Is it not time we harmonized language so that English  was spoken worldwide?
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Oh come on! You say tomato, I say tomato!  There is one universal language-Love! I also love the colour blue. It is my favourite colour.
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Well let us take it this way, if that country has accepted any international language and educates its citizens in that language I dont think it would be an issue if the national language. As an example: - Most of the countries have accepted English as an international language and children are taught english from class one. In public places you have the local language and as well as English.
83398
English. worldwide already.
564392
No, they've simply "mexicanized" it.  Same as english is not the same as the Elizabethan english we inherited.\n\nDad
983357
Why promote the English language? Isn't it already internationally promoted? \n\nWe should promote other languages which are facing the dangers of extinction. Stick to your mother tongue first!
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No, of course. That is only the "prelude" and one of the plausible excuses for that phenomenon,which can be observed quite everywhere. Unfortunately, we live in one confused world, that reverberates on every facet in our lives, also to the language culture and strictly speaking to the decline of English.\nBest of luck!
66751
Nope. Never has, although there have been attempts in the past to make English the official language.
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You know, it's funny because some other people from the USA, probably not yourself, would claim that immigrants who go to your country should be demanded to communicate in English, and you want people in their native countries to try to communicate with you "half way" between their language and English.\n\nI would rather agree with you. All human beings are genetically, 99.9% the same, and only a 0.1% is different. We shouldn't let artificial barriers come among us. And language is one of the highest barriers of all.\n\nAs for the idea of one language for the whole world, let me tell you there have been several attempts to find one. The most important one was Esperanto, created around 1880. And probably the second most important is Ido, which was born in 1907, as a reformed version of Esperanto. Both of them are still alive, and I am myself an Idist (that means I practise and study Ido). Other international languages are Interlingua, Interlingue (yes, two different languages, there) and Novial. But internal differences, personal prides, and most importantly, the political determination NOT to let one language replace English, have made all of these attempts fail so far.\n\nBTW, if you're interested in Ido, here's a link to begin with. Notice this isn't a commercial activity, so this cannot possibly be considered as spam or publicity. I'm not selling anything, for there's nothing to sell.
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I think it is a great idea!  We are a nation and we have the right to make an "OFFICIAL" anything.  Other countries have their official language.  We are not saying that you cannot speak other languages, but it should be MANDATORY that anyone who wants to be a citizen, must speak English.
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NO! It shouldn't.\n\nPerhaps there can be 'internetspeak dictionaries' that contain all the terms, but we don't want to reduce the language, not reduce it. That makes everything so much harder. It's not real, it's just stupid and pointless. It's unprofessional. English is a perfect, developed and perfected. We don't need to screw it up.\n\nAnd it's not the norm. Not everyone writes like that. There are many literate people. It's only the norm for lazy people, and it'll lead them into incompetence.\n\nYou're a prime example. You don't know much about /grammar/ because you speak like that. You've abandoned spelling. Grammar is spelled with an a, friend.\n\nEver read 1984? Let's veer away from a world like that and your modern day version of 'newspeak'.
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The USA already uses English as the language of its government and legal system.  Making it official, like France or England does, calls into question whether we can then spend government money to publish things in Spanish, Vietnamese, or other languages.  \n\nSo, the language of the USA is English, but we do not deny our immigrants the help they need in their own languages while they are becoming American (which takes a generation).\n\nI think that most of the people who want to make English the Official Language want to do so to make it more difficult for immigrants to assimilate here.  I think they feel threatened by other cultures and want a return to an America they perceived as white and European.\n\nI think we should not adopt an official language, or 2 or 3, but we should continue to use English for our government and laws, and use multiple languages where people need help.
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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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It was the defacto official language in the 19th century when immegrent would say we are Americans now we will speak English.  The problem is Illegal Aliens from around the world that really don't want to be apart of the country\n\nIt should be.  Something has to bind us together as people or we will split apart.
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Yes, it should be required.  US is the only country where people don't feel the need to learn another language.  In most other countries, people are at least bi-lingual.  I believe it makes a better rounded individual and gives appreciation for other cultures.  Besides, learning a language is MUCH easier when you are young; as a grown-up, it's very difficult.
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Because there is no such thing as proper english. English as a language evolves, from shakespearean era english.. to victorian era english... to present day english. The closest reason as to why singlish is not accepted as "proper english" is because its usually full of grammatical errors and the fact that its a hybrid of english, mandarin, hokkien, malay, tamil and i dont know what else. Its pretty much like Frankenstein, if you think about it. And Frankenstein could never be human.
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Good question, not.  It's like asking, why doesn't everyone speak English the same.  Everyone tells their own version of the same fairy tale.
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English is considered an international language cuz it's used almost everywhere and in most countries as a second language. for instance, if you are in Japan or india, you would find it easy to communicate in English with the natives there. Also, English is quite important so one can find a good job opportunity. Without English and computer skills your success in yr career life is relatively limited. Hence, it's barely disputed that the English language is extremely significant. One more thing before i go..you said English is power, right? ok, it's power cuz it derives its strength from its really politically and economically powerful countries, such as, US and Britain.