Sign the petition to make Spanish the official language of the U.S.A.

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Sounds absurd? Well, how much more absurd is it than making English the official language?

[Jason9612]

1. Because English HAS BEEN our language since the day we arrived...

...And it deserves recognitiion as the national language.

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3. What language has been spoken at Acoma Pueblo for 1,000 years?

[Swamp Rat]

5. Keres?

Similar to what the San Felipe Pueblo and Laguna people spoke, if I remember correctly.

[Swamp Rat]

4. ¡Que ridículo!

Meine Familie sprach Deutsches, et Français, e Português, y español cuándo llegaron aquí, e muto mais. Eran de Russia, Afrika, Hollanda, Blearus... ad infinitum.

Eu quero portuguêses ser a língua oficial!

[RagingInMiami]

6. Since the day WHO arrived

The Spanish in Florida? The French in Louisiana. The Spanish in California?

[Jason9612]

13. Alright, point taken. But as stated it IS the language of our forefathers

and of all who fought the Revolution as Americans to gain our soverniegty (sp?) and freedom.

[datasuspect]

15. maybe YOUR forefathers

ugh

[Jason9612]

16. IT IS THE LANGUAGE OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON, AND THE LANGUAGE THAT...

...AN OVERWHELMINGLY MAJORITY OF OUR 300 MILLION SPEAK.

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17. so what, "our" country was founded on racism and slavery too

what's your point?

[Jason9612]

19. My point is that ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE WE SPEAK

Not Spanish

[datasuspect]

20. i dunno "we" speak lots of languages around here

spanish, filipino, cajun french, vietnamese, korean, arabic.

what's wrong with spanish?

having more than one language is a good thing.

[Jason9612]

28. Is it? We need to unify under one language. It must be English..

Im not saying theres anything wrong with Spanish, I'm just saying that English should hold precedent because we are in a predominately English speaking country.

[datasuspect]

32. why?

"unify?"

how would having an official language unify this country?

if anything, it would divide people more.

[Jason9612]

34. Youre misunderstanding the point here. We need to have at least a basis

of language. English is our common language. Things should be in English FIRST.

By unifying the country I mean presenting an image that the US is an ENGLISH speaking country.

[Telly Savalas]

37. We need to do it because it's the right thing to do!

Why's it the right thing to do, you ask?

Well it's the right thing to do because we need to do it!

[derby378]

25. We managed to get by for over 200 years without a "national language"

Besides, have you ever watched Univision or Telemundo? Believe me, there are a lot more Spanish-speaking Americans than you or I may realize.

I say we let capitalism take its natural course and let Spanish have its chance.

[Solon]

41. Not everywhere...

Let's see, there's Hawaiian in Hawaii, French and Creole in Louisana, for most of the southwest its Spanish, such as what the Californian Constitution is written in, or what Arizona considers an OFFICIAL language. You were saying?

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. Like these people?

[niyad]

35. those who insist on english as the national language should be able

to demonstrate the ability to read, write and speak it correctly, an ability that I notice is sadly lacking in the chimperor, for one, and quite a few of the "english only" or "english as a national language" bunch. as a matter of fact, I notice this lack in a good many people --it is appalling how many of the european-derivative native-born (we are NOT talking the First Nation peoples here, thank you, they have their own languages)demonstrate a complete lack of competence in their professed native tongue.

tell me, please, what on earth is so damned threatening about people speaking other languages? how many do YOU speak/read/write/comprehend? and WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING through so many of your posts? what deep, dark lack do you feel in yourself that you insist that everybody speak only one language?

[BringEmOn]

8. There were more than 500 Nations here BEFORE you arrived.

Learn each individual language and dialect or get the fuck out! :sarcasm:

[niyad]

9. since the day the white europeans invaded, you mean? you do remember

that this country was, in fact, inhabited when the invaders arrived? and, if I remember correctly, the vikings did NOT speak english (and they got here before the ones who landed at plymouth rock)

how about the many millions who came to this country whose native tongue was NOT english? why in the world are people so narrow-minded, so blinded by bigotry, that they have nothing else to do but insist on this petty, ignorant bs? when I was growing up, I heard many, many languages--including the four spoken in my own home. this is about the only industrialized country where one can be considered educated without the ability to speak several languages well --hell, half the native-borns cannot even speak english well (witness chimperor, for one)

what a time-wasting distraction from the serious issues that are not getting addressed while people emote over this divisive nonsense.

[undeterred]

12. Did the people who were kidnapped and brought here on slave ships

speak English?

[datasuspect]

14. i thought the vikings got here first

and what about the spaniards, the french, and the dutch.

the english were relative newcomers to the continent.

[Jack from Charlotte]

27. Yeh. Vikings were here 1st so Swedish should be the official language of..

Amurica.

[Bill McBlueState]

21. self-delete

eh, I was just piling on. Others have said it better.

[alarimer]

43. The Dutch didn't speak English

New York was New Amsterdam first. My own ancestors spoke French when they arrived. And Norweigian, German, etc. And since some were Belgian, I imagine they might have spoken Flemish but I am not sure about that. So which language should I speak?

I demand that Flemish be the offical language!

[magellan]

2. English as our official language isn't absurd (nt)

[silverlib]

7. Just another smoke screen...

i vote for "truth" as the official language.

[Dark]

10. Well, it was the language of the founding fathers. n/t

[diamondsndust]

18. My Cherokee founding fathers were here before your European

founding fathers were...

Wanna try again?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

11. I vote for Proto-Indo-European n/t

[Bill McBlueState]

22. mmm, PIE

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. How about a common language everybody speaks? Profanity.

Particularly when speaking of shrink-wrap or politicians.

[ComerPerro]

30. Fucking-A!

[Marie26]

24. So where's the petition?

I'm all disappointed.

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

26. I have a simple idea that will work perfectly

Why not simply poll every American citizen and ask what language they speak most frequently, we will pick whatever language recieves the most votes as our offical language. Certainly no racism in that? simple pure democracy, isn't that the system here everyone loves and celebrates?

[Jason9612]

31. AND THE RESULT WOULD BE ENGLISH

Plain and simple.

[Solon]

40. No, actually most would respond with the non-existant language of....

American, or be smartasses and say Piglatin. You underestimate both the ignorance and the snarkiness of most Americans.

[ComerPerro]

29. Actually, I'd sign that

[raccoon]

33. I would too. I was disappointed there wasn't a link.

Spanish isn't my first language, but I'm learning it.

And it's a heck of a lot easier to spell than English.

[LittleClarkie]

36. How about a Native American language instead

They were here before anybody.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

39. Nope. English Will Do Just Fine.

[bdamomma]

42. this is so much BS

official language????what's next the official religion, total BS, we are all Americans with so much diversity, which should be embraced.