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FELIZE NAVIDAD TO ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS

As seen on a marquee board in passing. I bet they felt really magnimonious when they wrote that.

Asses.

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[spiralsheep]

Is there any chance it was posted by an "illegal alien" in a fit of irony?

I regret and apologise in advance for bringing up the subject of Sting and his music but his song is quite well known and popular for its irony: "I'm an alien. I'm a legal alien. I'm an Englishman in New York."

I suppose, "FELIZ corporate xmas y PROSPERO AÑO NUEVO except, if we're being realistic, for illegal immigrants", doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

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It was, oddly enough, on a sign for a small . . . car-insurance-type agency which would have otherwise been overlooked.

The thing that makes me flamingly mad is the arrogant assumption that anyone who speaks Spanish is, by default, an illegal alien. And conversely that all illegal aliens must be hispanic. It makes me want to stab things with a stabby object.

FELIZ corporate xmas y PROSPERO AÑO NUEVO except, if we're being realistic, for illegal immigrants
Does not roll off the tongue as such, no. It would also probably not fit on the marquee board.

[spiralsheep]

It was, oddly enough, on a sign for a small . . . car-insurance-type agency which would have otherwise been overlooked.

How bizarre. I can immediately think of at least half a dozen explanations but they all seem equally unlikely.

The linguistic demographics and the most obvious interpretation hadn't hit me due to me being an alien. It explains the odd combination of two languages though. I was wondering.

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It is an insanely arrogant and American assumption, which makes me want to stab things all the more.

Where are you being an alien and from whence, if you don't mind me asking?