So we as REAL AMERICANS don't lose our identity. I for one am sick and tired of having to press one for English!!!!!!!!!!
2006-07-19 15:36:17
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answered by The Mick "7" 7
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A national language is important because it is a part of culture. Believe it or not, there is an American culture. We hear the phrase cultural melting pot so much, but our pot seems to have big clumps instead of being blended. A common language is also needed for commerce. It is quite difficult to place an order or to ask a question when two people don't speak the same language. A common language is needed for the purpose of communication. Road signs, warnings, government documents, etc. are important enough that everyone needs to know what they say. It would be cheaper to all if they were printed in one common language instead of three or four different languages. I am a teacher. What happens when a student who doesn't speak my language comes to my classroom. Should I be required to go back to college and spend thousands of dollars and many hours of time that I have precious little of learning the student's language? Should the state provide a translator, costing several thousand dollards per year from state funds, or should the student be expected to do the same as his or her peers and learn the dominant language of the country he or she is in, which we have always expected immigrants to do? Even if you don't believe the Bible, the story of the Tower of Babel teaches an important lesson: To work together we need to be able to communicate with each other.
2006-07-17 08:30:14
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answered by Chuck 2
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Ithrath ma punk iliofi. What good is language if no one can understand it? Language needs to be understood. Language is the means we have of talking to each other. It has to be a common language that we all know so we can understand each other.
In Europe people speak several languages. It is very common. I have met many Europeans that spoke both English and French or English and German. They learn multiple languages in order to communicate. Up until now in America, English has been the common language. The biggest percentage of modern immigrants to the U.S. speak Spanish. So the push to have English/Spanish as the common language is market driven. You can debate all you want but advertisers, who are in a habit of making money, are pushing it. It is market driven. So like Europeans, it is just smart to become bi-lingual. By the way I have researched all the top rated Spanish programs -- I listened to their demos -- and Rosetta Stone is by far the best.
2006-07-06 05:16:46
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answered by pshdsa 5
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In the United States the National Language should be English. As that is what the laws are written in and that is what the majority of schools teach as a basic language and in spelling and grammar. Unfortunately, they come on here and seem to forget about all rules of English and grammar, and can't seem to find the spell check at the top right hand corner of the box where you type your answers.
2006-07-17 21:58:21
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answered by Anonymous
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Let me count the ways, Imagine a country where every document had to be printed in every language, could the food and drug administration force food suppliers to print all that on one single can for the ingriedients? what about school teachers? they would have to know fifty languages in order to teach art, or math.. the list would be nearly infinite, you get the picture... A single national language is in everyone's interest. IMagine a military made up of people speaking thirty five languages, how much miscommunication would there be?
2006-07-20 04:41:20
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answered by Anonymous
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isipin mo lang noh. Kung itong 1707 na islands ay hindi nagkakaintindihan. Di tayo makaka pag-bussiness with each other. Economics goes downs cause there's no trade.
Crime rate can go up because we can't understand each other. Madaming mag-aaway away- it either akala nung isa we are talking bad behind eah others backs. Stuff like that. And because di natin naiintindihan and isat isa- we will star to alienate each other from the friendships and relationships that we can find fruitful.
Kaya talaga may isang national language. Its ok to be different- but to be one and stand up strong- is entirely a different domain. Ika nga nila diba- tanggalin mo and isang sanga sa walis ting-ting, ito ay mababali. Talian mo ang lahat ng maliliit na sanga nito with a rubberband (Yung eh yung tagalog) ---Pag-pinag sama sama mo sila- ito ay matatag at nagkakaisa. Which is probably a good thing.
2006-07-06 05:03:33
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answered by mama_prito 2
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In many parts of the world having a national language helped unify the countries and demand thier independence.
more importantly having a National language also gives its people a sense of identity.
2006-07-13 08:10:47
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answered by Raymond 2
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Language is a unifying instrument.
A specific language, spoken throughout the nation, would simplify communication and understanding by everyone.
People would become "family".
2006-07-20 00:26:11
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answered by Mr.Been there 3
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National languages are bad; look at France. They *ban* the use of *words* that are not approved by the government. This infringes on the sovereign communication of the French citizens.
2006-07-06 05:01:26
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answered by presidentofallantarctica 5
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Here in these United States of America, the national language is ENGLISH. If you intend to live, visit, or work here...learn it!
It is literally the LEAST you can do!
2006-07-19 14:38:08
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answered by Anonymous
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Do you know the difference between our creator's universal language and ghostly kitchen's dialect from the graveyards on planet earth?
Look around in your own backyards and see how living human kind with miscommunication and communication failures all ended up in throwing pots and pans in bashing one another on planet earth.
2006-07-06 09:26:17
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answered by Anonymous
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