I'd agree with you, but the problem is that is will just make it harder for people to became legal citizens the right way...
The other problem I have is that Spanish speakers, such as Puerto Ricans, are considered America.
Right, you were the one that was supposed to be directed at. You expect Americans to learn the language of wherever they go, but you also expect us to put everything in other languages for people who come here and don't speak English. Which is it gonna be?
Puerto Rico is a US territory. Do you have a problem with children in elementary school in Hawaii being taught the Hawaiian language? This ethnocentrism is really getting to me.
and those people are stereotypically American tourists
I am not contradicting myself. I am saying there can be more than one official language, and I favor education and language studies for everybody.
I don't object to people learning other languages. I think it's great. I just think that the official language, used on things like government forms or street signs, should be English.
So do you intend to go to Puerto Rico and demand they give all their streets English names?
And they, and our government never forced their language on us.You bled how much making this "our" country? Why are you so focused on Mexicans. What do you have against people who are in this country legally? Some of those actually have bled for this country. And when the Italians came here, hey, they spoke their own language for a couple generations.
And they, and our government never forced their language on us.
But, now, its press "1" for English, "2" for Spanish, "3" for French, "4" for Swahili(whatever), and "5" for Chinese.
Ridiculous !
So, lets clean up things and return to "1" language.
Its is a unifying factor.
it doesn't happen that way. People go to France all the time who don't speak french. Sorry.
Go to France, visit France, not move to France permanently and never learn the language. Sorry.
And they, and our government never forced their language on us.
But, now, its press "1" for English, "2" for Spanish, "3" for French, "4" for Swahili(whatever), and "5" for Chinese.
Ridiculous !
So, lets clean up things and return to "1" language.
Its is a unifying factor.
I prefer "Press 1 for English, or hang up and don't call back until you learn to speak English".
That attitude doesn't make a good business strategy.I prefer "Press 1 for English, or hang up and don't call back until you learn to speak English".
1. I don't think that's true.Go to France, visit France, not move to France permanently and never learn the language. Sorry.
Like everywhere else, the language is largely learned by the children. Adults rarely learn a new language well, if at all.
6 or 7 and spoke English and Spanish fluently
What about capitalism... businesses want to make money and all that?
That attitude doesn't make a good business strategy.
That's not government force. That is the business sector marketing to people. And I call BS on your claim that businesses never did it before. My great grandpa's obituary was published in a Czech language newspaper, and he wasn't even Czech but a lot of his friends and community members were Czech.
Again, what the private sector does is its own business. I'm just talking about the government.
I agree. I can't tell you how many time I have seen families where the parents barely know English, but their kids speak English and the native language and translate back and forth. Some of those kids are really small t0o... one little girl was playing with my nieces and she was probably 6 or 7 and spoke English and Spanish fluently. That's very impressive.
Everybody knows it's easier to learn a foreign language the younger you are... and parents that migrate here usually do it to give their children a better life.
I date somebody from Israel, and he first came to America barely knowing English and he had to deal with racism and discrimination... He was harassed and mocked by some cops once because they didn't think he knew English very well, but he actually knew what they were saying better than they realized. Once you start learning a foreign language, at first, you're better at understanding native speakers talking to you than you are actually speaking it yourself. The point is, it takes people time to learn a language. You can't expect immigrants to be fluent in English right away, and you especially can't expect them know technical language in legal forms or financial applications right away either.
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