His point, I'm assuming, is that people immigrating to American should learn the language of the country they are immigrating to, not the reverse. I don't speak Spanish nor should I have to in order to live here. Now of course that isn't necessary in most places "YET". But there are some areas that Spanish is the predominate language spoken instead of English. English should be the official language so that our schools and other institutions aren't forced to be bi-lingual, which drives up costs and a wedge between Americans. This is all just part of the divide and conquer strategy, imo.
Oh right I had not picked up on that. I speak English, since I was born in England, but we (United Kingdom) do have a few other languages such as Gaelic. It's not like Canada though where their languages are legally-mandated English and French it's more of a "de jure" thing.
Just had a look and English is not the authentic "official language" of the USA so not sure why Spanish should be disallowed in some way. The Americans I have met are usually proud of their Polish, German, Italian, whatever, heritage.
It’s not that Spanish should be disallowed, it shouldn’t be an official second language. Just like the other person said, it’s now required in school. That causes a lot of problems and it’s more expensive for that. If people want to live in America, they should speak English. End Of!
Well I don't blame you guys for the confusion because I just made exactly the same embarrassing mistake. All my life I assumed that English was the official language of the UK but this thread got me thinking and I did some research - guess what, I was wrong upthread. Even in England, English is not any kind of official language it's just the most widely spoken. I believe exactly same in USA.
His point, I'm assuming, is that people immigrating to American should learn the language of the country they are immigrating to, not the reverse. I don't speak Spanish nor should I have to in order to live here. Now of course that isn't necessary in most places "YET". But there are some areas that Spanish is the predominate language spoken instead of English. English should be the official language so that our schools and other institutions aren't forced to be bi-lingual, which drives up costs and a wedge between Americans. This is all just part of the divide and conquer strategy, imo.
Oh right I had not picked up on that. I speak English, since I was born in England, but we (United Kingdom) do have a few other languages such as Gaelic. It's not like Canada though where their languages are legally-mandated English and French it's more of a "de jure" thing.
Just had a look and English is not the authentic "official language" of the USA so not sure why Spanish should be disallowed in some way. The Americans I have met are usually proud of their Polish, German, Italian, whatever, heritage.
It’s not that Spanish should be disallowed, it shouldn’t be an official second language. Just like the other person said, it’s now required in school. That causes a lot of problems and it’s more expensive for that. If people want to live in America, they should speak English. End Of!
Well I don't blame you guys for the confusion because I just made exactly the same embarrassing mistake. All my life I assumed that English was the official language of the UK but this thread got me thinking and I did some research - guess what, I was wrong upthread. Even in England, English is not any kind of official language it's just the most widely spoken. I believe exactly same in USA.
Thank you I couldn’t have said it better myself.