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Old 06-01-2008, 10:34 AM
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What's wrong with being bilingual?
Everything in this country! If you want to be a formal resident of this country then you speak our language!
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Old 06-01-2008, 10:51 AM
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Nothing wrong with being bilingual. I speak Spanish and some Japanese. I do have a problem with immigrants who seek citizenship and don't bother to learn English. Thus requiring the United States to print ALL official forms in dozens of languages.

If you are serious about being a productive American Citizen then do America a favor and learn English please.

If I ever decide to move to France and become a citizen (Fat Chance) I'd for damn sure going to learn French.

Nothing racist here...Just common sense which is lacking in our society.
I couldn’t agree with more, I'm bilingual. I speak Spanish but I agree with you 1000%
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Old 06-01-2008, 10:54 AM
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I've decided since the masses aren't good with multiplying fractions, we should just stop...

That is how dumb the argument is that everything should be bilingual because certain people will not take the time to learn English
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Old 06-01-2008, 11:34 AM
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There's always going to be free loaders in this world. Many people come to the US and become productive citizens (learn the language, abide by the laws, and adopt the majority of US culture while combining it with some of their own heritage). But Then you have the people who come over here to just enjoy the benefits of our country without learning the language, or integrating anything involving US culture..Its a shame that these particular people ruin it for the others....
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Old 06-01-2008, 01:58 PM
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BS! If I HAVE to be able to speak that crap in my country then I sure the hell DON'T want to fit in there!
Shouldn't you be at the store trying to pre-fit your cheese-head hat?
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Old 06-02-2008, 06:04 PM
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After China took over Hong Kong in the 90's, the city's office language has changed from Cantonese to Mandarin which is more prevalent language in China, from what I understand.

Some countries with many different dialects as India they elect to use English to communicate to each other.

I see knee jerk reactions to Spanish language, from what I observe.
For the people who are too old and or uneducated to learn English my heart goes out for them. However, stretching out our resources to accommodate them is not the best money spent IMO.
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