Teach your children well...

[dinkyjacksonman]

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I speak Japanese,English and Spanish.
My daughter is learning 3 of them as well.
I am sure knowing of how to speak different languages helps in many ways.

[SeventhSon]

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I may be wrong here, but I always understood that there is no "official" language of the U.S.. It just happens that the majority speak English. Like I posted earlier the people who refuse to learn English puit them selves in a spot to be looked down upon, hence usually the lower paying jobs.

On the other end of that the people here who refuse to learn that "funny talk" are getting ready to put them selves into the same boat. Remember it's America, except for a small few. None of us are from here.

Like it or not, and this is probably harder for the Central/Northern States who are still probably the majority English speaking/ white folks, with very little foreign presence. The America you see outside today, isn't going to be the same one in 20 years. I was reading that in Texas for example very soon if not already Hispanics will be the Majority, as they probably will be very soon in the whole Southwest and Southern California.

So as the majority of people in Europe do, you better get used to at least being bilingual.

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you're right there is no official language. it's shocking.

the deal is I don't like my tax dollars being spent on bilingual textbooks, bilingual teachers, bilingual government officials. that is the reason why there should be an official language. it's simple economics and efficiency.

[fett]

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Tell that to the 30 million people that have another "Official" language. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[Drsracing]

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i know all the spanish i need to know.
"hey Amigo!!" means -i've got drugs, when you're driving by.

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I know this one too.

[fett]

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I know, "Kay pasta?" The means, "Where's my spaghetti?" [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[MetalGrasshopper]

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I'm fluent in cantonese w000t

[maddog]

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I want to move to America when I'm older, when I've got my degree. Would it help me to get in if I knew another language? If so which one should I learn?

[ApeDosMil]

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Theres like 50 Chinese dialects though, and you can't understand them all.

[toejam]

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Si O Si, Que?

[fett]

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I want to move to America when I'm older, when I've got my degree. Would it help me to get in if I knew another language? If so which one should I learn?

[/ QUOTE ] Well, you already have the "Queen's English". Now all you have to do is speak 'merican. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

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I speak Japanese, English and Spanish.
My daughter is learning 3 of them as well.

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Are you teaching her all 3 at once? Cool!