Are there any English out here in America? Ive just arrived and would like to live and work here. Does anyone?
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Well by just arrived, does that mean you are here on a temp Visa? \n\nMy husband is from London, he came here on a temp Visa and then we got married. Your best bet is to contact an immigration lawyer. \n\nPlease, do it legally.
99350
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.
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yup, i immigrated- legally!!- from the US to Israel (asia)! \nmy experience was pretty good- y'know, aside from the problems of learning the new language, fitting in... the biggest problem (aside from shopping!) is the anti-americans. many people here (in my circles as a teenage girl!!) are prejudiced against america, americans and anything connected to amwerica. its really annoying!!! like, in addition to all the adjusting issues, you also have to deal with locals with attitude who tell you to "go back to america" and chew your head off every time you speak english (to another american- not to them!!)?!?! plus, many people think that allllll americans are rich- which doesn't sound so bad, but gets reeeeally annoying...\ni don't know nuch about the legal procedures, cause my parents dealt with all that when we moved! \nbut basically, it has its tough parts, but compared to other stuff that goes on around here, i cant complain!!
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Why on earth would you want to speak another language when you can be just like all of the other typical closed-minded Americans that believe that you should only speak English?  Is it that you want to travel?  Meet other people?  Increase international business opportunities?  Whatever it is that you want to do, I'm sure it's for selfish reasons and you should listen to these provincial individuals and SPEAK ENGLISH.
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There's quite a lot of English people on Yahoo Answers...  I myself am from Lancashire. If you take a look around you'll probably find there's a lot of UK residents asking and answering questions here. A good place to start would be the travel categories, which include many UK regions.
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Oh stop! ...from what I have seen the Irish have never learned to speak English even now. Besides that is part and parcel of any group coming to America, or any other country for that matter. That is why they gather into ghettos like little Havana and little Haiti in Miami or Ybor City in Tampa and what about the China towns in cities all over this this country and Canada. The older immigrants have a real hard time learning a new language. Your ability to learn a new language is greatly diminished after the age of twelve, that was determined in many studies conducted throughout the 20th century. I was In the Air Force  years ago, and my tests indicated I might be able to learn a language and become a translator. The test consisted of spoken sentences which sound like this... "IF IGNATZ WHA BENEY, means she is a nice girl... then what does, "YAHOOLY CO DESPECZENY!" Mean? HUH!!! Needless to say I still speak only English. If I was forced to move to another country for whatever reason, I truly know in my heart I could never learn another language and I would have to hide in a ghetto speaking American English to all the other immigrants who had come to China to find work after the collapse of the Bush Brothers economy. Give it up. These people are not lazy!!!  I would like to see some of your other answerees here spend 12 to 14 hours day in the hot sun picking the tomatoes and other crops these people pick for less then minimum wages, consistantly year after year. You might call them uneducated, and have some meaning, but to call them lazy just points out your own blatant ignorance. Capitalism, as a system, needs a large underpaid working class to function. Our own Middle Class, which consists of nearly everyone but the ultra rich, would never do what these people do. Look what happened to Ford, GM, and Chrysler (before the Germans bought them) when everyone who worked for them became middle class, even if they only swept floors... Bankruptcy. The same will happen to this country as a whole when we throw all 12 million of these "illegal" immigrants out. Oh they do create problems, but so does all population growth. Every American state government knows that new arrivals only pay for 84% of the infrastructure it takes to manage their arrival, even if they are rich Americans. Go Figure...? Besides, Hispanics will be the majority population (51%) in 2051. Then they will vote Spanish in as the only spoken language in America, and you will have to push #2 to hear it in english, and then you will know how hard it is to learn a language (even if it is free) after having spent 12 hours in the fields picking hot peppers for the rich Hispanics who will then be running this country.
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I from the USA and I speak English aka American
683178
Maybe you should learn to speak, read AND write PROPER ENGLISH, the language spoken in the USA!!!!!!!
430232
If a person wishes to live in the United States and work in the United States, then he/she should have to learn English.  English is the language spoken in The United States and if I were to move to a different country, like Mexico, Spain, France or elsewhere, do you think that the people in those countries would learn English for me or would I be expected to learn to speak and understand their language in order to get a job or function in their society?
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There are people from all over the world here.  Not all of them speak or type English that well.  Please pay attention to the question and not the typing.  Also there are people who do speak and type English but are a little on the lazy side.  Its easy to tell them apart.  Just move to the questions you understand and have fun.
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i agree with you; noone should be able to immigrate into this country unless they can first prove some sufficiency in speaking the english laguage. english is rapidly becoming the international laguage of business, so why should we not require everyone here to speak the language in order to interact in our society?
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Hey Al, are you talking seriously? Where do you live? My question is because, if you live in the United States, there are thousands of academies, institutes, schools and the like, where you can study English either paying or free. But if you live outside the U.S. it's a different story. Where do you live now? (someone should translate this for you.)
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aw you dont want to! wherever youre from, im sure you have a beautiful accent. americans sound so stupid, if you ask me. (lol, yes i am from america. i just wish i had a british accent, or australian, or osmething like that-- so elegant and pretty). \nbut to perfect it, if you wish, probably just spend time here. spend time around people talking how you want to talk, and youll pick it up. it rubs off on you.
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I think that if you are here in "AMERICA" You should learn the damn language or get the hell out!! We DO NOT live in mexico, or any other country, we live here in "AMERICA" There are people that have lived here in "AMERICA" for years and still dont speak a word of english. If I was to go to a different country, I would at least try to speak the language.
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I'm a first generation immigrant from England, and I just want to say that I think it's hilarious so many Americans want Mexicans & other South Americans to learn MY country's language! I know folks from all around the world, but it's only Americans that you can rely on to only speak a single language!\n\nHaving said that, it's not so hard to come here legally.  \n\nWe'll sort this mess out before long.  If all Mexicans stop going to Walmart & Starbucks (as I heard on the radio today) the WalMart will fix the problem.\n\nHow about we just give EVERYBODY the citizenship test, and everyone that fails (including those born here) gets shipped out?
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I'm an American Citizen who moved here two years ago to marry my Welsh husband.  We live in London.  In my experience so far, most everyone is judged on who they are personally.  I've experienced a couple instances of racism, but they were brief moments of stupidity on the part of a couple un-informed persons.\n\nIt doesn't really matter in the long run if you stay there or come here...  It's your life and where and how you choose to live it and be as a person - your values and your integrity - that's what is only ever going to matter.\n\nCheers\n\nPS - the jobs market is great, if you have skills it's even better.  I'd suggest you start doing some Internet research to get an idea of what is here and what's on offer job and pay-wise so you know what you will be facing.  Ta
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I agree with you. There are too many here that do not speak any word of English but yet they want to live here and be treated like citizens. I believe if they want to be taking serious about wanting to be here as Americans then they need to learn the English language as well. It is good to keep speaking your home language but you need to speak English as well