I can’t stand immigrants who come here from England, and after SEVEN GENERATIONS, still only speak English. Anglos need to assimilate and learn to hold a conversation in the local Indigenous language.
I can’t stand immigrants who come here from England, and after SEVEN GENERATIONS, still only speak English. Anglos need to assimilate and learn to hold a conversation in the local Indigenous language.
I do agree with you, but as someone living in the outback, there are 3+ common indigenous languages here. I do me best by encouraging the indigenous community/town names like Ntaria, Mparntwe and Apatula. Even if I learn the basics in Arrente, Luritja, Pitjantjatjara, and others will get left behind.
Also, LOVE this graffiti that keeps getting taking down.
I remember in the debate with Albanese, when Dutton was like “No, I care about Indigenous Australians! I visited tons of ‘remote’ communities, like Alice Springs, … … tons of communities!”
And I was thinking “Mate, you don’t even know the Indigenous name of the one community you visited. You’re a bloody racist disgrace.”
Anyway, I encourage you to think of it this way: Right now, there are four languages around you, and you know one of them. If you knew two of them, that’d be better than one. Two’s better than one. So I say just pick one you have the most connection with, even if that connection is “eenie miney moe”, and learn that one. And hey, maybe the old people in the Country will guide your “eenie miney moe” to the right language for you.