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I don't get why this is such a controversy.
"The following is a list of sovereign states and non-sovereign entities where English is an official language, i.e., the language of government. In 2012, there were 60 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English was an official language."
List of countries where English is an official language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's also the official language of international business.
How is the "official language" offensive to immigrants? I don't complain Mexico's is Spanish, Or Israel's is Hebrew. And if I wanna go and live there I'm gonna learn the local lingo, not fold my arms across my chest and insist the country in which I'm a guest conforms to accomodate me.
English is the official language. Or at least unofficially it is.
I always liked the old joke, "If you speak 2 languages you are bilingual. If you speak 3 languages you are trilingual. If you speak more than 3 you are multilingual. And if you only speak 1 language you are an American."
"Doublespeak" will be official language after liberal Democrats let Washington DC run every aspect of our life. See Orwell 1984.
36% of my fucking wages went to support the lame and lazy. Democrats impact my life on a daily basis, from what kind of light bulb I can have, to the health care I can have. Communism."Doublespeak" will be official language after liberal Democrats let Washington DC run every aspect of our life. See Orwell 1984.
How many aspects of your life are currently run by D.C. liberals? Let's start there.
[Americans often learn more Spanish for a 1 week vacation in Cancun then immigrants living here for 20 years have bothered to learn.
Americans speak better English than the British doAmerican is preferable to English.
As I have often been reminded by many of my British friends, I do not speak English, I speak American.
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It is more understandable
There is no language named "American." English is the dominant language of the United States of America.
BullshitYou have to wonder why so many immigrants absolutely refuse to learn any English and even get mad if someone suggests they should. Americans often learn more Spanish for a 1 week vacation in Cancun then immigrants living here for 20 years have bothered to learn.I enjoyed learning Latin during legal education and reading Nostradamus, also had to learn French. After 30 years of not using the languages I learned to include Spanish, I lost the knowledge I once had..
36% of my fucking wages went to support the lame and lazy. Democrats impact my life on a daily basis, from what kind of light bulb I can have, to the health care I can have. Communism."Doublespeak" will be official language after liberal Democrats let Washington DC run every aspect of our life. See Orwell 1984.
How many aspects of your life are currently run by D.C. liberals? Let's start there.
He was homosexual tooBaron von Steuben never spoke a word of English, yet trained the revolutionary army of Washington...
I don't get why this is such a controversy.
"The following is a list of sovereign states and non-sovereign entities where English is an official language, i.e., the language of government. In 2012, there were 60 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English was an official language."
List of countries where English is an official language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's also the official language of international business.
How is the "official language" offensive to immigrants? I don't complain Mexico's is Spanish, Or Israel's is Hebrew. And if I wanna go and live there I'm gonna learn the local lingo, not fold my arms across my chest and insist the country in which I'm a guest conforms to accomodate me.
There is no "official" language for the United States, although some individual states list English as their official language. If you would like the United States or your state to adopt an official language, you should contact your elected officials .
The federal government is currently required to provide access to federal programs and federally assisted programs for people with limited English proficiency. To access more information about this topic, please visit the Limited English Proficiency website.
You have to wonder why so many immigrants absolutely refuse to learn any English and even get mad if someone suggests they should. Americans often learn more Spanish for a 1 week vacation in Cancun then [sic] immigrants living here for 20 years have bothered to learn.I enjoyed learning Latin during legal education and reading Nostradamus, also had to learn French. After 30 years of not using the languages I learned to include Spanish, I lost the knowledge I once had..
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No matter where Americans go, they insist that English be spoken. ...
That bit about English wasn't true in Teddy's day either.