adopting a new language for the US!?!?

[CavLCD128]

i recently heard that a group, or ppl, or someone or something is trying to get another national language 2 be instated, spanish...!?!?!?!?
any thoughts?
mine : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK YOU IF YOU CANT SPEAK ENGLISH AND YOUR HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING AMERICANS...!!

[pickle]

Are you worried because you can't even speak English properly?

[ec437]

I think anything like that is retarded. We speak english here. Get over it.

On the other hand, I do speak spanish.

[HangmansJoke14]

I've never heard of "changing the language." I have heard of adding Spanish as a second language (Which I think is almost as stupid, not quite thogugh.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not racist and I have no problem with immigrants, but if they're willing to move here and work here they should atleast be able to speak enough of OUR language to get by in the country, we shouldn't have to give them special help...

[Knifeblade]

Originally Posted by HangmansJoke14

I've never heard of "changing the language." I have heard of adding Spanish as a second language (Which I think is almost as stupid, not quite thogugh.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not racist and I have no problem with immigrants, but if they're willing to move here and work here they should atleast be able to speak enough of OUR language to get by in the country, we shouldn't have to give them special help...

Why do I always have to press 1 for my country's language!!!!!

[CavLCD128]

Originally Posted by pickle

Are you worried because you can't even speak English properly?

no i speak english fine, wether i type it or not, is not a problem to me...and yea its adopting it as a second language not changine the language, because mexicans have like 38% of the population now.

[thepyrofish]

It's really not going to bother anyone who doesn't speak spanish at all. Unless you work for the government, depending on how they implement it. In Canada at least, you have the right to be served at any government office in either official language. I don't believe bilingualism is required for those jobs though, just that they have to employ spanish speakers too.

Oh, and you might end up with everything you buy having spanish on the label as well as english. It was so weird for me to grocery shop while I was in the US because all the packaging looked so bare without the french translation right underneath.

[Rally Sport]

Originally Posted by CavLCD128

no i speak english fine, wether i type it or not, is not a problem to me...and yea its adopting it as a second language not changine the language, because mexicans have like 38% of the population now.

Yes because the only brown race is mexican

Its hispanics. Get your story right atleast just so you can sound smarter.

About the topic, wont bother me much because you'll be helping each other more than just hispanics. Say once you go out of the country and into a spanish speaking nation, you'll be set and wont feel like an idiot or get into places you werent wanting to go into.

[twospirits]

Its all depends on the region I think. according to quite a few websites, these are the most spoken language...
1051 Million - Mandarin
0510 Million - English
0490 Million - Hindi
0425 Million - Spanish

On another site its
Chinese 937 million
Spanish 332 million
English 322 million.

in the americas (noth south and central) Spanish is the majority language. So with so many coming over since its so close by natually it would seem that there are more spanish language speakers.

TS out (learning mandarin)

[G-man422]

What the heck is mandarin? And where is it spoken?

[drunken monkey]

i wouldn't put much faith in a site that only lists chinese as being one language.
off the top of my head i can think of at least 5 dialects that are more or less individual languages.

[Toksin]

Originally Posted by G-man422

What the heck is mandarin? And where is it spoken?

Most widely spoken Chinese language.

[G-man422]

I see.....