ok well, look at this though. I know nothing about this list, but there are lots and lots of stories like this. You start to worry about what language people are speaking and next thing you know you're busting a maker of Jewish headstones for having Hebrew letters on his sign, and Chinese restaurants for having Chinese characters in their decor. Life is too short.
http://www.cnd.org/CND-Canada/CND-Canada.98/CND-Canada.98-02-07.html >I agree that being bilingual is a good thing. We have tourists in America >and being able to help them out is good. We also have folks who, when they >come to this country to live, they may not know the language right off the >bat and we can help them out by being able to communicate with them until >they learn (and I am talking about only a year max to learn functional >English, not over 6 years like the good employees at the Salvation Army). >One of the prerequisites for becoming a naturalized citizen is to be able to >read and speak English. My grandfather emigrated from Germany before WWII >and he learned English so he could better integrate with society. He never >forgot his German roots though, he just decided that learning English was >the way to go in order to be successful, and he ended up being a multi >millionaire (too bad he and Grandma divorced, I may not be working now, >LOL). > >But the thing that really gets under my skin is that there are some schools >(public) that have such a large population of non-English speaking children, >they are teaching classes in Spanish first and English second. I know this >for a fact as it happened to my younger brother and sister, which is why we >moved from the IE (Inland Empire in SoCal) to the High Desert back in the >mid 80's. Sure we have Hispanics living in the HD, but ALL schools are >taught in English only, ALL documents sent home are in English, and Spanish >is only taught in the Spanish class. > >What I am afraid of is that I am going to be FORCED to learn and be fluent >in a second language. I am currently learning Spanish for my upcoming trip >to Peru. Not because I have to, but because I want to so I can have a better >time there, and also because I feel that if I am going to visit a foreign >country, I should immerse myself in their language and culture so I can >better understand everything while I am there. > >Speaking of that, I recall when I visited Greece for a couple of weeks, all >business in stores was done in English, regardless of where you were from. >Interesting that English is the international language of business ( >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English). > >Anyway, my point is that we should adopt English as the official language >and stop pandering to constituents who do not and/or choose not to learn >English. As I stated before, if you love your country so much that you only >want to speak that language, move back, otherwise make every possible >attempt to integrate into society, which, among other things, means learn >English. > > >On 4/30/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233694 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
