it was your English he had to correct, not your Norwegian (assuming that wasn't Google translate, or similar).

It was, but I would assume my Norwegian grammar would be no better than my English grammar.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Peso, here we come!

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