Our national language is still English right?

Question

I see signs in spanish,tv is broadcasted in spanish, instructions on things in spanish. If our national language has changed i need to know because im having tough time learning to speak mexican :-)

Answer 1

This ignorance is the reason that the Europeans are light years ahead of "Americans" (meaning the people of the Americas, rather than the just the United States)

A European friend of mine from Paris is French of Algerian decent, he speaks French, Arabic, English, German, Spanish and he's leaning Italian and Czech (his gf is from Prague). He's a waiter......

Another friend here in Mexico origionally from Italy speaks Italian, Spanish, English and some German, (he often appologises for speaking so few languages but explains that he doesn't have a talent for it...) Most Europeans speak between 3 and 6 different languages.

Over here the French speaking Canadians complain so bitterly about having to learn English that they actually formed a political party just so they wouldn't have to! The English Canadians not only complain as well, but they study French for years in school just so they can forget it immediately.

Mexicans ALL study English throughout their entire school career, but only .002% can speak a word of it!

And in the United States are the most stupid "Americans" of all! While BILLIONS of Indians and Chinese are learning fluent English (as well as Japanese, German, Spanish etc) for the Global World, the stupid yanks are parading around yelling "speak ENGLISH you stupid wetbacks" and their cities and states are passing laws prohibiting the use of any other language! Real, real smart........

Listen you "bozo" 300 million people, just to the south of you, (as well as millions in your own country) speak SPANISH. You'd think that instead of wasting all the time bellyaching, you could spend it at least making an EFFORT.........

Answer 2

The US doesn't actually have a national language, that's one of the problems. Immigrants have to take the citizenship test in English, but that's as far as it goes. And it's one thing for the government to print voting pamphlets in Spanish, Vietnamese, or Klingon, but prohibiting people from using other languages during the course of commerce (like Spanish language TV stations) would be an infringement of their freedom of speech.

Answer 3

You would not be speaking "Mexican", you'd be speaking spanish. And while officially, we do not have a national language, English is the most commonly used, with spanish at 2nd and chinese at 3rd.

Answer 4

National languages in the USA will be in a very few years both English and Spanish.
Americans should not be worried about this. USA was created by European inmigrants(British,German,Dutch,...etc....).
Spanish speaking people are coming to America to do all that jobs which consist in the basis of American economy.
Americans should be glad to have so many millions of inmigrants doing the hard work.
Evidently, these people are usually not very well educated, therefore they need explanations in their own language (Free Market is what is imposing this and Free market is what have made America the big country it is).
Let us be positive and constructive about this phenomenon

Answer 5

Where do you live? I'm in Yuma AZ and the same is true. Can't go thru a drive thru without a translater just about.

My oldest will be in his 2nd or 3rd year of spanish this year. If you're still in school I highly suggest it as many employers will hire a bilingual person over a person speaking only english.

Answer 6

Yes our official language is english. We are a country based on diversity and as a courtesy to our immigrants we have signs in spanish as well.We have spanish channels targeting the latino population and too bad you don't understand the language since you are missing out on some very good shows! You cant fight it so you may as well try to learn spanish.. you could use the signs to help you learn!

Answer 7

It is still English, but for some reason instead of making the immigrants learn English, we have decided to have everything in Spanish.

Answer 8

Today, there is no national language.

When the Fore Fathers came together to vote on the subject, they almost enacted German as the official language. But it failed by just a few votes.

Answer 9

unfortunately we have not declared a national language.... but we should hurry up and make it english, or we will all have to learn spanish, b/c it may soon be spanish

Answer 10

The official language should be English!!! If we are going to have immigrants come to this country then they should adapt to the language and laws of this country..not expect for the country to adapt to them. As for why instructions come in different languages...because a lot of those item are not only sold in the US you idiot!