I got off a plane at MIA and they announced the departing instructions in spanish. Is that cool? I thought this was an english based speaking country? I'm not being racist but isnt the common language english?
2006-11-20 12:15:28 · 10 answers · asked by jwurm99 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Miami
i think it is really unfair.. i used to live in miami and everyone always told me learn spanish and that is so wrong.. i am sorry but miami is still part of florida which is still part of the us.. in the us the language is english and only english.. if that was so true as for the people who got negative comments about this helping them, if they dont like it they can leave or learn the language.. down in miami they take this country for granted too much! glad i left!
2006-11-20 12:56:05 · answer #1 · answered by gacountrygirly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 02:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, there is no official language in the USA. Although, most people do speak English, a great majority of people do speak Spanish. My family orginated from Portugal and I respect them greatly for all learning English. Even my cousins and grandparents that still live in Portugal know English and use it when they visit America.
The Spanish will not stop. My best advice is broaden your horizons and attempt to learn the language. It is not only good to learn a second language but I know from being a twenty year old and being tri-lingual, that there are so many benifits in the job force when you know more then one language.
The United States is a melting pot. You have to remember even in the early 1900's, everyone was coming to America. Although it was mostly Irish and Italians, they did not speak the same language. People learned English and turmoil was resolved. It is now a new generation with a new wave of immigrants. As Americans, we must respect Latinos and take in what they have to offer.
2006-11-20 12:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by dancerchik2106 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well that is a tad odd - where did you fly in from? If it was a Spanish speaking country, that may simply have been a courtesy to an expected predominance of Spanish speakers.
On the other hand - the traditional 'national' language of the US is English. Some regions have even passed laws stating all government documents must be in English - California passed such a law a decade or so ago, though its never been enforced to my knowledge.
Sadly a sensitive issue nowadays...
Just my .000001
-dh
2006-11-20 12:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
truthfully and not PC. Miami was seceded to the Caribbean countries thirty years a go.
South Florida is like Quebec in Canada.
your English in a foreign country the same way we are going here in south Texas.
some will say 'the major part of our clients are Spanish speaking' well welcome the an English speaking country. Oh 'Hispanic' is a constructed classification of nations created in the early 70's by the census bureau , not a 'race'.
2006-11-20 12:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello J. I agree with u even though my first language is Spanish, but I do respect this country's language and for that reason i have to say that boy... it isn't cool at all, i mean I understand that here in Miami most of the people's first language is Spanish but there is a lot of Americans who do not know a word in Spanish and hello this is their country... so :-) to u and all the Americans for giving us the opportunity to live and triumph, for sharing with us their space !!!!!..
Indy:-)
2006-11-20 16:23:36 · answer #6 · answered by Indy :-) 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, not Miami!!! I live here and work at MIA...and everything is Spanish first because they are the majority...would you believe many stores in Miami have a sign in the front-door..."we speak English"! I had to learn Spanish or loose my job! Most ppl I deal with are Spanish speaking!
2006-11-20 12:19:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is no official language for the United States. Most governmental agencies and businesses use whatever langauge serves the greatest percentage of the population; in Miami, that's Spanish first, English second. Now you know how it feels to be a minority; learn from it.
2006-11-20 12:24:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, no one has yet to determine what is the predominant language spoken here, even though we've been speaking English overwhelmingly since the founding of our country, and so we just don't want to offend any tenderly sensitive, assuming foreigner by challenging them with the age-old saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." That would be a "disenfranchising" behavior and might lead to their inability to latch on to any and all gimme's they can find and demand it be done in their currency, under their flag, and on their national holidays. How racist could you be, :-)))) God Bless you.
2006-11-20 12:27:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Miami is populated by more spanish speaking people rather than english.
2006-11-20 12:22:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋