On May 26, 2005, at 7:09 AM, David Monniaux wrote:
Not true. We (the USA) lack an *official* national language. Depending on the state, 1-5 languages are used. Compare to the EU.
Come on. All official sites, all political debates, all major news etc. are in English.
Not true. See Telemundo, Univision.
Can a latino legislator do a speech in Spanish in the Capitol US? I doubt so; at least, I doubt it could happen in practice.
Why? Many ami's are bilingual, if not more. Even the shrub speaks spanish.
Compare to multilingual European countries like Belgium or Switzerland.
Most americans speak in many dialects, and absorb words from other languages easily. Would you slam the EU because not all persons in all states speak all of the needed dialects?
I mean, radios, newspapers etc. for immigrant communities also exist in Europe. Go to Paris, you'll see Chinese and Arabic newspapers, Arabic radios.
Visit more of the US. We have the same.
You lived in tri-city Texas, IIRC, which is like saying "I lived in Nice, therefore, I have seen all of Europe".
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