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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
