The reason Americans only speak one language is because everyone else expected speak english in order to accommodate them, and that's a good thing. Although, I will lament that our terrible education system doesn't teach Latin and Greek.
not quite. most european nations speak multiple languages because of close proximity. if your bordering states spoke different languages, you'd likely also speak one or more of those.
The European provinces are roughly co-equal though. Despite the heavy cross over of Hispanics in the border areas of America, they are expected to speak English and not vis versa, although some people do pick up enough rudimentary Spainish to order food or direct the gardeners.
If only that were true. If you look around, the last two decades have been slowly introducing Spanish as a secondary on every sign, automated message and even most workplaces in places with decent sized populations. At my old job at least one manager was required to speak Spanish to deal with our cleaners who spoke 0 English.
Its not at a critical level yet, but its been slow building towards being an equal for years now.
California is hispanic majority (39%), White minority (37%), and there's no expectation that the immigrants can read any language English or Spanish. We also print all materials in 72 languages including hmong and Mandarin because the boat people from Asia need to be included.
The US and UK economies have essentially made English the defacto language of trade. Which is the other reason most Americans only ever need to know English.
I had always heard about the importance of learning Greek and Latin but didn’t really see the benefit til I started speaking Spanish and noticed the similarities between Spanish and big words in English which were Latin or Greek based. I got a perfect score on the vocabulary section of the SAT
I remember having trouble believing that English comes from German but when you see it written out it is obvious. English is unique because it’s a Germanic language with a bunch of Latin and Greek based words. At least I think that is unique.
Most Americans learn French, Spanish, or German in school. It doesn't take because we have to really reach out for a chance to practice. Most of the Internet is in English. Hollywood movies are in English. If you live near the border and work in certain occupations, you probably get to use Spanish, and a lot of people do speak Spanish reasonably well. Other than that, it's really rare to get to practice.
The reason Americans only speak one language is because everyone else expected speak english in order to accommodate them, and that's a good thing. Although, I will lament that our terrible education system doesn't teach Latin and Greek.
not quite. most european nations speak multiple languages because of close proximity. if your bordering states spoke different languages, you'd likely also speak one or more of those.
The European provinces are roughly co-equal though. Despite the heavy cross over of Hispanics in the border areas of America, they are expected to speak English and not vis versa, although some people do pick up enough rudimentary Spainish to order food or direct the gardeners.
If only that were true. If you look around, the last two decades have been slowly introducing Spanish as a secondary on every sign, automated message and even most workplaces in places with decent sized populations. At my old job at least one manager was required to speak Spanish to deal with our cleaners who spoke 0 English.
Its not at a critical level yet, but its been slow building towards being an equal for years now.
It pisses me off that there is such accommodation of foreign invaders.
California is hispanic majority (39%), White minority (37%), and there's no expectation that the immigrants can read any language English or Spanish. We also print all materials in 72 languages including hmong and Mandarin because the boat people from Asia need to be included.
Based and classicspilled.
The US and UK economies have essentially made English the defacto language of trade. Which is the other reason most Americans only ever need to know English.
I had always heard about the importance of learning Greek and Latin but didn’t really see the benefit til I started speaking Spanish and noticed the similarities between Spanish and big words in English which were Latin or Greek based. I got a perfect score on the vocabulary section of the SAT
It'd also be nice to be able to read ancient texts.
I remember having trouble believing that English comes from German but when you see it written out it is obvious. English is unique because it’s a Germanic language with a bunch of Latin and Greek based words. At least I think that is unique.
Most Americans learn French, Spanish, or German in school. It doesn't take because we have to really reach out for a chance to practice. Most of the Internet is in English. Hollywood movies are in English. If you live near the border and work in certain occupations, you probably get to use Spanish, and a lot of people do speak Spanish reasonably well. Other than that, it's really rare to get to practice.