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Posted on 11/08/2005 5:00:55 PM PST by IndyInVa

English As The "Official" Language of America? A recent poll by a nonpartisan research firm says 83% of Marylanders believe laws should be passed making English the official language of the U.S. This would require that all official documents and government business be conducted only in English -- no more printing in other languages. Do you agree with this proposal?


TOPICS: US: Maryland; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aliens; englishlanguage; immigrantlist
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To: HiJinx

69% Yes
31% No


61 posted on 11/08/2005 6:34:26 PM PST by DLfromthedesert (Texas Cowboy...you da man!!)
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To: IndyInVa

Done. Still running 69-31


62 posted on 11/08/2005 6:35:12 PM PST by AZ_Cowboy ("Be ever vigilant, for you know not when the master is coming")
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To: IndyInVa

Our Registrar of Voters sent my wife and I separate notices saying somebody in our household said we don't speak English. We were supposed to return them saying which language we wanted our ballots in. We threw the da**ed things away, cursing aloud how you shouldn't vote if you don't speak English.

Well, today, at the polling place, we didn't have an "X" next to our name, so the nice polling lady had to read us a notice from a huge card about our rights to get a ballot in any language. I went ballistic in front of her and the other poll workers, complaining that I've spoken English my whole life and nobody should ever ask me what language I want to vote in. They made me fill out a card saying I wanted to vote in English and get future voting materials in English. One of the poll workers actually said "Yes" when I said that people that don't speak English shouldn't be allowed to vote.

Mr. Fong was at the table helping out as an interpreter for the Chinese people who don't speak English.

BTW, my father's family immigrated from Germany in the late 1920s. They learned English pretty quickly to survive.

To top it all off, our polling place was the local firehouse. They have a new placard on the exterior of the building saying it is a "Safe Drop" location. The sign shows a pair of hands receiving a throw-away baby. Aaargh!


63 posted on 11/08/2005 6:35:16 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: yldstrk

What we really need is to be speaking several languages in our country? Has anyone checked out the Balkans lately? Just another way to divide America. English only.


64 posted on 11/08/2005 6:35:33 PM PST by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub.)
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To: mlc9852
If you owned a business and wanted to attack customers who spoke Spanish,

Why would one want to "attack" someone who spoke Spanish? Most of us rational types don't "attack" someone who speaks a language other than our own. I agree we should all speak English in this country, but please, there is no reason to attack others who don't speak our language. You are just a little on the radical side aren't you?

65 posted on 11/08/2005 6:35:40 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: Dashing Dasher
I did. Reading and speaking English should be a requirement for citizenship. Also, anyone who takes up permanent residence in this country must learn to read and speak English. When a foreign born child enters school, he or she should be helped until he or she can master the English language. Our schools should not be bilingual.

Of course our schools should teach foreign languages, but there should be several offered and the student should be allowed to choose which he or she would like to take.
66 posted on 11/08/2005 6:35:55 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: IndyInVa

Just voted....it's at 69% for and 31% against.


67 posted on 11/08/2005 6:39:11 PM PST by Kellykoop
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To: Goodgirlinred
When people first come into this country, of course they need for the papers to be written in their own language so that they understand what they are signing and agreeing to.

Are you saying these papers should only be printed in their native language? If not, every paper would be printed in hundreds of languages to be fair, right? If it's only printed in their native language, I think that should be the responsibility of their particular embassy to guide them appropriately.

68 posted on 11/08/2005 6:40:13 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: Goodgirlinred

It's like that in other countries AND it used to be like that here!!!

What happened?
When?
And WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE!!!!!


69 posted on 11/08/2005 6:40:17 PM PST by Dashing Dasher (I'm going to become rich as soon as I invent a device that allows you to smack people over the web!)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

What does pandao mean?

Beats me.


70 posted on 11/08/2005 6:41:38 PM PST by i_dont_chat (Houston, TX)
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To: ozarkgirl
LOL - sorry! I meant attract.
71 posted on 11/08/2005 6:42:15 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
To top it all off, our polling place was the local firehouse. They have a new placard on the exterior of the building saying it is a "Safe Drop" location. The sign shows a pair of hands receiving a throw-away baby. Aaargh!

Welcome to America! :)

You should move to the midwest, even our Congressman came back from Washing on a beark, during his speech he said, how wonderful to be back in the midwest, where people still have common sense.

72 posted on 11/08/2005 6:44:08 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: mlc9852
LOL - sorry! I meant attract.

Hahaha, well that's a whole different subject!!

73 posted on 11/08/2005 6:46:41 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Pandao? Where did you find the word?


74 posted on 11/08/2005 6:49:43 PM PST by republican4ever
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To: IndyInVa

This has an easy answer, IMO. When in Rome...


75 posted on 11/08/2005 7:10:59 PM PST by conservativebabe (proud to be a vitriolic hyperconservative)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Did you mean to say "pendejo?"


76 posted on 11/08/2005 7:12:12 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Request or send care packages for/to troops at www.opgratitude.com)
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To: Brad's Gramma; IndyInVa; ozarkgirl

70% YES
30% NO

Work it, FReepers, work it!


77 posted on 11/08/2005 7:15:18 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Request or send care packages for/to troops at www.opgratitude.com)
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To: La Enchiladita
Did you mean to say "pendejo?"

I didn't write it but used to live in California as a child. I've heard the word, do you know what it means? I'll have to check back and see in what context it was used.

78 posted on 11/08/2005 7:16:39 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: La Enchiladita

70%-Yes--And then there's a school in Jonesboro GA which today mandated that its students woould be made to be proficient in both Spanish and English--What a crock!


79 posted on 11/08/2005 7:21:11 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: mlc9852
LOL - sorry! I meant attract.

Hahaha, well that's a whole different subject!!

Sooo, do we agree if we don't have a common language, misunderstandings are prevalent? Shoot, we're both speaking the same language and were still able to misunderstand one another! A common language brings a common understanding. Exactly what is not happening in France, different cultures colliding. Let's not yet get into the culture thing and just agree that perhaps if they were able to communicate, none of this would be happening.

80 posted on 11/08/2005 7:21:38 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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