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Why does the poll use the word 'will' instead of 'could' for the 2nd question? That doesn't even fit with your OP which talks about 'if'. I can't answer the poll - it is not well written enough or very useful imho. Better luck next time on that part.
However, many schools are now dealing with up to 85 languages that the kids are speaking when they try to enter! Luckily kids learn fast but their parents and grandparents may not - especially 2nd hand from their kids. The problem is not just about Spanish these days.
I suspect eventually if this continues we will have to declare a SINGLE language - most probably English - as the official language - and demand that people learn to speak enough of it to get by in society ... we cannot afford translation services for everything in 85 languages!
However, many schools are now dealing with up to 85 languages that the kids are speaking when they try to enter! Luckily kids learn fast but their parents and grandparents may not - especially 2nd hand from their kids. The problem is not just about Spanish these days.
I suspect eventually if this continues we will have to declare a SINGLE language - most probably English - as the official language - and demand that people learn to speak enough of it to get by in society ... we cannot afford translation services for everything in 85 languages!
No - someone mentioned in one of these language threads - natural language translator applications are getting better - faster, cheaper, more accurate - all the time. There are already phone translation services - with humans - available. With a little more tweaking, we'll have simultaneous oral machine translations on smart phones, & then the immediate communication problem will be mostly solved.
Machine translation - even superior machine translation - still isn't a substitute for learning a language. I think the structural & cognitive complexity engendered in the human mind by learning a second or @ least another natural language is well worth the effort.
If anything, it could be a primary language in New Mexico or California. But definitely not in places like Montana, Oregon, New England, Idaho, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and the likes (where the majority are of Anglo-Celtic descent).
Seems outlandish, but I speak Spanish so I guess I'd just go on as usual.
Rich old white guys are the dominant group in US society so I assume even if Spanish became a primary language of day-to-day life, English would remain the language of business and government for quite some time.
its already is in my area, and Im no where near the border, about 500 miles
It's a pretty even split here (Houston, Texas). But there are some upsides. I can't read many billboards and other annoying ads posted throughout the city
Move to Canada and live next to one of the post Trump movie stars. But not Rosie..
LOL - Mira que nada por Mexico! (Notice how none of them mention moving to Mexico)
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Cognitive exercise?
