2006-10-25 03:07:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
California? Hell, you need a law to make English one of the official languages out there!! LOL
2006-10-25 03:11:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Um, 'no'. If you really like speaking spanish, why not move to Mexico, and fix the place up, so it has its' own economy etc?
I like the idea of english being the official language of the United States. This is the 21st century...can our schools have REALLY gotten so bad that kids are growing up without understanding the national language of business and government? I think the whole language thing is bogus, kind of like the rest of the pro-illegal arguments etc.
2006-10-25 11:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by gokart121 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
California is one of many state that already have an official language and its English.
Primary Language Spoken in the USA.
English 82.105%
Spanish or Spanglish 10.710%
Chinese 0.771%
French (incl. Patois, Cajun) 0.627%
German 0.527%
Tagalog 0.467%
Vietnamese 0.385%
Italian 0.384%
Korean 0.341%
Russian 0.269%
Polish 0.254%
Arabic 0.234%
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole 0.215%
Japanese 0.182%
French Creole 0.173%
Other Indic languages 0.167%
African languages 0.160%
Other Asian languages 0.152%
Greek 0.139%
Other Indo-European languages 0.125%
Hindi 0.121%
Other Pacific Island languages 0.120%
Persian 0.119%
Other Slavic languages 0.115%
Urdu 0.100%
Other West Germanic languages 0.096%
Gujarati 0.090%
Serbo-Croatian 0.089%
Other Native North American languages 0.078%
Armenian 0.077%
Hebrew 0.074%
Mon-Khmer, Cambodian 0.069%
Yiddish 0.068%
Navajo 0.068%
Miao, Hmong 0.064%
Scandinavian languages 0.062%
Laotian 0.057%
Other and unspecified languages 0.055%
Thai 0.046%
Hungarian 0.045%
The United States federal government has no formally established official language, but it does use English for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
2006-10-25 10:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. How many of the spanish-speaking people in California are legally allowed to vote? I know there is a huge Hispanic population, but how many of them are legal? That would be the only obstacle because i don't think anyone else would vote for it.
2006-10-25 10:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by Niecy 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
i think we all know we do not need a vote to make spanish the second language in california it already is and its going to continue to be one of the languages of california because thats what cali is all about everyone doing there own thing i think alot of people in yahoo answers dont live in california or at least not southern california
2006-10-25 11:07:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I personally don't know if i would vote on that,
But i don't think that would be passed, as the people who want people to speak Spanish are usually not registered to vote ( illegals).. I can't see it going down well with a lot of older american citizens & especially with many other citizens because of the grudge they have against the illegals and their languge ( Spanish), But you never know.
2006-10-25 10:12:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
What difference would it make?
At least half of the residents...legal or otherwise speak Spanish. Why waste legislative time making mute motions?
2006-10-25 11:32:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
War.
2006-10-25 12:25:53 · answer #8 · answered by Constitution 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I hope not. My grandparents came from Poland and they were forced to kearn English
2006-10-25 10:10:10 · answer #9 · answered by devora k 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Let's keep it simple .
Just learn how to speak English , OK !!!
2006-10-25 10:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋