When will the US become a bilingual society?
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Box of Chocolates
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Soon I hope.
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I thought it already was? A majority of services in most areas have things available in English as well as Spanish. "Para Espanol, marka el numero 2" They will never officially declare a second official language.
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I don't think it ever will be. With the way communication has developed, the world is a much smaller place and most other countries are learning English as their second language. So, if most of the world is learning English, there isn't much pressure for the US to adopt another language. The only language that would make sense would be either Chinese or Japanese in my eyes.
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I feel many Country's not only US are becoming extreemly biligual! In school systems we learn a second language (usually a second laguage that is more likely to be spoken ie. spanish or french. I think this is already happening is what I am trying to say.
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It pretty much is already, unofficialy with Spanish being the #2 language. The US needs the immigrant workers to keep it's economy growing, that is a simple fact. My daughter is fluent in Spanish and my son is learning, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
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The US has no official language; therefore it is a multi-lingual country.
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The US has always been a multi-lingual society. The reason English is its official language, is not because "the government decided so based on a single majority", it is because when it was put up for vote which should be the common language, Americans voted for English. About three votes different, and we all would have been speaking German today. There is nothing wrong with wanting to preserve cultural heritages, but US schools teach a single common language because it simplifies communication. Almost anywhere you go these days, you will find not only English, but French, Spanish, Chinese and several other languages on products. You can also take additional languages in school on an optional basis. "Bilingual society" is a fine idea, of course, but who chooses what the second "official" language should be? Personally, I'll stick to our current multi-lingual-optional society.
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As LynfromNM stated, there is no official language. http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_lang.html And a very interesting website outlining the history of the issue and the diversity of our multi-lingual system. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/question.htm
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It is. Ever been to Miami? I was in Lauderdale in the late 70's, and many places and ALL signs were in Spanish, even if some were not in English
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I thought English was the second language in the US based upon some of the cities I know... Si, I believe we will become a bilingue society, una dia!
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Actually the US has the listed spoken language as English and they already tried to pass spanish off as the first spoken language and it got squashed. it will never happen. to much to risk.
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It is basically a bilingual society already because of the number of Spanish speaking immigrants. It is just not officially recognized by the government. Eventually when there are more Spanish speaking immigrants, people will be forced to become bilingual so that they can communicate since many immigrants are not learning to speak English before they come to the US.
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Oh, somewhere around 1975 I'd say.
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Pretty soon. Spanish is the first language of a large percentage of Americans, and will have to be eventually recognised as an official language. If you are having citizenship ceremonies in Spanish, and the national anthem has been translated into Spanish, it's about time to do some law changing.
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