Does anyone fear living in America (US) where Spanish is the dominant language?

Question

Are there even any other multi cultural successful countries like America/US? I can't think of any right now. Even with all the negativity sometimes in America, I would rather be miserable in America than be miserable anywhere else. How do we promote English as the official language of America?

Why are people worrying about what languages other countries are speaking? Yeah, look at what's happening to them particularly Canada). We're America, we don't really have to follow other countries. We set our own rules for America. We have an Untouchable Constitution.

Answer 1

You know, this is these UNITED STATES of AMERICA...Not EUROPEAN, Not SWITZERLAND...THE USA. We speak ENGLISH here...PERIOD. If we didn't then our laws wouldn't be in English.

I would really like to know how many of you actually have been over to Europe to find out what they speak there. My guess is not many (if ANY) and most of you are speaking out of your @$$ when you say that you have. Why do you think that Europe is having an identity crisis? Because there is no national unity...it is now EUROPE...like the kind of EUROPEAN UNION. You want to be part of that? Then fine move there, but this is the USA where the Constitution was written in, YOU GUESSED IT, ENGLISH!

Answer 2

All the Italian, German and Polish immigrants a 100 years ago didn't speak English either. I think in early 20th century NYC you would have encountered even more non-English speakers than nowadays. Perhaps many immigrant Latin-Americans will never learn perfect English but I am sure their offspring will, and undoubtedly they will give to the US actors, writers, politicians and musicians of renown just like every other ethnicity has.

Besides, if the European Union can work and progress with over 30 languages spoken I am sure an extra language will not harm the USA.

And if that does not convince you, do not worry, there are far more Chinese learning English as a second language right now than all the Elementary, High School and College students in the US put together.

Answer 3

I truly believe multi cultural divides the country into sections, this creates a hardship when things go wrong, say like a serious accident no one can speak the language this becomes every second counts, a patient can enter a hospital with a language barrier they cannot explain I cannot take this med or that med, it becomes wait till someone translate..It seems having English as the official language of America may hurt someones feelings so we continue to spend billions so no one has their feeling hurt

Answer 4

Americas - Top Languages : - Spanish – spoken by means of roughly 310 million in lots of countries for the duration of the continent. - English – spoken by means of roughly three hundred million humans within the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, Guyana, the Falklands and plenty of islands of the Caribbean. - Portuguese – spoken by means of roughly 185 million in South America, in most cases Brazil

Answer 5

english is the official language of america. but america is made up of many diverse cultures, and many citizens are immigrants, too old to ever master a new language. and many people in america are not citizens, rather here for a short while; they didn't come for the language.

most countries have an official language. but that doen't mean all other languages are illegal.

one of the cutest thjings i've ever seen was this tiny little Thai girl, tour guide in bangkok, barking out fluent german at her clients. so funny. maybe you should take a class, learn spanish. it's fairly easy. much easier, in fact, than english. and learning foriegn languages is fun.

however, a good place to start promoting english could be right here on this site. language and grammar are atrocious on Y!A.

Answer 6

Press 2 for Spanish and demand to speak to someone in English. For those that think that English is not being threaten as our language, just come to Miami, and see how not being able to speak Spanish effects your life

Answer 7

Let me answer this in another way.

Here is a well known joke outside the USA.

What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bi-Lingual. A person who speaks three languages? Tri-Lingual. A person who speaks 4 or more languages is Multi-Lingual.

What do you call a person who speaks one language? An American.

In Europe everyone speaks 3 or more languages. And it is truly a non issue as the second generation of Spanish speakers almost all speak English better than the Spanish and have adjusted. The whole issue of language is silly...the Spanish speakers just like the Japanese, Farsi and German and Italian speakers assimilate.

This issue is a waste of the ability for the Politico's to actually get important things done like fixing health care and illegal immigration...it is smoke and mirrors.

Best Regards.

Answer 8

I don't fear it - I'm actually learning it now. But it's only becoming dominant because we let. Everything is bilingual because we accomadate the people who don't learn English way too much.

Edit: How could anyone even bring Canada up as an example in this argument? Read up on Canadian history and you'll see what kinds of problem bilingualism caused them in the past.

Answer 9

I fear that the US will be split into two far different sections like Canada, and English speaking East and Mid-west, and a Spanish speaking West and Southwest. It is happening, and the Democrats in Congress seem to be pushing hard to accelerate it by pushing the Shamnesty bill in the Senate.

There are many towns and cities where Spanish is spoken more often than English. We can stop this from happening by electing a Repub president and Congress. If the Dems gain power, they will give amnesty to all the illegals in our country.

Read this article: Dem presidential candidates vow amnesty for unlawful entrants
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/189975.php
By Eunice Moscoso Cox News Service
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.01.2007

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Answer 10

Singapore is a mulitcultural success story. I believe UAE is as well. I goto Spanish speaking parts of L.A> I often worn friends who go with me that they might consider it a bad neighborhood. It's a matter pf perspective if it's bad, and not a racial thing. People living in beverely hills think middleclass neighborhoods are sketchy.