Citizen James
James42
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« on: October 06, 2005, 09:29:51 PM » |
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What happens in Puerto Rico (the Spanish speaking American protecterate)?
I agree, that simply out of matters of practicallity, people who move here should learn English. But that takes time, and even intense classwork will only move you along so fast. In most cases, it takes 5-7 years of work to reach true fluency. In the meantime, I think the people who put in the effort should at least be given the respect they deserve for their hard work - English is a difficult language. Having some translations of more common but complex documents would be helpful for those who are making an honest effort but simply haven't gotten there yet.
Our founding fathers actually considered making German or French the offical language (Though they spoke English, they hated England), but decided to have no official language in the end and just let each region use whatever language happened to work for them.
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