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Learn Our Language
This is a headline story right here! It has to be one of the top issues in the country today. I am referring to the "Press two for Spanish" issue. Why is this even an option? If someone wants to become an American badly enough, they should take the initiative to learn the language that is spoken here: English. I mean, does the government not know that by allowing a language barrier to exist inside our country, they are potenially limiting the progression of the country. There should not be a need for any type of translator in our country. How can we be called the top country in the world if the citizens within it are not able to communicate freely? "Press two for Spanish" is also one of the most annoying statements that can be uttered over the phone. Spanish is not the only problem either. It is all the gibberish and nonsense that has to be endured before actually having the opportunity to speak to a customer service officer or telephone operator. I believe that Americans need to keep it simple. Diversity is grand, but when it pertains to the language, there is a problem. I have a simple solution that will unify our country and tear down the language barrier: Learn our language or go home!
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Oh alos wtt777 I do know what I am talking about. So please dont insult me.
Yes I very much agree, I see nothing wrong with people learning english but you can not ask someone to give up their culture just to escape persicucion.
Americans should learn British or go home...
Except that, America has so many ethnicites, that really, the world is our home.
Sorry, but English is a bit of an irrational language, and very hard to learn. Some people don't have the time or money to learn it, nor is returning back to their home country (because of war or genocide) an option.
Maybe you should consider that before assuming every Spanish or alternative language speaker is just coming here to make things more "inconvinent" for us. I mean, other countries have English as their official language (see Canada), or at least have people who speak it, and they don't complain!
One thing: English isn't the offical language of the states.
I agree with you completely, but without English being our official language....
It stinks. We're now expected to learn spanish among othe languages to get jobs. A lot of schools require a year of foriegn language. Learning a language should be optional.
I do understand what you mean. If you are going to move to another country, you should learn the language of that country. That is true.
You have to look on both sides though. English is my second language and it can be a difficult language to learn. There are so many rules and some things just do not make sense. I now speak English fluently because I learned it at a young age. For older people learning a language is challenging. Even if they learn it, they can still be confused at times and would like to slip back into their natural tongue.
While I am not against the learning of other languages at all (I love language study!), and while English is not America's official language, I believe it should be America's official language.
And that if somebody wants to immigrate here, they should have to learn English. It's merely practical, because you're not going to get very far in this country without a good grasp on English anyways, which is what most of our people speak.
Then again, this is just my opinion.
(By the way, people, please don't pull the racism card.)
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