Thursday, February 17, 2011

"Para español, marque dos." Sara Ceraso, Post 6

Someone brought up today that eventually English will not be the major language in the United States. The largest number of immigrants lately have been coming from Latin American countries, and America has noticed and has been making accommodations. There are many stores where labels of products are in Spanish, and when you make phone calls, the original "Para español, marque dos," has now been replaced with "for English, press one." For a non-Spanish speaking American, this can be really frustrating. Don't get me wrong, I'm not prejudice or against the mixing of cultures. I think the mixing of cultures is what makes America so interesting, but should we be making all of these changes in a country that most people speak English. I mean if I went to live somewhere like Spain, I would expect that I had to learn how to speak Spanish.

Side note-- I thought the discussion of the census today was hilarious. Sometimes the government can be so dumb.

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