This is America....why do I have to push 1 to hear English??

Question

If I lived in Mexico or France, I would learn to speak the language. Wouldn't YOU?

Yes I would Stephanie, it's very simple.

The language in America is E-N-G-L-I-S-H, speak it!!

To gretaotto "my COUNTRY 'tis of thee..."

To maroc - The ENGLISH 101 class is down the hall and to the right....

Answer 1

yes I completely agree I think that people who live here should learn our language just like we should learn to speak a different language if I moved to a different country.

Answer 2

Apparently someone is extremely frustrated for not speaking another language. Well, SORRY!

I came to THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA just 3 years ago from Honduras. I speak, read and write in English just as well as you do. YES, when I came here I needed English and I had to learn it. I like it very much. However the number of people who spoke spanish, korean, filipino, chinese...was uncoutable (A LOT OF KIDS IN THAT ESL CLASS). I just graduated from High School with honors and my family is so proud of myself. However I believe that if I had to work the entire day as many illegal and legal immigrants do, I think that I would not be able to be writing all these letters. Many of those people cannot go to school to learn English because they must work everyday in order to eat and pay all those expensive bills.

I know America is a continent not A country, so please just say The U. S.

ANOTHER thing there exist a race that i prefer not to mention them. .... so racist. I can't understand why there exist so much hate and SEPARATIONS.

IF you don't want to press English to understand the operator them press 2 which will be Spanish. ( sorry apparently you wouldn't be able to understand the message)


I adviced and encourage you to learn another language, thus you would be less frustrated. NOT only Spanish. Also Korean and Chinese are beautiful.


oooooh before I forget can you please read the first amendment of the constitution? (it is in the bill of rights= the first ten amendments of the constitution) when you finish read it you will notice how extraordinary AND SMART the framers were.

Answer 3

It does not imply that the person who made the call is English speaking or an American. I believe there are people living in America speaks Spanish, Mandarin, etc. It is an option for those who dont speak English, to push 2, 3 or even 4 to choose the language option.

Answer 4

I don't have a problem with having to push 1 to hear English. There are over a hundred different language groups represented in America, and there is a very large demographic whose native tongue is not English.

Every region has its own language mix. In Los Angeles and San Francisco, you have a lot of people who speak Spanish or an Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and Cambodian) language. In Chicago, there's a very large Polish population. In Wisconsin and Minnesota, there are a lot of Scandinavians, so you might hear Swedish or Norwegian. In the northeast, on the Canadian border, you'll hear French. I know a few people who speak Dutch. I know a few people who speak Italian. I know a few people who speak Russian.

I'm Korean, and though I speak very little of it, I am proud of my heritage. I also took French and Italian in college, plus I'm learning sign language. I speak a small bit of Spanish also, and want to learn Dutch and Portuguese at some point as well. America is multi-national and it never hurts to learn a foreign language.

Answer 5

GLOBAL commerce or Inmigration country. But I respect that the USA language is english.

But AMERICA has several languages, because is not just your country, is a Continent. Some languages in the USA are more older than U think or to know, maybe this is the reason. Just check the names of big cities, like California, New Mexico, Nevada, Florida, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Ana, Arizona, etc. etc. etc...

Answer 6

I hear your frustration but I think some of the others are right we are a Nation of many cultures and some don't speak English. I think it's good to be flexible with communication but I also agree that immigrant's should make an effort to communicate in the language of there new Country. If for no other reason than to show a little gratitude for what this Country provides and a little less attitude.

Answer 7

Duhh, America is a CONTINENT not a country. And in that continent people speak Spanish, Portuguese, French and many more languages.

Ohh you mean The UNITED STATES Of America. Well that`s a country.

Just cause a song says it, it STILL doesn't mean America is a Country, America IS still a CONTINENT, check you Atlas. Stop calling yourself an american if you are from the US.

Answer 8

Because America is a melting pot, remember first grade? While English is spoken predominantly, we are increasingly participating in a global market which means that everyone doesn't speak English. Even if you lived in France (which I have), there are still a lot of dialects there and other languages from North Africa and Eastern Europe that have made their way into the country. At least you're only pushing 1 and not, like, 7 or 8.

Answer 9

There is no official language of the United States. Just deal with it.

Yes, it would be impossible to be successful in adademics or in business without learning to speak English here. I would learn so that I could function in society, but learning takes some time.

Answer 10

Gees, don't sweat it, it's just one number to press. And it's one, which means English still has priority, so breathe in and breathe out.

Has it ever occurred to you that immigrants who have been in the USA for just a little while are learning the language but not fluent or comfortable enough to have a technical phone conversation in that language? Doesn't mean they don't want to learn.

Besides, it's just called courtesy. And no one is forcing you to listen to the other languages. Just press one, and stop whining.

Answer 11

Well, American is jam-packed with minorities; who's to say that English is the dominant language of the U.S.

Learning the national language of the country you live in would be the most conscientious thing to do, but some people just don't.