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Engish Should be America's National Language

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The national language of the United States of American should and must be English. If we don't abide by a common language in this country, we will find ourselves unable to communicate with each other. We'll end up with a situation similar to the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel where no one can speak with each other.

If non-English speaking immigrants come to the United States and are required to learn English, it will help them assimilate faster than if there were no requirements in place. A friend of mine once asked a Spanish speaker why the guy didn't learn English. The response was, "because I don't have to." As long as immigrants have this attitude of not having to assimilate by learning the language, we'll have a society where people cannot communicate with each other nor be individuals be able to relate to one another.


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We speak English anyway, why not?

    1 month ago | By: Laneel  Laneel
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Even as a second generation Japanese person I agree. My mother had to learn English when she arrived here and I know she would agree. I work in Las Vegas where we have people from all over the world and it kills me when people actually get upset that I don't speak Spanish, French, or what ever. It's great that there are other countries that are more multi-lingual than the U.S. (I myself am bilingual), but English has always been the mother tongue here.

    1 month ago | By: queenra45  queenra45
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A personally own store/business can be in whatever language it is trying to cater to (IE: Spanish for Mexicans) but I agree, any and all official government signs and/or documents should be in English.

    1 month ago | By: IPA  IPA
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From the perspective of having all legal documents in English, I'm for it. If someone wants a store in their sign in some other language, I don't care. Doing government documents in dozens of languages is a waste of money.

    1 month ago | By: Winged ...  Winged ...
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I'm for it. I think that English should have been the official language from the beginning.

    1 month ago | By: Taley  Taley
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Even though I'm sure the first amendment prevents an official language, a country requires a common language in order to communicate with everyone. I made a point of learning a good bit of French when I went to France, even though I had no intention to move there, it's just good etiquette to have a When in Rome attitude.

    1 month ago | By: Aries  Aries
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Many countries support multiple languages. If we are a "melting-pot", why shouldn't we embrace the many different cultures and their languages in our nation?

I see nothing wrong.

    1 month ago | By: Null  Null
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I don't have a problem with the melting pot concept, but the United States should have one language that is spoken by all citizens. That doesn't mean people should forget about their native language, just that they should also learn English so they can assimilate.

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