English Wasn't America's Language?
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Confucius
Well this may be one of only a handful of blogs that doesn't talk about that singing contest. You can thank me in comments.
Until May 18, 2006, English had not been established as the official national language. What’s the big freaking deal anyway?
Frankly, I’m thinking this was just a faux pas. Nobody thought to make English the language of choice. I did a smidgen of research and found that the purpose of doing this is not necessarily related to stopping people from
Oh, yeah. I know it sounds like a flaky excuse. That’s what I read though, and I’m going to go with it. I mean what else is there to do? English is supposed to be the language of most of us. A few American territories two states have more than one official language. I’ll give you a moment to figure out what they could possibly be.
In the 2000 census, Hispanics and Oriental people are the two largest minorities who have their own languages. These two minorities make up about 17%. On the other side of the coin, the
Making English the official national language is like putting a sign on a prostitute. She’s standing on the corner, dressed up in a provocative manner, cars are pulling up to talk to her for a few minutes, she gets in, in a few minutes later she gets back on the corner for the whole thing to happen again. The signs that she is a prostitute are clear. Putting a sign on her just adds the stamp of confirmation.
So, it’s no big deal. This gesture of the government will change nothing. Dare I say that we should be more open to learning and teaching other languages. We are the melting pot. We should be taught other cultures and other languages. No need to worry about
Those places that have bilingual official languages in the
Ooh! I felt dendrites grow. How about you? Don't you feel a little edumacated? I does!
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