official language and if so what should it be?
2006-12-22 14:20:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The US doesn't have an official language, but it's English in all but name.
2006-12-22 22:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This country was founded on an official language in 1776. Why should it change now? I am not against other languages being spoken in this country however, the primary language has been English and that is the language it should always be. For example, If I went to Mexico to live I would respect its official language of Spanish and learn to speak it because I choose to live there. It should be no different for anyone else choosing to live here in the U.S.A. In my opinion, that is a no brainer.
2006-12-22 22:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by Shellback 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yawn.
The official language of California is English. Over 200 languages are spoken in California. Many are translated for official forms.
What earthly good is an 'official language'?
2006-12-22 22:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe the official language is English.
2006-12-22 22:24:28 · answer #4 · answered by Rick R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we don't need an official language.
Most countries do have an official language, and for some of them, they have more than one official language. If I recall correctly, South Africa has about 12 official languages.
We don't need one. As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
2006-12-22 22:25:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English should be adopted as the official language. Unless you want to wait 50 years or so, then we will probably adopt Spanish.
2006-12-22 22:28:10 · answer #6 · answered by nomorecash702 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it should and it should be English. It pretty much is anyway, it would end a lot of this debate on making multi language government documents. Cutting cost in anyway is good in my opinion.
2006-12-22 22:26:07 · answer #7 · answered by JFra472449 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought we had one already. When did it stop being English? We do have proper grammar and it would be "AN official"
2006-12-22 22:23:56 · answer #8 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... English!
2006-12-22 22:54:33 · answer #9 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pidgin
2006-12-22 22:23:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋