not at all. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what an offical language does. Some application forms need to be translated. A speaker of the language should be available at front-line government offices, such as reception at the IRS office. De facto this already happens. And the going pay rate for English-Spanish and Spanish-English translation is very very low.
>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. OK that is your opinion and you are not going to change it. I actually think that anyone who has the opportunity to learn another language should. But I don't agree that government enforcement mechanisms should be brought to bear on the question, or that there is something so special about learning English that we should run around waving our hands and condemning those whose brains are not wired to do this easily. My mother never really learned to speak French, even though we lived in France for years. Fortunately there were no silly-assed laws saying she needed to do so to drive. My ex-landlord spoke even less English than I do Spanish, but we managed a meeting of the minds there. >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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
