thank u for answering my question.do u think every one was born speaking english?
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I don't think it is right to mock people. But I think people get frustrated because it is difficult to read the questions and so easy to use the spell check button.
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I agree with you.  Immigrants often live in heavily immigrant neighborhoods where they can get by without learning English.  However, all of my ancestors came from non-English speaking countries and learned English as soon as they arrived here -- that's the idea behind the melting pot.  If immigrants don't want to learn English they should move back to where they came from.
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More power to them!  My ancestors (and yours probably) came from another country, did not speak English and more than likely had an accent.  People who come to the US generally WANT to learn English, but learning a new language is very difficult, particulary for adults.  Give the new immigrants a generation or so to assimilate.
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I agree, English is easy.  I learned English at the age of 16 and it only took me 6 months to speak it.  I believe that is one of the reasons it has become the main global language.  Almost everyone with little knowledge of English can easily speak it, even if it's not perfectly spoken they can still communicate with others.  It is very instinctive, you can almost guess how to say things by just adding "ing" or "ed" or "tion" etc.
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First of all I would like to say congrats. You speak better English than any illegal Mexican that come over daily. Even better English than some of them who have been living in the US for over 10 years. Now to answer your question I dont know. Just wanted to say thnk you for proving to me that it is just Mexicans that cant speak English.
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You are wise in your history.  YES! English did become the official language of the U.S. of A. by a one vote margin.
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Im a registered Chickahominy... and my tribe (eastern virginia) has been speaking english since first contact with Europeans.\n\nI hope this helps, although its different for each tribe.  No one answer "one" will be right since there are thousands of tribes.
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Unfortuantly, yes most of the people here are speaking (their form) of English. Most of the people on Yahoo! answers are just posting any old thing like "y da ski bloo?" (translation) > why is the sky blue? or "my mama an dad BAD. wat i d0?" > just to get points so they can brag about how "helpful" they are and about the only thing you can do is report them to Yahoo! I know how it feels. I get bugged, too!
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This is actually true.  Foreigners learn English in school,  where grammar and vocabulary is the means of learning. They learn the language, by learning the rules (grammar). Americans speak as their parents taught them.  Education may or may not help. (I did poorly in my English classes!) We are taught, but don't necessarily learn.  \n\nLook at how are children are speaking today. Their idols are rappers and sports stars. They try to speak like gang members.  Look at how they ask and answer questions here on Yahoo! Answers!\n\nMy wife is from Asia. She got her bachelor's degree there then moved here when she was in her twenties. (She moved here as a legal immigrant, she is now a citizen)  When I met her, she had a very heavy accent.  \n\nI helped here with her accent and she went to court reporting school, which really added to her vocabulary and her listening skills. She has been working in major corporations for about 15 years now and is a vice president at a major bank.  Her (college educated) co-workers are always asking her advice on language and letter writing. I am so proud of her!  (She also kicks my butt with English!)\n\nI hope this answers your question! I know I've been rambling on.
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Well English...Started from Anglo-Saxon.Some words are borrowd or adopted. Some were created by accident.
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There is no defnitive answer.  \n\nI know people who are the 1st generation of their family to be born here and they aren't bilingual, and I know people that are the 2nd or 3rd generation to be born here and they are bilingual.
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Why should we be annoyed? English is not the only language in the world! Nor is it the most widely spoken.\n\nI notice that you have asked at least one question in a language that befits your name, which is a very pretty French one.\n\nI suspect that you are playing Devil's Advocate ;)
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maybe because they speak english
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Right.  English is an amazing language, but unfortunately is not for everyone.  As proven here.
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WTF?????  Do you even speak English????
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I'm sure a majority are non-native english speaking.  I find that in the gaming community as well.\n\nOne girl (I answered her question not to her liking) e-mailed me a long, rude and profane message and  informed me it's slang these days and perfectly acceptable to have poor grammer, spelling and sentence structure.  She knew how to spell and if she wanted to spell it that way she would.  If so, I wonder why they bother to put spell check available here?\n\nI hope I'm dead by the time they all take over the country.....
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LOL No. It's an every day occurrence where I live. The town I live in is extremely multi-cultural. The people are from very diverse cultural backgrounds, and there are people around here who speak a myriad of languages. Most of them speak at least a little English too, but when they are together in groups, they speak their native language, and why not?  They aren't talking to me, so why would I care what language they are speaking?