Canada has been officially Bilingual for quite some time. Before being officially Bilingual, the province of Québec went through a lot of hard times as a result of not being able to understand their English counterparts and their English Counterparts not being able to understand them. At one time, the road signs, Governement Documents, etc. were all in English. Also, English bosses would give instructions in English to a work force that was almost entirely French. These problems created tensions which resulted in the Quite Revolution. Because of the fact of not being able to understand each other, this created feelings of resentment which went as far as domestic terrorism in which there was bombings, hostage crisis, and even deaths.
In order to prevent tensions and possible Domestic acts of Terrorism in the USA, would it not be better to make the USA officially bilingual? Meaning that the official languages of the USA would be Spanish and English.
2007-12-07 00:44:39 · 17 answers · asked by Indy Indy Indy!!!! 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Je parle le français aussi. J'étudiais à l'université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. That is for the people that say I do not know what I am talking about when it comes to Mon Pays s'appelle Québec. Things are a lot better than what happened in the 60's and 70's.
2007-12-07 01:09:43 · update #1
there are hundreds of languages in America and were a lot before the conquest as well. Very few of the first settlers ever tried to learn the language of the Native American's and still i would say very few would even think of learning any of them languages. Anyone who says the language of America is English seems to forget that Louisiana and Florida war French until Napoleon sold them to the United states. as for having a bilingual stance in America why would it not work. Ireland has Irish and English and other countries get on ok. Alright Belgium has at the moment a problem that it cannot form a government. something that many saw as possible from history just seemed how long would it take for the problems to service.
2007-12-07 01:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by BUST TO UTOPIA 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And now the road signs in Quebec are all FRENCH and English schools are all but gone. You have not witnessed inequity until you have witnessed the treatment of the English speakers by the French speakers in Quebec- If you disagree you either dont live there or go there or are a French speaker. Dont forget that the French also want to secede from Canada. At least the French and English here both date back to the beginnings of the country which is NOT true of Spanish speakers in the US and oh, neither consists of a very, very large group of illegals either
Here in the US, English should be the official language. Without a doubt, one of the worst things a nation can do is surrender a common language, it is one of the chains that holds us together. The government should conduct ALL business in English only and everyone should learn it.
For the cat who claims the founders didnt make an official language because they felt every culture should be accepted etc etc etc, BS, they didnt make one because they never realized that it would be an issue, everyone learned English, it was just what was done- they probably never saw a day coming where people refused to learn English and be part of the society.
2007-12-07 01:00:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The official language of the United States of America is english only. Anything else is foreign. Immigrants have been taking the time to learn english since Ellis Island. All immigrants today need to follow that lead. Not the other way around.
2016-05-21 23:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by karol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it not also true that every few years Quebec tries to gain independence from Canada?
America has far more languages to deal with than two. As the great melting pot for immigrants from every part of the world speaking every possible dialect of every possible language, it only makes sense to make English the official language and far easier to have all those other language speakers learn English than for Americans to learn all those other languages.
English is and has always been the glue that holds America together. I do not see any states trying to gain independence. I do see territories such as Puerto Rico where they speak mostly Spanish doing that.
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2007-12-07 01:40:06 · answer #4 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. We are an English-speaking country. Other than Canada, what other country would make such allowances for dual languages?
At Home Depot the other day, I got very angry. I needed a sheet of plexiglass. The information about it was printed on the protective sheet you peel off. I needed to see what it said about cutting the plexiglass. Only problem was - it was ALL written in Spanish. I had to dig clear down to the bottom of the pile to finally find one written in English. This isn't at a HD close to the Mexican border - this is at a Home Depot in Windham, Maine! We make far too many allowances and bend over backward to accommodate those who might not speak our PRIMARY LANGUAGE. I wouldn't have the nerve to expect to find English instructions on products in any other country. Why should that be the case here?
2007-12-07 00:53:12 · answer #5 · answered by N L 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Its a good question, but the United States isnt officially anything. The creators of the Constitution knew full well that they did not want to make a national language, and for good reason. English is not the official language of the United States, nor is Spanish. Neither ever will be. This nation is founded upon the idea of many cultures and many languages. New York city alone has around 150 different languages. How could we possibly expect the US to adopt such a thing. It is true that many of the states of the US have adopted official languages, but there is no way the US federal government will, and certainly no way that we will ever become bilingual. The politicians dont touch this subject for a good reason.
2007-12-07 00:49:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
No. We are an English speaking country and should remain that way. We are supposed to be a melting pot, meaning that the languages, customs, etc of people coming into the country should melt into one common American culture and not stay separate. We lose our American identity by people staying who they were BEFORE coming here.
2007-12-07 01:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by LDS girl 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely NOT!! This country is an english speaking country, always has been...our ancestors that have come here from other countries have respected this and learned our language. If foreign speaking people wish to live here...they need to learn our language!!! No other country would change their language to suit us, why should we do it for them?? This is the "great american melting pot"...we would have to have sooo many different languages to appease everyone...no. Let THEM learn OUR language if they wish to live here!!! I'm tired of Americans being disrespected in OUR own country!
2007-12-07 00:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
That should be up to the states. The only bilingual province in Canada is New Brunswick, not Quebec. It's complicated because what will happen the day there are more Chinese speakers than French speakers in Canada? Will the Chinese be told they don't get an official language because they're not white?
2007-12-07 00:48:24 · answer #9 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
English is the language the founding fathers spoke, the language our constitution is written in, the least people can do if they move here is to learn our language. If i would move to a place i would learn the language
2007-12-07 01:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by Seth D 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋