I think it's more like, we don't have a problem with having your language of origin or knowing other languages, but you should know English if you choose to live in the USA
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, first Secretary of State under Washington, and our third President spoke English, French, Italian, Latin, and he could read Greek, and Spanish. And with the Fact that he spoke Italian and Latin, tells me he probably had a really god grasp of Spanish when he heard it....
Benjamin Franklin, America’s first diplomat and well-known genius spoke English, French and Italian.
Our second President: John Adams spoke English, French and Latin.
President James Madison spoke English, Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
James Monroe spoke English and French.
Although Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not speak any foreign languages, Hancock, the wealthiest of our founding fathers, and perhaps the most generous, founded a Professorship of Oriental Languages and Hebrew in Massachusetts.
21 of America’s 44 Presidents have known at least a second language....
President Teddy Roosevelt spoke French and German....
Andrew Jackson who apparently spoke some Choctaw....
Thomas Paine spoke the Iroquois language and with a good dictionary, wrote letters in French....
Honestly, when I sit and ponder what they knew, did, an the learning curve they must have had to get through to become acquainted with the Language of Law, Maxims and all, I feel a bit ashamed of myself for only speaking, reading and writing Fluently in only two and for barely understanding a third, while barely knowing enough Korean to get food, shelter, and beer....
True Common Law has Maxims written in Latin, Spanish, French, Italian and a rare few in German, it's Legalese that really gets people, but you can find these also in Science, Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, along with some unexpected places of Common Trades....
But here's an article that I found interesting some years back::
Ok, so the Founders were Morons for leaving us with the Heritage of being Multilingual, which normally leads to being Much More Intelligent than an Average person who is Monolingual....
Never said you couldn’t learn more than one, just English should be the official language. You can learn what you want, think what you want. It’s still free in that respect.
You're one of those ""Nationalists"", one of those that thinks the U.S. is a Nation....
Soo sorry to bust up your Charade Parade, but the U.S. is a Federation, it's a Club that States can Join or leave At Will, because Each State is in fact a Nation....
And it's the States that have say over what their ""Official Language"" is or isn't....
Soooo, yeah, fuck the U.S. Federation, and NO, they do not get to pick or choose any ""Official Language"", that is a Right that is Reserved to the Individual States....
It's NEVER ""press 1 for Spanish"", and it IS always press 2....
But I really have to ask WHY you want Americans to be restricted to just one Language???
Restrictions such as that lead to lowered Intellects way below that which the founders had and set as our American Heritage....
Do you hate the Founders, or is it just our Multilingual American Heritage, Inquiring Minds want to know....
I think it's more like, we don't have a problem with having your language of origin or knowing other languages, but you should know English if you choose to live in the USA
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, first Secretary of State under Washington, and our third President spoke English, French, Italian, Latin, and he could read Greek, and Spanish. And with the Fact that he spoke Italian and Latin, tells me he probably had a really god grasp of Spanish when he heard it....
Benjamin Franklin, America’s first diplomat and well-known genius spoke English, French and Italian.
Our second President: John Adams spoke English, French and Latin.
President James Madison spoke English, Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
James Monroe spoke English and French.
Although Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not speak any foreign languages, Hancock, the wealthiest of our founding fathers, and perhaps the most generous, founded a Professorship of Oriental Languages and Hebrew in Massachusetts.
21 of America’s 44 Presidents have known at least a second language....
President Teddy Roosevelt spoke French and German....
Andrew Jackson who apparently spoke some Choctaw....
Thomas Paine spoke the Iroquois language and with a good dictionary, wrote letters in French....
Honestly, when I sit and ponder what they knew, did, an the learning curve they must have had to get through to become acquainted with the Language of Law, Maxims and all, I feel a bit ashamed of myself for only speaking, reading and writing Fluently in only two and for barely understanding a third, while barely knowing enough Korean to get food, shelter, and beer....
True Common Law has Maxims written in Latin, Spanish, French, Italian and a rare few in German, it's Legalese that really gets people, but you can find these also in Science, Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, along with some unexpected places of Common Trades....
But here's an article that I found interesting some years back::
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/03/the-mystery-of-people-who-speak-dozens-of-languages
The whole point of having multiple language "choices" is to DIVIDE us, a nation divided is easier to conquer.
Ok, so the Founders were Morons for leaving us with the Heritage of being Multilingual, which normally leads to being Much More Intelligent than an Average person who is Monolingual....
Got it....
Never said you couldn’t learn more than one, just English should be the official language. You can learn what you want, think what you want. It’s still free in that respect.
Oh wait, I got your Number....
You're one of those ""Nationalists"", one of those that thinks the U.S. is a Nation....
Soo sorry to bust up your Charade Parade, but the U.S. is a Federation, it's a Club that States can Join or leave At Will, because Each State is in fact a Nation....
And it's the States that have say over what their ""Official Language"" is or isn't....
Soooo, yeah, fuck the U.S. Federation, and NO, they do not get to pick or choose any ""Official Language"", that is a Right that is Reserved to the Individual States....