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English in America


Yes
  72% (36)
No
  28% (14)


Total Votes : 50
(last vote on : 8/16/2007 12:39:56 AM)
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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 10:35:32 AM   
MstrssScarlet


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Status: offline 		My mother's parents were from Sicily.  They learned English and by the time I was able to know any different, I assumed English had always been their second language.  It used to infuriate my grandmother when she ran into immigrants who hadn't bothered to learn 'our' language.  In her opinion, she thought it was important to learn it if she was going to live here and it should be important to them as well.  I voted yes.
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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 10:40:20 AM   
MstrssScarlet


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quote:

ORIGINAL: cjenny

So from your view you want American taxpayers to pay for new immigrants to learn at least grade 4 English?
That is a part of why I chose 'No'.
I am not meaning to pick on you, I just need to understand where you are coming from in order to give you an answer.


You do have a point here.  I do know that my grandparents learned on their own.  Personally, if I were moving to another country I would consider it my responsibility to learn their language, not theirs. 
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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 10:44:18 AM   
domiguy


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Status: offline 		No religion. No language....Nothing forced down our throats! (unless you are sub susie...poor sub susie)...We are Americans for crying out loud!  We don't go for this kind of guano!

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 10:46:32 AM   
pleasedome


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Status: offline 		Be careful Michael, you're giving southerners a bad wrap on our English! ;-)

But I still vote Yes!

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 10:51:25 AM   
michaelOfGeorgia


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Status: offline 		i'm actually from the midwest (Missouri) but stuck here in Georgia

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 11:26:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MstrssScarlet

My mother's parents were from Sicily.  They learned English and by the time I was able to know any different, I assumed English had always been their second language.  It used to infuriate my grandmother when she ran into immigrants who hadn't bothered to learn 'our' language.  In her opinion, she thought it was important to learn it if she was going to live here and it should be important to them as well.  I voted yes.
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my point exactly


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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 1:03:58 PM   
LDRandAstarte


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Status: offline 		I do not think it should be a requirement to be a citizen.

However if you want a drivers license or wish to work in the U.S., YES!

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 1:24:36 PM   
Stephann


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ORIGINAL: michaelOfGeorgia

should it be a requirement for citizenship in America to be able to speak, read, write and understand English?

Should the ability to speak, read, write, and understand English be a requirement for citizenship?

i had thought that this was already a requirement, but cannot find a reference to it.

I had thought it was already a requirement, but I cannot find any references to that effect.

this is not to say that people who speak other languages have to give up those languages, but i think that we should all be able to understand each other more than we currently do.

This is not to say that people who speak other languages have to give up those languages; but I think that we should all be able to understand each other more than we do, currently.

I agree, lingual ability should be a requirement as part of the citizenship process, as well as history and civics.  I find it ironic that many of our first and second generation immigrants seem to make far better citizens than those who can trace their history back many generations. 

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 2:01:54 PM   
susie


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Status: offline 		Gosh do you speak English in America?



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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 2:12:33 PM   
ceeman


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Status: offline 		NO ...we speak  AMERICAN......a language that has contributed more than ( 300 ) three hundred words to the.....  ENGLISH  language.

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 2:14:16 PM   
caitlyn


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Status: offline 		I voted no.
 
I don't think it should be a requirement. Living in the United States and not knowing the English language, is usually a quick path to the lower end of the economic food chain.
 
If that isn't incentive enough, etc ...

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 2:26:09 PM   
orfunboi


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quote:

ORIGINAL: michaelOfGeorgia

i bet, if someone else had created this poll, they'd get some serious replies

Possibly, but then it would be boring and who would want to read that...

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 2:31:12 PM   
orfunboi


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quote:

ORIGINAL: susie

Gosh do you speak English in America?





i think some people do, but they are mostly from the UK....

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 3:35:52 PM   
PoisonRoses


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Status: offline 		YES YES YES.   If you want to live in this country then respect it.   Dont fly the flag of another country and don't speak the language from another country.   Teaching them english couldnt be as expensive as having to have translators on hand for everything from courts to hospitals to schools or paperwork written in other languages.   Companies now pay bi linguals more money then they do american born citizens simply because they can jabber.  So now 'we' are at a disadvantage when it comes to applying for a job.   Wanna come here, come legally and come willing to become an american.

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 5:03:13 PM   
MsSarahMaam


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Status: offline 		And how do you propose to deal with those who are born American, but can't read or write at a 6th grade level, let alone speak it properly?

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 5:04:13 PM   
Sinergy


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Didnt we already kick the English out of America once?

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 5:05:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yup, and they couldn't spell any better than these bloody pedestrians----------

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 5:08:40 PM   
missturbation


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Status: offline 		You guys need to learn to speak / spell correct english before you pick on anyone else
 
Just kidding

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 5:12:50 PM   
Sinergy


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Status: offline 		I imagine the main reason we kicked the British out was due to their overuse of the letter U in words like
colour and flavour.

Plus they put a horizontal slash in their 7s and Zs.  Whats up with that?

The whole tea, tax, triangle trade route, etc., thing was just a cover.  Amusing thing, is those limey bastards bought it hook, line, and sinker.

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RE: English in America - 2/22/2007 5:16:02 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Sinergy

I imagine the main reason we kicked the British out was due to their overuse of the letter U in words like
colour and flavour.
But you still speak a form of english.

Plus they put a horizontal slash in their 7s and Zs.  Whats up with that?
Erm since when?

The whole tea, tax, triangle trade route, etc., thing was just a cover.  Amusing thing, is those limey bastards bought it hook, line, and sinker.
Oh now come come sinergy - no need for name calling

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