I find it very refreshing living in a place now where everything isn't written in a minimum of 2 languages. Local gov in NOVA had everything printed in a minimum of 7 languages.
Yep - it's been a long but observable process over the last 40 years. In elementary school, even junior high, the foreign kids had to take ESL and learn English. Then as I became an adult and started having interactions with the DMV, you'd start seeing signage in English and Spanish. Fast forward to the 2020s and the DMV in NoVA had signs in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Dari, Urdu, Pashtun, and Hindi at a minimum. This includes the driving test being offered in all languages. The courthouses are the same as well.
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😜 I speak half decent Spanish and I threw it into the translator, but I could not pass up the opportunity for a wise crack.
I find it remarkable timing that Trump just warned the Cartels of what's going to happen when he retakes power.
I find it very refreshing living in a place now where everything isn't written in a minimum of 2 languages. Local gov in NOVA had everything printed in a minimum of 7 languages.
The practice by government of placating to people who don't speak English is one of the largest factors in preventing assimilation of immigrants.
Yep - it's been a long but observable process over the last 40 years. In elementary school, even junior high, the foreign kids had to take ESL and learn English. Then as I became an adult and started having interactions with the DMV, you'd start seeing signage in English and Spanish. Fast forward to the 2020s and the DMV in NoVA had signs in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Dari, Urdu, Pashtun, and Hindi at a minimum. This includes the driving test being offered in all languages. The courthouses are the same as well.
No coincidences.