America's future is multilingual

[Politruk]

Trump just issued an EO making America's official language English.

That can't last.

No matter how tightly the border is controlled, all the Southwestern states will have Spanish-speaking majorities eventually. Latinos want to be American citizens who still speak Spanish as their primary language, and they're going to be numerous enough to get what they want.

There is no avoiding multilingualism.

 

[Politruk]

Also, don't forget, if we want to annex Canada, that includes Quebec.

 

[Politruk]

Mi aerodeslizador esta lleno de las anguillas!

 

[Cogan]

Also, don't forget, if we want to annex Canada, that includes Quebec.

And Greenland that has a version of Eskimo–Aleut language and they also have Danish as a second official language.

 

[Bray123]

This is an order that tries to make it legal to discriminate against native Americans who wish to speak their own ancient languages.

 

[YDB95]

I doubt if the EO would stand up to judicial scrutiny...if such a thing still existed.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Isn't that equivalent to saying Ford is the official truck of the NFL?

 

[Rebel5soul]

Some folks seem to have difficulty with reading comprehension.

 

[Politruk]

Mi tio esta enfermo, pero la carretera es verde!

 

[Escierto]

Come on, Trump's white trash scum can barely speak English! Most of these mouth breathing knuckle dragging pieces of shit communicate in grunts and pointing.

 

[Politruk]

Come on, Trump's white trash scum can barely speak English! Most of these mouth breathing knuckle dragging pieces of shit communicate in grunts and pointing.

So America will have three principal languages, none official -- English, Spanish, and Redneck.

 

[Saint_Ann]

So America will have three principal languages, none official -- English, Spanish, and Redneck.

You forgot jive.

 

[YDB95]

You forgot jive.

Technically that's a dialect, not a language.

 

[Politruk]

Oh, and, "multilingual" means "speaking more than one language."

Nothing else.

Sorry, ladies.

 

[Rightguide]

Trump just issued an EO making America's official language English.

That can't last.

No matter how tightly the border is controlled, all the Southwestern states will have Spanish-speaking majorities eventually. Latinos want to be American citizens who still speak Spanish as their primary language, and they're going to be numerous enough to get what they want.

There is no avoiding multilingualism.

Yes there is, education and persistent social pressure to learn English like our forefathers had to do.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Russian and English.

 

[Rebel5soul]

You forgot jive.

Spanglish and Ebonics.

 

[Politruk]

Yes there is, education and persistent social pressure to learn English like our forefathers had to do.

That will not overcome public demand.

 

[Rightguide]

That will not overcome public demand.

Learn English or remain a stunted subculture.

 

[Saint_Ann]

No speaky anglish.

 

[Politruk]

Learn English or remain a stunted subculture.

That's just it. They will demand full and equal citizenship -- as Spanish-speakers. And they'll get it, too,

 

[Typo Fu Master]

Can your crystal ball also predict lotto numbers?

 

[Rebel5soul]

Citizenship tests require a working facility in the English language and that's not going to change at anytime in the near future.

Anyone can speak any language they want at anytime they want. What the effect of the EO is is that ALL official records, laws, and public proceeding must be conducted in the English language.

 

[Politruk]

Citizenship tests require a working facility in the English language and that's not going to change at anytime in the near future.

Not in the near future.

But it will change.

 

[Politruk]

What the effect of the EO is is that ALL official records, laws, and public proceeding must be conducted in the English language.

That too will change.