2007-04-16 15:50:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
united states
2007-04-16 15:52:16 · update #1
yep! those that come TO AMERICA to live, work, go to school, etc, should learn ENGLISH. if an AMERCIAN was to go to another country for the same reasons, he/she would be expected to speak the language of that country.
2007-04-16 23:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I TOTALLY AGREE!!!
My Irish immigrant ancestors and all the other immigrants that came into this great nation figured out English. Why cant these new immigrants, for example the Mexicans, learn English? How can you call yourself one single nation if some of your people cant even understand each other? There needs to be unity. (By the way, for those of you slower ones saying that the Irish already knew English, Gaelic was the national language of Ireland and is still spoken there today, and some Irish people dont know English!)
2007-04-16 15:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by bruinshmd 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes English should be our national language; however we should make a real effort to make Spanish and Chinese available in all our schools as a second language art. Spanish because of the close proximity to Spanish countries and Chinese because by sheer numbers, China will have a great
influence on the world ,and we better get use to it and realize
to do business you must communicate.
2007-04-16 16:07:07 · answer #3 · answered by sirrom777 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, since this is what language our country was founded on. Since the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution is in english, then this should be the "official" national language.
There are many U. S. citizens who do not know that english is not the official language.
http://www.usenglish.org/inc/default.asp
2007-04-16 15:53:38 · answer #4 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No English is a horrible language. It has more words than any other language.
Also there are so many exceptions like you can't add "-ed" to words like "think" or "catch" and the alphabet sounds change in certain words.
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2007-04-16 17:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. We've done all right so far without a national language, and been better for it. English is still the de facto language of the US, and that is unlikely to change in any real fashion anytime soon.
2007-04-16 16:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i think english is already our national language.
2007-04-16 17:35:09 · answer #7 · answered by sellatieeat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idk why are you feeling so threaten by the spanish, here in Mexico lot's of us ( not like LOTS ) but at leats 2 or 3 of each 10 can understand english, i can understand what you say but i'll rarely give you my point of view in english, so whenever you're in Mexico don't feel that sure about knowing english, i like the multicultural enviroment of my city and it would be nice that the people could express themselves in more than 1 language.
2007-04-16 16:05:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
What difference does it make? Anyway, the moment a President gives a State of the Union speech in Spanish, then I'll begin worrying.
2007-04-16 15:57:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
English IS my national language ............... then again I am English
2007-04-16 15:52:39 · answer #10 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋