Is anyone else tired?

Question

Is anyone else tired of all of the Spanish used in the US? i know it's good to have other languages but it seems like it is becoming the main language. This is America shouldn't people at least speak the language??

Answer 1

Agreed! I sit at work and i think its rude that people all around me are talking Spanish.

Answer 2

i am open minded and respect other cultures/languages/ethnicities completely (most of my family are immigrants from various countries in Europe and the Middle East). However, i feel that people that come here need to learn English. My dad came, as did my greatgrandparents, and they all learned English right away or before they came here. It can cause problems when people dont speak the language used by teh majority of the country. For instance, recently a boy in California died after falling out of a ferris wheel. As teh mother watched before and asked the ride operator for help, he could do nothing because he didnt understand English. I just read that last week and it shocked me that something like htat could happen. I also noticed this could cause a problem when i was with friends in the city and we asked for help from a bus driver. He began to tell us things but we couldnt understand him well becasue he didnt speak English. We soon realized he was telling us opposite of what we needed, and could have gotten us really lost in a big city. I respect immigrants but i feel that if they come to live and work here, they have to try to learn the language if they want to succeed and really help the country.

Answer 3

Hell yes, this is America and we speak English. I have said it time and time again. If they are going to invade our country and take all of the jobs from the middle class, not pay taxes and generally be a burden to us, the least that they could do is speak the language here. The ones that refuse to learn should not be able to get a job or anything else in this country.

Answer 4

I think that an attempt to assimilate to the language of the country you reside in is at the very least is expected. I wouldn't move to spain and expect them to learn english to speak to me I'd be learning spanish in that case. Same goes for mexico or any other south american language. As a visitor I'd look for english speaking people, If I live there I will certainly make an effort to learn the language.

Answer 5

No, I am happy that things are starting to be in Spanish too, it is not like they are getting rid of the English, they are just putting things in both languages. Plus it is helpful to the people that dont speak English.

Answer 6

I am not tired of Spanish being used in the U.S. And, don't presume that just because someone speaks another language -- Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Afrikaans -- they don't know English. I have many friends who not only speak English, but either one, two, or three different languages. And, often switch to another language, to speak privately amongst themselves, in a public place.

Americans should model themselves after the European nations, that are bilingual or even trilingual and no one is threatened by it. America would benefit if more of us not limit ourselves, and learn another language aside from just English.


p.s. I wonder if you know that your name -- "Tia" in Spanish, means "aunt." :-)

Answer 7

i dont really care what language anyone speaks....spanish, dutch, french hell speak klingon for all i care....but dont expect to come to this country and try to make everyone else learn your language or translate everything into your language simply because you're too lazy to learn the language of the country that you are in. I have been all they way around the world....twice..and had to learn enough of the other languages to get by or I had to do with out....WELCOME TO AMERICA...GLAD YOU MADE IT....NOW LEARN THE LANGUAGE!!!!!!

Answer 8

In the beginning of our country we decided to speak one language, English. A person in NY can understand and communicate with someone in Cal.. Slang and accents may be different but in all we can understand each other. If you come here from abroad and want to live you should speak the language, if I go to live in, let's say, Germany, I should learn German.

Answer 9

We have to learn other languages to go to other countries, so why can't they give us that same respect? At least learn English if your gonna live here, speak whatever you want, but know our language too... We need to respect all cultures, it's a two-way street than most people don't know how the hell to cross!

Answer 10

I think America should be free for individuals to decide upon a language for themselves, but to help them decide, I think we should decide on one language that the country uses to communicate effectively and base our society on that language.Personally I dont think that language should be based on gender like spanish tends to be. I know it should be english. And if you want to work here or function here it would be in a persons best inte4rest to learn english.

Answer 11

Yes, SI! Yes Yes!!!
hundreds of thousads of people are tired of a foreign language shoved down our throat daily.
My grandfather came to American from Greece, he did not expect everyone he met to learn Greek, he learned english and eventually became a succesful businessman. My wifes grandmoher spoke German at home , but when she started School, hte classes were in English only, and she was punished if she was caught speaking German to other kids.That was 60 years ago and it was wrong, but so is changing our countries language to spanish