This is our country and english is spoken here ! Yes it is nice to speak a second language ! But dont expect me, no matter what state, Texas, Florida , California or New York , to speak anything other than ENGLISH. Also someone brought up a great point, why must i have directions with other languages in them?Why must i go to McDONALDS and see table tents with ENGLISH and spanish written on them ? I live in pittsburgh and i see this.. WHY ???????
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Illegal Latino immigrants and their supporters are ignorant as H3LL!!  They are the only nationality in our country here illegally, who protest in our country, fly their country's flags, disrespects our flag, leaders, laws, National Anthem, Citizens, abuse our welfare system, take slave wages for jobs Americans WILL do for a fair wage, cause incomes to plummet, are a drain on our economy, cause hundreds of hospitals to close, glut our ER's for non-emergency illnesses, glut our prisons, and on and on and on. NO! If I knew Spanish I wouldn't speak it now, out of respect for my own language, the language the majority of people here use. English is the unified language even if it isn't the official language. In order to assimilate in this country people need to speak the same language. Other immigrants manage to learn English, why can't they!? They need to go home get civilized then come back the LEGAL way!!
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well dont let that affect you.i dont.  me, i am south african, highly educated and yet apparently from a 3rd world country. when i look around at uk, london - a 1st world country, i see the young people, clueless, older closed minded folks with blinkers on, and i think, was i eager to come and see this. like you, i didnt fall short of anything back home, in fact my standard of living was 10 times better than london, in terms of space, parking, less tax etc. but i came here to travel, explore , and my skills were needed here... and better yet, a british company came to my country , to recruit me, i didnt even ask to come here, i just sat back and got brought.... so i suggest to those who think foreigners are idiots, just because their accent is different , to think again - cos english is not the universal language in the world.... and british and americans are the people most likely to only know one language, while us foreigners usually know at least 2 languages.
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YES,i agree with you!!! There should NOT even have to be a question of this!!! ENGLISH is the language that Americans have been speaking since this country was FOUNDED!!! Why should people even WANT to change it NOW?? And,as for OTE (other than English),i have NO problems with people speaking their own language, UNLESS,they are around people who do NOT speak their language!!!! THEN,i think it is RUDE and INSULTING!!!Those of you who speak other foreign languages,PLEASE have enough CONSIDERATION for others around you,who DON'T!!!
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While I'd like it if immigrants learn English, putting up signs in other languages only helps tell people the message the sign was put there for--as long as multi-lingual signs don't become a requirement, no one should be upset that someone put up a sign in two languages.  \n\nMost clothes aren't made in the US--the multilingual tags probably just make it easier to sell the clothes in a worldwide market.
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If you live in this country it should be mandatory to have a least a small grasp on the english language. Yea it pisses me off also but there isn't alot I can do.\nYo I called the IRS a couple of years ago and it was in Spainish! Not even an option for english that time, at least I don't think but who knows they were speaking spainish,lol.  I was livid!!\nUntil I move to another country I don't have to learn ANY other language.
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The best thing you can do is learn to speak spanish! You will need a language credit if you plan on going to college anyway. Yes explain it is rude, because it is. Lots of non-americans do this and it is rude. I hope we pass a law that English is the official language of the U.S- I was shocked to hear it wasn't but Spanish as a second language for anglos is a reality we are going to have to live with and is here to stay. As far as Cali turning into Mexico that will never happen. Here is some food for thought..... Most of California was at one time land belonging to Mexico. (along with most of texas, arizona and new mexico) When Santa Ana lost, the land was taken by the U.S.(literally taken, soldiers and rebels going up to houses and farmsteads throwing the occupants  out by force saying this is ours now get out, but hey that is what happens in war) -- along with thousands and thousands of acres that formally belonged to Mexico. The U.S. is a nation of immigrants, and your forefathers immigrated here too. You have to expect that the demographics of our country will continue to change over time. I do think something needs to be done about illegal immigration. I also think Mexico needs to do more to develop it's own economy and corruption problems so that Mexicans would not be derperate to come here. If it weren't for those illegal immigrants, however, you would be paying $18 a pound for tomatoes and lots more for things like hotel rooms, all produce, restaurant meals and so on. If you are not liking the change in the population of where you live, this is America, nobody is making you stay here. You have 50 wonderful states to choose from, as well as any country around the world. This is something you will have to think about as you grow up.
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I agree with the three first question, QuestionWyrm  - gave you a great answer.\n\nThis must be because of the quantity of people with whom you (Americans) make business. \n\nSpanish is the fourth language in the world in terms of numbers of speakers ,over 330 million. While other sources list it as the second or third most spoken language. \n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApkLGf3tU7WA4seOsS0ljaLsy6IX?qid=1006051010802\n\nThose are the reasons, that's all, it has nothing to do with anybody trying to be more important or even trying to steal your country, life or anything like that.\n\nOn the other hand, i agree with you that immigrants should learn english, as long as they want to get better oportunities. And i'm sure many of the immigrants are aware of this situation, and they are learning english, i can bet on it!!!
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I propose we change the version of english spoken in the US, and call it American. Being that we are a bigger and meaner country than England, we can bully them and say we speak proper english, but truth be told, English is from England.
202233
It is not only rude, but also bad business to have some employees speak a second language at work. Many workplaces have an "English-only" rule. In your case, I believe you have a legitimate complaint. The conversations in another language may actually involve you. If it's a personal conversation that they don't want you to understand, they need to have it on their own time. It has no place in the office. Multiple languages in any workplace is divisive. I think you need to bring this up to management.
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I don't know if you are being racist but you are not being realistic. You live in S. Texas what do you expect. There are many Spanish speaking people there. So who is more employable, a person who speaks only English or someone who is bilingual. You don't have to learn Spanish to work in this country but it couldn't hurt when you live on the Mexican border in what used to be a Mexican territory. Just being born in America doesn't entitle you to a job or move you ahead of other Americans who may not have been born here, or were and choose to retain the language of their culture. In this free market economy there is a demand for Spanish speaking employees in S. Texas. It is ultimately your decision if you want to make yourself more marketable or not.
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I have been to Cancun. It was nice. Yes, most people spoke English, not all though. I dont have a problem with people speaking Spanish here, in fact I speak Spanish here sometimes too, at work they gave me a hard time that I was talking to a Cuban co-worker in Spanish, people thought that we were talking about them, I think that is stupid, like we had nothing better to talk about than them. It got to be a real issue. But understand, it is discriminitory for them to tell us we cannot speak Spanish (not to mention ridiculous). So go ahead and talk it up.
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I don't speak Spanish and it seems that you don't either.  I consider it rude for someone from another country to come here and speak a foreign language to an American unless he/she first asks (in English) if they speak that language.  If he likes you, he will want to speak to you in your language.  I know that if I wanted to talk to a beautiful woman who doesn't speak English, I would learn how to speak her language.  I would not use English words that she doesn't know because it's very, very rude and I would want her to like me to.  How can I get her to like me if she doesn't understand what I'm telling her?
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Yes it is rude, but it seems to be the norm.  There is a joke in California.  There are 2 Vietnamese in an elevator with a 3rd individual.  The 2 Vietnamese talk to each other in their native language. The 3rd says you are in America speak Spanish.  In the 20's it was speak German.
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It a messed up racist comment and for all te people on here are saying it is the truth are messed up too.  I speak spanish stupid A__es and I was born here.  You can't do anything about it.\n\nAlso English is not the official language of the US.  The US has NO official language.  For all the people stating that English is should check up on this before speaking on it.   I agree since most people speak english here people need to learn it, but why direct it at the spanish speakers.  Asians, africans, etc come here and don't speak english either.
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At least you only have to worry about Spanish, where I live we have to do everything pretty much in English, Spanish and Hmong.  \n\nI was in line at the DMV and the young Hispanic gentelman in front of me needed an interpreter so he could get his paperwork filled out for his license.  God help us all, if they can't read the forms and such or understand when things are explained to them, how the heck can they read the signs.
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spanish is BETTER!! It's already turing into OUR country now gringo, or haven't you noticed? little by little we have been importing our culture and our peopole into the u.s. It's too late for the gov of america to do anything now!!ajajajjaja! better learn some spanish gringo, cause soon your kids will HAVE to!! we even got our flags on some american schools in ca. and tx. georgia is being taking over too. WATCH the news and SEE!!
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A lot of people think that English is the only acceptable language of the US.  So when people translate it, they get angry.  Some people are just really ignorant.