Spanish official language in usa?

Question

why do I keep hearing this

if its not true

i mean i dont see the school teaching in spanish or see any movies made on spanish here in the usa

and more people speak english then spanish in usa

Why dont we just make spanish 2nd official language?

what is so bad about that? it be a bilingual country

Answer 1

The US will not adopt an official language because they are afraid of upsetting someone. I don't know where you are from but in the Dallas area there are more Spanish speaking people than English. I had to eat breakfast at a McDonald's every day last week and my order was wrong every day because I don't speak Spanish and the clerk spoke very little English. In the Dallas area schools they hire bi-lingual teachers so the kids can be taught in Spanish or send them to classes for English as a second language.

I believe that we should adopt, by law, an official language and that if you want to move to this country you must learn to speak English first.

Answer 2

"dont say that usa doesnt have afficial language because we use english for everything"

Just because it's the language most widely used in the country, doesn't make it the official language.  The United States of America does not have an official national language.  

Sorry, that's just the simple truth.

Answer 3

Interesting question.

Here's the deal, the reason why we have so many Spanish things, Spanish Channels, Spanish Class, and so on is because in the United States we have a growing number of Hispanic People living here. And with those people, come their customs and their children in which the customs and language is passed down, just as in most other cultures. So, many things in return, are in Spanish becuase of the great number of them living here. In Canada, even though they have 2 official languages, English and French, they have everything in both languages which means that schools are taught fluently in either of the languages, the President/Prime Minister speaks both, the news is in those languages, and everyone basically must have some idea of both languages in order to get around.

If we were to make 2 official languages in the United States, everyone would be required to learn both pretty much fluently. The United States is made up of many different cutures and languages, and to, in a sense, force everyone to learn both languages would be bad. We are not a Latin American country.  The American culture is a mixture of all cultures that live here and made this country what it is, yes the Spanish, or Hispanic rather, have and also are doing a lot for the American culture, we cannot rule out all of the other languages and cultures that already made a great impression on the country and is culture.

If you go around to Europe you will see things written in many different languages, that's because of all of the close together and different speaking countries. However, pretty much all of the time you will also see things in English, becuase English has become the modern-day Universal Language. Our country is one of the driving forces in making that so, so why would we abandon it? It just doesn't make any sense. Already most things are written in English, Spanish, and French. That is because of our neighbors, Canada and Latin America.

It is a complicated and arguable matter, though interesting at the same time. It would take a lot to explain it, but I think this shall do. Just understand that it just wouldn't work if we messed around with our languages and culture. And yes, the United States of America does not have an official language, we just use English, so why would we go making two official if we don't even have one. You can check all around the web and libraries about that, I am a Law Student after all ;)

I hope this is clear and helps!  

Answer 4

There is a difference between official and commonly spoken. The United States does not have an established official language however English is widely spoken- and Spanish is becoming that way.

But most people speak English and English is the predominant language yet it's not official. There is NO official language.



edit- we might use English but it is not defined as official. Remember it is not an OFFICIAL language that's endorsed by the government. There is a difference. Look it up if you don't believe me. Other countries have "official" languages but we don't. However, it's not hard to see that English is the language that is used here.

Answer 5

the bad thing about is that some people might not accept it.i accept it as a 2 language.

Answer 6

The USA doesn't have a official language or religion. Spanish is only spoken among a tenth of the population, and thats along the border and parts of Florida and New York.

Answer 7

I've never heard of this.

SOME states have Spanish as a 2nd language like, NY.

Here in NY we have bi-lingual and ESL programs (in school).

They also put Spanish movies with English subtitles if the movie was made in Mexico or some other Latin-American country and they still haven't put voice overs.

Answer 8

My state (Louisiana) uses English and French as de facto languages. :-)

Answer 9

No, non, nei, never, not true. Spanish is not used in the USA as anything but by those who wanted to stay here but refuse to learn English and kept using Spanish!!! Schools should stop forcing students to learn Spanish in high school, but rather let them choose among many used in the world today. You use English when coming here.  Spanish is never a "second language" in NY!!!  They can never make Spanish a second language here. You have more of other groups than Spanish speakers in the USA!!!

Bilingual country? There's more than 2 languages being spoken in the USA!