Do you think America will be officially bilingual one day?

Question

Do you think the time will come where both English, and Spanish will be official languages in the USA. Today neither are official.

Answer 1

I keep pushing for ONE, ENGLISH! Our parents & grand parents had to learn it when they came here. My grand parents did, they didn't push for signs in their language, they found a decent place & helped make it even better! They learned the language, their children learned it, & made this country what it is, a melting pot, not two pots, one this flavor & one that flavor on the same stove!

Answer 2

I live only 100 miles from the Mexican border. There are more Hispanics in Carlsbad than Anglos. I went to a predominately Hispanic school and had great friends that were not Anglo. However most young Hispanics do not speak Spanish like their parents do...... yeah they know it but it is no longer necessary. I've also worked with a lot of older men who only speak Spanish, not because they are dumb or lazy they are just very proud of their Mexican heritage. Just as I am very proud of my Scottish heritage. I don't believe the U.S. will ever officially adopt Spanish as a national language. Not because Latinos don't have an opinion but because there truly is no such thing as true Spanish in the U.S.. There are too many dialects to settle on just one. Take for instance if a Juan, from Chihuahua Mexico went to Cuba to visit Enrique, a native Cuban, they would not have the slightest clue what one another were trying to say. However if I were to travel to New York from New Mexico I would under stand their English just fine, it would only be in a different accent, not different dialect. So in closing no..... there will only be one language in the U.S. ..... unless we are taken over by a foreign dictator it will always be English...

Answer 3

I think that is a very good idea. To not really be bilingual, but to acknowledge both languages, sortof like Canada has done it. It worked for them!

We cannot aparently stop illegals from coming in, we cannot aparently impose our will on other people by making them learn English to work in this country. We aparently continue to accommodate others from countries outside our own. The melting pot mentality comes from those trying to get in, not those who are already here.

I sure hope they don't make Spanish the official language for the USA, however, I am not totally opposed to a decision being made, whether it is to make Spanish an official language as well, or to eliminate Spanish as an official language.

I do think it unfair to make people learn another country's language just to get a job in the dominantly English spoken USA.

Answer 4

I don't think so. I think that English will be the only official language that America adopts. I really believe that illegal immigration from Latin countries is beginning to slow down. Immigration laws are getting stiffer and crossing the border illegally is getting more expensive. I don't for see any surge of Hispanics that will push the language over the edge.
But, who knows, immigration changes from year to year. The Mexicans could become more accepted if anther country began to send over boat loads of even less desire able immigrants. Then we may all think about Arabic being the official language.

Answer 5

I'll agree that everyone needs to learn a second language but which language would the second be.. french like canada.. isnt most of canada french and english.. lets not just stop for one language lets cover them all.. and I will be honest and say that I donot know how many languages in the whole world there is.. how about one of the sci fi shows that I watched were you have this earpiece that translate languages for you that would be so nice...

Answer 6

Why just bilingual? At the current rate of erosion of the English language and more and more nationalities not being required to learn English here, and with disunion also becoming a popular idea, in a century, or two at most, the US will have fragmented into several countries, much like the Soviet Union did. Then we'll be just like Africa, Asia and Europe - just a bunch of squabbling neighbors and the Devil take the hindmost!

Achihuahua, Holmes! Com' esta wit' you, mofo?

Answer 7

no. They thought whether it should be German or English back in the day and came down on English. They didn't make it bilingual then, and with over 200 dialects from around the world spoken here, I doubt they ever will.

Canada is different because it was joinder of a French speaking colony with an English speaking colony, on equal terms.

Answer 8

No. English is the de facto national language of the United States. It would take an unrealistically extreme amount of immigration and displacement of US citizens for the de facto language to change.

To make a language de jure (official) is basically a formality. We have to remember that within one generation, immigrants are completely fluent in English, and within two generations, almost none of the native language remains in the family. This happens regardless of whether a language is de facto or de jure.

Moreover, education in Mexico is much better at teaching its children English than the US education is at teaching children Spanish.

Answer 9

English law built America.
The Magna Carta built English law.
English is the language that, for 6 centuries, crafted finer laws and rights under the power of that Charter.
English gave us the Constitution to, literally, throw off England again - as the Magna Carta had done before.

Acceptance of any additional language should be strongly cautioned against.

If need arises for a second, it should be chosen according to the respect for law shown by its primary speech community.



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Answer 10

The commercials are bilingual, the ads in the paper are bilingual, the ads on websites for companies are bilingual and mostly every major, big company has bilingual reps for Spanish speaking customers. I don't think a national language will be put into effect. It's going to remain this way for some time.

Answer 11

I doubt it. I think the main language will always be English even if it's never the official language.