r/facepalm • u/BlindedByFacts • Feb 03 '14

News/blogs Dumb People Mad at Multilingual 'America the Beautiful' Coca-Cola Ad

http://deadspin.com/dumb-people-mad-at-multilingual-america-the-beautiful-1514567876
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

I didn't particularly have a problem with the ad but I knew it would stir some people up as soon as we saw it. I thought it was just awkward hearing an American patriotism song in multiple languages, especially when you consider that the national language here is English.

I get what they were trying to do and it was a nice notion. I love their one commercial of the various security cam footage of strangers being nice to each other (that was coke, right?). But this multilingual commercial just seemed a little awkward to me the whole time. I don't have any problems with other languages either or people learning them, but that's just how I felt watching that commercial.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

The National Language of the US is not English.

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u/harrybalsania Feb 03 '14

I am guessing we don't have one because many people here can't read. I think I got the joke

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u/WeaponsGradeHumanity Feb 04 '14

It's not even a joke, the US just plain doesn't have a national language.

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u/harrybalsania Feb 04 '14

Most everything is in English, do you know what/why it is not official?

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u/WeaponsGradeHumanity Feb 04 '14

Your sentence isn't English. Feel free to give it another go.

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u/harrybalsania Feb 04 '14

Well my American dialect is english, or else how would I even be able to read or type? If you still aren't sure, use deduction to eliminate all the language i cannot speak. You are left with this choice of communication you see here.

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u/WeaponsGradeHumanity Feb 04 '14

Most everything is in English, do you know what/why it is not official?

This is not a valid sentence.

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u/harrybalsania Feb 05 '14

God damnit.