Who is more closed minded, the American's who don't want to deal with people that can't speak English or

Question

is it the immigrants who refuse to learn English?

a good amount due learn, but I think more don't. If I moved into Mexico I would learn spanish(not that I would ever due that) same if I moved to Germany, I would learn German. I know Mexico dosent have sigsn or labels printed in English, so why should we?

O my friend, please don't be mistaken maybe my typing is the greatest but I speak great English. I'm so many genartions American, so I love when people have no reall answer and pick out a minor flaw in someone typing. haha it's okay, and please refran from "girlie" I'm not a child nor your friend. :-)

Answer 1

America has opened it's arms to immigrants for virtually from it's beginning. Europeans, Scandinavians, Asians, etc. have been welcomed to our shores and all we've asked in return is that they pledge their allegance to the U.S. and support the Constitution. In return, they learned our language and become productive members of our society. Many immigrants have continued to honor their heritage, but have also learned the language of their adopted country. The Vietnamese are example of people that came here with nothing (in many cases), but through hard work, perserverence, and adopting our language have excelled in education and the business world.

If America is generous enough to allow them entry to "The Land Of Opportunity", it seems the least they can do is learn the native language. Anything else is disrespectful and an insult.

Answer 2

I'm not sure the Americans don't want to "deal" with people who can't speak English. They can't because they don't speak the other people's language, and they are NOT expected to because they're in their own country where English is spoken.

The ones who come to an English speaking country should try to learn the language.

Anyone who moves to a country with a different language should try to learn that country's language and should not expect the people from that country to learn his language.

It's not a matter of having a closed or an open mind. It's a matter of reason.

Now, MOST legal immigrants in the US do learn how to speak English.
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Answer 3

the immigrants who refuse to learn English. Here in the United States, We have an national language which is English, not an a Official language. That means that the language is mosty spoken though out the country but it is not an official language which is recorded in law. So that means that anybody from anyplace in the world can just come here and live here because, they have a resident-ship.Resident-ship allows a foreigner to live in the country but still the person is not the country's citizen.

Answer 4

It can be both, depending on the situation. I can understand people wanting immigrants to speak English. However, it's not that simple. English is a hard language to learn with all the irregular verbs and such. Plus, a lot of immigrants don't have the resources to learn the language. Their kids learn it at school and translate for them.

Contrary to popular belief, English is not the US's official language - we don't have one. Anyone that argues that point is relying on faulty information.

However, there are some immigrants that refuse to learn.

Overall, though, I'd say it's people from the US who are more closed-minded.

Answer 5

The immigrants are more closed minded. Sometimes I just want to ring their necks when they say "No speak English." Americans are actually documented as the most likely to try to learn a language of the country they visit. The U.S. should not have to cater to the wrong language.

Answer 6

Immigrants who refuse to learn English, because would they expect immigrants to their country of origin to learn their language.

Answer 7

This is the United States, and our official language is English. Therefore, people who want to live and work here, need to learn the official language. We cannot have 27 different signs on every corner. It's too confusing.

Answer 8

My dear, if you are a native speaker of English, as you apparently are, you should be ashamed of yourself. You would learn Spanish if you moved to Mexico? Then why not learn English, if you're living in the United States. ("American's"??? You wouldn't "due that"???? "due learn"??? "dosent"?? Come on, girlie, learn English!

Answer 9

The immigrants.

Answer 10

I look forward to the day when reliable universal translators hit the market.

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