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by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 13th, 2006

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Is the "common language" of your country also the official language of your country? Should English be the official language for legal and business purposes in America?

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  • by turbowray on December 13th, 2006

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    I think in all of the U.S, English is the official language, but Spanish is a close second! So yes, it should be, and Spanish should be learned also!

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  • by Mrs.mezzo is a Wagnerian soprano on December 13th, 2006

    Mrs.mezzo is a Wagnerian soprano

    No the common language is not the official language-the US has not officially declared an official language (although some states have). Yes English should be made the official language-not to marginalize immigrants, but, as Roger has pointed out, language is needed to unify diverse groups.

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  • by Roger Kovaciny on December 13th, 2006

    Roger Kovaciny

    Just look at Canada, with Quebec ready to secede and the rest ready to wave bye-bye. If you don't have one official language, you get Balkanization. (I speak four languages well and can mess around in five others, so I'm not saying this out of laziness or chauvinism.)

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  • by JakobA I^_^I the alooney on June 6th, 2010

    JakobA I^_^I the alooney

    Here in Denmark the country is pretty much defined by the Danish language, few non Danes understand it, and practically every Dane do understand it.

    I see no reason why it should be impossible to define a specific governmental language, clarity in directives and laws is highly desirable and could be assured by chosing a clear and unambiguous language for the purpose. Mush as medicine have the otherwise obsolete Latin as a common language.

    But I would not chose English as that governmental language. The English language is neither clear nor unambiguous. It is in fact famous for its ambiguity and its high number of homonyms, dialect differences and other confusing syntactic elements.

    regards JakobA

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