according to the list I posted a little earlier, the United States does not have an official language.
>Gruss, > >I don't think English has never been officially designated the "official" >language of the US. It'd take an act of Congress and, to my knowledge >they've never done it. > >It's is however the commonly spoken language... > >Just nit-pickin' > >sas > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >7241 Jillspring Ct. >Springfield, Va. 22152 >(703) 220-2835 > >http://www.sstwebworks.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:28 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: English in America in trouble? > >> Dana wrote: >> how? >> > >I think that's already been addressed, but one way is that it now >means that every single government document could be requested in >NewLanguage which would, by itself, would cost billions. > >As for making anyone who comes to the US learn english, yeah, they >should, because: > >1.) It's the official language of the United States, >2.) It's the unofficial language of global business, and >3.) It shows a willingness to integrate. > >As examples I have friend who's parents emigrated in the 60s from >Poland. They all speak fluent polish, but they also speak english. I >also have dutch friends who emigrated in the late 90s; they speak >fluent Dutch, German, French, as well as english. (but that's first >the Dutch school system and second, them). > >The point is, if you want to live in the US, then learn english. If >you don't/won't then the US shouldn't accept them as citizens. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233904 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
