English should be the official language?

[California Girl]

1. the US has always been based on the idea we are a melting pot
2. we don't speak English we speak a combination of languages. Words like faux pas are not English.
3. what exactly is it going to accomplish?
4. We weren't founded by English in reality...the natives were here first and there are so many languages and our language is so mixed that it makes no sense really. Why not make it Cherokee if you want an official language? after all we aren't English and in reality no one here speaks English.

 

[Mr.Nick]

First of all I am not Mexican. I am Cherokee Indian and Hispanic...so let's make it easy for you...get a life this is not England and we don't speak English here. Furthermore, making any language EXCLUSIVE to any part of life makes it a violation of freedom of speech in the constitution.

You aware the US PURCHASED the south west from Mexico for MONEY??

Are you aware that "Spanish" comes from Spain??

Stop with the renig bullshit.......

Go build a ******* casino dummy.....

 

[oracle]

Gingrich got applause at the debate for saying English should be our official language. Agree or disagree?

Most def agreed.

 

[oracle]

Gingrich is wrong...English should not be our official language..the USA is not England.

That's a matter of opinion. After all, America WAS a penal colony of England.

 

[oracle]

He actually said that it should be the official language of the United States government...which I assume is directed at bilingual education. There is definitely an argument to be made that it compels people to assimilate more quickly, but not sure if it needs to be "official".

Maybe we should tell other countries to not have official languages either. As it stands, no other country is making their schools adapt their criteria to folks that think their native tongue is too cumbersome.

 

[Mr.Nick]

Does anyone want any fish and chips?

 

[oracle]

official language flies in the face of freedom of speech. No it isn't what Gingrich meant...and Gingrich shouldn't be on any platform with his corrupt foolishness he needs to be hiding in a closet somewhere.

Hiding in a closet? Look at your picture...then get back to me. That's freedom of speech. Freedom of speech. Are you a professional idiot, or just a gifted amateur? Maybe if you had said expression (weak as that would be) you'd have an argument. You clearly don't even know what freedom of speech means, otherwise you wouldn't post such stupid comments.

 

[oracle]

No. Not English.

I've been to England and they talk funny. If we're going to have an official language, it should be 'American'.

You ever been to Alabama?

 

[Mr.Nick]

No. Not English.

I've been to England and they talk funny. If we're going to have an official language, it should be 'American'.

You ever been to Alabama?

How about Louisiana or Massachusetts..........

 

[oracle]

1. the US has always been based on the idea we are a melting pot
2. we don't speak English we speak a combination of languages. Words like faux pas are not English.
3. what exactly is it going to accomplish?
4. We weren't founded by English in reality...the natives were here first and there are so many languages and our language is so mixed that it makes no sense really. Why not make it Cherokee if you want an official language? after all we aren't English and in reality no one here speaks English.

For one, it would help weed out naturalized citizens versus illegals. Also If part of the immigration process was to learn to speak english, then you wouldn't have as many language barrier problems, cause it's not just mexicans that game the system by saying me no understand. Third, we could convey the word hideous, in a way that helps you take down that picture.

 

[oracle]

First of all I am not Mexican. I am Cherokee Indian and Hispanic...so let's make it easy for you...get a life this is not England and we don't speak English here. Furthermore, making any language EXCLUSIVE to any part of life makes it a violation of freedom of speech in the constitution.

So, you're a DRUNK retard. congrats. Now we know where YOU'RE at. Only a person that is part of the problem, would spend so much energy poorly defending something so ridiculous. By the way, how MANY of your friends don't speak English? It seems to me that only three groups think like you. people who want votes, people who perpetrate the issue by being part of the issue and people who want cheap lawn care. Where do you fall in?

 

[Ravi]

No. It should be the unofficial language. It would be against the First Amendment to make laws about language.

 

[oracle]

A melting pot means no official language..especially when we have a bill of rights that includes everyone...

.In Meyer v. Nebraska, a landmark 1923 Supreme Court decision, the Court declared unconstitutional laws which restricted the use of non-English languages. In Meyer, the Supreme Court struck down a state statute that prohibited the teaching of any subject in a language other than English to students below ninth grade in public or private schools.

1923 case, Bartels v. Iowa, an Iowa statute requiring that all teaching be conducted only in English was declared unconstitutional. In Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad, a 1926 case, a state statute which prohibited the keeping of accounting books in any language other than English or Spanish was unconstitutional because it denied equal protection to Chinese immigrants.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, programs that receive federal funding are prohibited from discrimination
How Can There Be Free Speech If It's Only In English?

No it doesn't dummy. stop googling and look around. I'll tell you what keep defending those slothful immigrants. When you go to work (assuming you can put down your peyote pipe and babies) if you even HAVE a job and google how many spanish only speakers are ceo's where you work, even if you catch phrase is "would you like fries with that". It may be a melting pot here and a land of opportunity, but it's only that way for those who'll work for it and yes, learning the language is part of that work. Think I'm kidding? Next time you call tech support, ask for a manager, then see if you hear anyone speaking spanish as a first language. For that matter, what position do you hold where YOU work?

 

[Ravi]

A melting pot means no official language..especially when we have a bill of rights that includes everyone...

.In Meyer v. Nebraska, a landmark 1923 Supreme Court decision, the Court declared unconstitutional laws which restricted the use of non-English languages. In Meyer, the Supreme Court struck down a state statute that prohibited the teaching of any subject in a language other than English to students below ninth grade in public or private schools.

1923 case, Bartels v. Iowa, an Iowa statute requiring that all teaching be conducted only in English was declared unconstitutional. In Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad, a 1926 case, a state statute which prohibited the keeping of accounting books in any language other than English or Spanish was unconstitutional because it denied equal protection to Chinese immigrants.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, programs that receive federal funding are prohibited from discrimination
How Can There Be Free Speech If It's Only In English?

No it doesn't dummy. stop googling and look around. I'll tell you what keep defending those slothful immigrants. When you go to work (assuming you can put down your peyote pipe and babies) if you even HAVE a job and google how many spanish only speakers are ceo's where you work, even if you catch phrase is "would you like fries with that". It may be a melting pot here and a land of opportunity, but it's only that way for those who'll work for it and yes, learning the language is part of that work. Think I'm kidding? Next time you call tech support, ask for a manager, then see if you hear anyone speaking spanish as a first language. For that matter, what position do you hold where YOU work?

I know quite a few successful people whose first language is Spanish. Where do you live, in a cave in Montana?

 

[oracle]

Mexicans speak a dialect of Spanish but not all of them..some of them speak other languages. In fact, there are 68 languages of Mexico, but you clearly did not know that. So which language would it be that they speak? Some of them speak Nauhutl, Yucatec Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, TZeltal Maya, Otomi, Totonac, Mazatec, Chotl*mayan*, and the list goes on and on including Qu' che..a mayan language common in Central America as well...but in just Nauhutl there are almost 2 million speakers and a lot of them don't speak Spanish...so when you ask what do they speak either Mexican or Spanish you would be clearly leaving out a good section of the population of Mexico that doesn't speak Spanish or even a dialect of Spanish, because NO Mexicans do not speak Castillian Spanish they speak Mexican Spanish and or a dialect of native americans. They also speak English, Chinese, Hebrew and the list goes on and on...do you really want to continue this or perhaps find out a little more about languages in Mexico before we go this route?

Yeah, those are indian dialects, big deal. Go there where english isn't an issue. Here's another language they speak fluently...poverty. Why? because like you, apparently, they want to be accommodated. To ask anything more "FLIES IN THE FACE OF FREE SPEECH". Get a life La feo, and quit screaming at the rain.

 

[oracle]

Actually they aren't insulted at all...and you ask what do I speak Mexican or Spanish? Again why would I speak a Mexican dialect or any of the sort if I am Cherokee Indian? I wasn't born in Mexico nor was anyone in my family except those folks born there pre Texas independence.

Do you speak Cherokee? Don't lie, because I'm slightly familiar with it and I'll know if you googled it. That's the beauty of dialect. You can't fake it.

 

[oracle]

Words like faux pas are not English.

Yes they are.

UH, no it isn't.

 

[oracle]

1. the US has always been based on the idea we are a melting pot
2. we don't speak English we speak a combination of languages. Words like faux pas are not English.
3. what exactly is it going to accomplish?
4. We weren't founded by English in reality...the natives were here first and there are so many languages and our language is so mixed that it makes no sense really. Why not make it Cherokee if you want an official language? after all we aren't English and in reality no one here speaks English.

Hey dummy, Cherokee wasn't the official language either. In fact, Cherokee, while one of the most common groups to pull out of your ass, is only a small part of the indian tribes that existed then. So since you are "Cherokee" and not mexican as you claim, then tell me why your dialect should be above all others?

 

[oracle]

No. It should be the unofficial language. It would be against the First Amendment to make laws about language.

More voices from the peanut gallery.

 

[oracle]

A melting pot means no official language..especially when we have a bill of rights that includes everyone...

.In Meyer v. Nebraska, a landmark 1923 Supreme Court decision, the Court declared unconstitutional laws which restricted the use of non-English languages. In Meyer, the Supreme Court struck down a state statute that prohibited the teaching of any subject in a language other than English to students below ninth grade in public or private schools.

1923 case, Bartels v. Iowa, an Iowa statute requiring that all teaching be conducted only in English was declared unconstitutional. In Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad, a 1926 case, a state statute which prohibited the keeping of accounting books in any language other than English or Spanish was unconstitutional because it denied equal protection to Chinese immigrants.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, programs that receive federal funding are prohibited from discrimination
How Can There Be Free Speech If It's Only In English?

No it doesn't dummy. stop googling and look around. I'll tell you what keep defending those slothful immigrants. When you go to work (assuming you can put down your peyote pipe and babies) if you even HAVE a job and google how many spanish only speakers are ceo's where you work, even if you catch phrase is "would you like fries with that". It may be a melting pot here and a land of opportunity, but it's only that way for those who'll work for it and yes, learning the language is part of that work. Think I'm kidding? Next time you call tech support, ask for a manager, then see if you hear anyone speaking spanish as a first language. For that matter, what position do you hold where YOU work?

I know quite a few successful people whose first language is Spanish. Where do you live, in a cave in Montana?

Successful and company leaders are two different things dolt. You could be a successful dog walker too.