"This is Merica, why don't learn english?"

[MrPrena]

Yeah, let's post 5-6 different languages per sign.
http://www.ar-15.co/threads/101711-A...=1#post1110443

I don't mind private sectors like bank posts more than 1 language sign. They want to make $$$.
Public sector, it costs us tax $$.

[Ronin13]

USA doesn't have an official language. This is a huge debate here, when I was working in NorCal, a lot of the stuff is printed in Japanese/Chinese( pacific islander langurs to be correct)
The government waste millions of dollars printing shot in foreign languages each year.

Hate to be a debbie downer on your whole "USA no official language" theory, but that's entirely false. While there is no "official" law or document that states English as our official language- our Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Laws, public addresses by congress and POTUS, 99% of street signs, and most importantly our language spoken at UN, NATO, and G# Summits are all in what language? English. It is spoken by the vast and overwhelming majority in this nation, American English is an officially and globally recognized dialect (hence why I just used recognized instead of recognised), it is, for all intents and purposes the official language of these United States of America. Carry on.

[Irving]

Hate to be a debbie downer on your whole "USA no official language" theory, but that's entirely false. While there is no "official" law or document that states English as our official language- our Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Laws, public addresses by congress and POTUS, 99% of street signs, and most importantly our language spoken at UN, NATO, and G# Summits are all in what language? English. It is spoken by the vast and overwhelming majority in this nation, American English is an officially and globally recognized dialect (hence why I just used recognized instead of recognised), it is, for all intents and purposes the official language of these United States of America. Carry on.

You invalidated your entire post with your second sentence. Face palm.

[Ronin13]

You invalidated your entire post with your second sentence. Face palm.

How so? Because the law is written in English it is pretty much implied, even if it is not explicitly stated.

[ImNtUrBuddyGuy]

Hate to be a debbie downer on your whole "USA no official language" theory, but that's entirely false. While there is no "official" law or document that states English as our official language- our Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Laws, public addresses by congress and POTUS, 99% of street signs, and most importantly our language spoken at UN, NATO, and G# Summits are all in what language? English. It is spoken by the vast and overwhelming majority in this nation, American English is an officially and globally recognized dialect (hence why I just used recognized instead of recognised), it is, for all intents and purposes the official language of these United States of America. Carry on.

De facto does not equal de jure.

Although, I still agree that English should be spoken.

And in order to get your citizenship (minus a few exceptions) you have to speak and read English--enough to pass the citizenship text.

[BuffCyclist]

This is true, did you know New Mexico officially recognizes both English and Spanish. This goes waaay back to before NM was a state (with a large Spanish speaking majority).

There was something I read somewhere that stated somewhere around ~80% of 1st Generation Hispanics want big Gov, with it dropping off to ~70, ~50% the 2nd/3rd generation afterward.

I can attest to that, I see more ads in spanish where I live than in english. I was just in Sams the other day getting my new pair of glasses, and when I walked up to the counter, there was no one to be found, but a hispanic lady was sitting there. I asked her if there was someone helping her, or if she was just sitting and resting. She said a bunch of crazy shit super fast in spanish like she was yelling at me (if we were on the phone, I would have SWORN she was yelling at me, but her facial expression was of confusion). Then came out the "no inglis". The optical dept had to go find someone else in the store who spoke spanish because she didn't.

It would seriously be easier for me to learn spanish than to try and get by speaking english at times, which let me tell you, pisses me the hell off.