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From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Official Language Of USA
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 12:20:06 EST
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> 
> What problem?  Why are you so worried about having more than one
> "official" language in America?  Switzerland has four (or three), and
> this is reasonable because the people there come from various cultural
> backgrounds. This seems to be the case in the US too, especially in the
> South, so why do you want to make things tough on Spanist-speaking
> people (for instance) ?
> 
> 	Wayne

This is one of those times when I must "cross-over" to support what is
basically a right of center movement.  Every person from every nation
that has come to this country has had the choice of learning English
or getting along as best they could in their native tounge.  Only recently
have we tailored American residency to accomodate those who won't or can't
learn English.  I do not see any reason why we are allowing this to happen.
If you don't think there will be very great monetary and social expenses
in trying to create a bilingual America, I suggest you look into the
Canadian situation.  I, for one, strongly support the move to return
this country to a single official language.

P.S.  Most non-Spanish speaking people in the U.S. have found it to their
      advantage to learn enough Spanish to be able to hold a conversation,
      if they are in a situation that warrants it.

BTW, I seem to remember hearing that English beat German by one vote to
be the official language of the U.S when the country was formed.  Does
that mean that English already is the official language of the U.S.?

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