...On everything from stereo instructions to dubbed movies is insulting to Spanish speakers?
It suggests that, unlike Germans, Italians, Irish, and everyone else who showed up before them, they aren't smart enough to learn English.
I'm serious!
What do you think?
2006-12-11 11:43:21 · 20 answers · asked by silvercomet 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I think everything in America should be in English,period.
2006-12-11 11:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by festeringhump 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Technically, The United States has no official state language. There are several reasons why many products have Spanish on them in addition to English. First of all, many products sold in the US are also sold all over Latin America. It is more cost effective for a company to simply design and produce one set of instructions with two languages on it or one box with two languages on it that having separate marketing schemes for different regions. Second, there are 40 million Spanish speakers in the US. Many of whom do not speak English. It only makes sense for businesses to make their product accessible to Spanish speakers in addition to those who speak English because then there is the chance to make more money. The fact that most things have Spanish and English is a simple question of economics, its not insulting.
2006-12-11 19:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by lacrosse321 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Im sorry but no everything in America should not be in English. I don't think that it suggest they aren't smart enough, it's just some would rather read it in spanish and there are some that don't speak english.. yet...i'd rather be speaking spanish all the time but to many english speakers where i live
2006-12-11 21:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes but You also have to think that many things that are made in USA get shipped to spanish speaking countries like Mexico,Argentina, etc. and not all of them speak english and the same goes for movies !
And 4 the person that said that spanish is easier to learn than english U are wrong there are 3 spanish words for every 1 english word !
2006-12-11 19:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by vintage flowers 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
i speak spanish n i never thought of it that way. u have a good point. i think people just try to make it easier for spanish speakers by havin the translation for everything. it doesnt insult me though, cuz before i learned english i used to read the spanish translation for everything
2006-12-11 20:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has nothing to do with spanish speakers not being smart enough to learn english. There are a lot of spanish speaking people in America so products cater to these types of customers by having it in spanish too. a lot of them are in french also
2006-12-11 20:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I think that sometimes. My beloved is Russian, and didn't need Cyrillic on everything in order to get around. My grandparents, from Russia and Hungary, also got along fine.
2006-12-11 20:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I live in a state that has many spanish speakers, and I have seen it with my own eyes, what you say is kinda true...
2006-12-11 19:46:00 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Exacto!
2006-12-11 19:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
very good point, but then again there are some beaners who came over here and lived here for many years with out learning a word off english.
2006-12-11 19:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋