Posted on 05/20/2018 1:55:26 PM PDT by sodpoodle
Aaron Schlossberg, a lawyer in New York, was caught on camera berating staff members of a restaurant for speaking Spanish with customers.
A lot of multilingual countries promote an official language, but the United States has never done so with English. In fact, the US has no official language.
"The Founding Fathers didn't see a need to declare one," Dr. Wayne Wright, a professor of language and literacy at Purdue University, told CNN.
"English was pretty much the dominant language of the United States at the time and they didn't want to offend their fellow Americans who helped fight for independence."
In fact, common languages spoken throughout the 13 colonies included Dutch, French and German, not to mention the many languages spoken by Native Americans. Still, trying to force people in the US to speak English is not new.
Enslaved Africans were forbidden from using their native languages (and at the same time forbidden from learning how to read and write English) because slaveowners feared they would incite rebellions.
Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools where they were punished for speaking their own languages. And many Japanese schools started by immigrants in Hawaii were forced to shut down during World War II.
'English is not under threat'
There's no question that English is the de facto language of the United States.
It's the language of government documents, court proceedings and business contracts. Immigrants feel an immense pressure to learn it. Most people in the US only speak English. But that hasn't stopped some lawmakers from trying to ensure English is used above all other languages.
In 1981, US Sen. S.I. Hayakawa of California introduced an amendment to do just that. It failed.
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Hell, many don’t even bother with being “sworn in”...They just vote and collect welfare, school deferments and housing...
There used to be a TV show called “Life of Riley”...Now, it’s “Life of Jose”....
HUH? I was born in California (by parents who were American citizens) but I speak not one word of Spanish!
Do Mexicans have to dial “1” for Spanish?
I didn’t think so.
The only Spanish word I wish to hear is Adios...When the illegals leave the country....
Yes, The US has never had an official language.
An obvious fact, otherwise this article is garbage propaganda.
And thats a big part of the problems we are having.
I think I will move to France and demand everyone speaks English to me. I wonder how that would work out?
The way Democrats carry on about Deportation, you would think “Mexico” was Spanish for Auschwitz.
Just sayin’...
I MAKE dinner.
Me Too!!!!!
But in this country I refuse to speak anything but English to anybody except foreign tourists who are polite and confused..and then I only know a few words of French and Spanish.
Just the same I refuse to speak Spanish with anyone while in the United States.
"In 1774, to make separation of the colonies from England more emphatic it was proposed in the American Continental Congress that the official language of the new political entity be changed from English to German.
"Twenty-seven members of the congress voted for, and 27 voted against, this proposal. Frederick Muhlenberg broke the tie by casting a negative vote.
"GOOD ENOUGH for me" The Courts were always pointing out de facto segregation, sic. English IS the official language IMHO .
NUMEROUS REFERENCES INCLUDING: https://www.tnonline.com/2011/feb/05/was-german-almost-official-language-us
We agree, see post 53.
because my dinner is often broken.
English is the most utilitarian language in the world.
LOL - and it needs to be “fixed”. I grew up in New England, and we didn’t “fix” dinner - we made dinner, i.e, “I’m going to go make dinner”. (Actually, it was “supper”.
The last supper was 2000 years ago, so no more supper
Thats because your dinner was a mess.
(as in Mess Hall)
Trump could make this happen, it would be just as important as the Wall.
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