At 6/5/04 11:51 AM, IllustriousPotentate wrote:
At 6/5/04 08:20 AM, BFreshofthe21st wrote:
But then again, how many actual CITIZENS speak Spanish as their First languge?
Ah ha! From what I understand, literacy in English is required to become a citizen, with the exception of the 50/20, 55/15 rule (which waives the English literacy requirement for 20-yr. residents 50 or older, or 15-yr. residents 55 or older).
So, why would we try to spend millions of dollars going towards a bilingual system like Canada's (where everything, including road signs, are bilingual) to facilitate non-citizens?
Canada has most everything labels, road signs, etc.. in its TWO official languages. We're accomodating OUR citizens not non citizens (Quebec is part of Canada still). It's great having two official languages. I'm fluently bilingual in both, and french is spoken in other places besides Canada. Every country should have a second language.