Why is America printing Spanish, along with English, on everything? Is not communication one of the most important things in a relationship? Shouldn't America require everyone who wants to live in our country to know our native language?
Who decided to do this and why is it just now happening with the Spanish language and it didn't happen with all the other immigrants who came to live here? Where do we draw the line? Where does the money come from for this decision to cater to immigrants and give them even less reason to respect our country?
I love diversity and I love to learn about new cultures and traditions so don't take this as a racist thing because it is very very far from that. As much as I love to see all the colors of the world come together, I also love my Christian built county, which also seems to be disappearing with the move of the "In God we trust" now written on the edge of the coin, where it is hardly noticable and also is prone to wear.... sorry thats another story
2007-10-08 15:19:14 · 8 answers · asked by enquiring mind 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I have to agree with you on the Spanish/English printing. Maybe the people who decided to print the English/Spanish stuff should spend that money on English as a Second language classes for the Spanish speakers instead. I also believe that you should not be required to speak Spanish to get a job, that's how it is in Eastern Washington now.
I wouldn't expect everyone to cater to my language skills if I went to a foreign country.
2007-10-08 16:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by evil_streak_78 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If there were so many millions of chinese ppl in USA, the labels and texts or whatever you're talking about would be then printed in english and chinese. It's just common sense.... it's the second majority in the country, not only because of the immigration but also because a century ago or so a big part of your territory (USA) belonged to us (Mexico).... all of the southern part was conquered by spaniards so there must be some remainders of that in the society of our days, just like Quebec has French as its primary language in Canada -where English prevails- because of the french speaking people who settled there and those who continue to arrive from abroad (I do know of french ppl who move here for this same reason), so everything is printed in both languages. What's the big deal? The more people the information can reach, the better.... and it's no big deal to have another language printed in the labels. Have you seen the labels of products sold in european countries??? They're printed in 4, 5 different languages.... that's COOL!!! Should they feel that their language is less important because of this, or that the other countries are invading their sovereignty?? I don't think so......
2007-10-08 15:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lprod 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is there something wrong with that?
I mean, I live in Puerto Rico ( we speak Spanish) and here work a lot of "americans" who doesn't know anything of Spanish and we all communicate with those people in English. There are coworkers who have been here for 2 years and doesn't speak Spanish. Should I been saying: "look guys, if you wanna work in Puerto Rico then you must learn English?" No, I mean, they'll learn someday but in the process they'll need to know what are you talking about and the only way is to speak to them in their language.
2007-10-08 15:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by Juan C 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You have to wonder why Spanish and not Chinese or French. Both are widely spoken in the US. Accommodating a group of immigrants like this actually encourages them to not even try to learn English and it causes a huge amount of resentment from practically everybody else. The truth is most Americans do not speak Spanish and don't feel that they should have to learn a foreign language just to survive in their own country.
2007-10-08 15:36:11 · answer #4 · answered by RoVale 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Hey, buster, in America both Spanish and english are spoken. Spanish most commonly in central and south America, but it is used as well.
If you don't like that you have two things to do
2007-10-08 16:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Der Schreckliche 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As I keep saying, the US does not have official language. If part of the population speaks Spanish, then their government should acknowledge that, it seems to me.
2007-10-08 16:30:26 · answer #6 · answered by ganesh 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
lots of south american live there too :|
2007-10-09 05:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the 2nd most frequently used language....so get used to it and move on!
2007-10-08 15:22:45 · answer #8 · answered by thejoker8301 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋