If Spanish becomes the primary language, what would you do? (college, public schools)

[Babe_Ruth]

Originally Posted by education explorer

Take it in stride is one possibility. Any more thoughts?

It's sad to me.. how cavalier & naive a lot of Americans are about the conquest of their culture.

When your language is replaced by a foreign tongue, that typically means you are being replaced too. But taking it in stride is a likely possibility.

English language of First World United States being displaced by the Spanish language of encroaching Third World Latin America.. no big deal, nothing ominous.. it would just be a harmless push, right.

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by blisterpeanuts

Not worry about it. Pretty soon, if not already, our phones can do real-time translating from any language to any other.

Language is so 20th Century.

Pretty soon we'll all have chips in our heads that will translate every language in real time. How else will we communicate when the aliens arrive?

[Frostnip]

Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth

It's sad to me.. how cavalier & naive a lot of Americans are about the conquest of their culture.

To be fair, my culture is not Anglo. I suppose lots of Americans are in the same boat. I adapted to Anglo-American culture so I expect I could adapt to Latin American culture at least as well. (At least Spanish spelling is less crazy than English spelling!)

[Slam4444]

Way to fall into the Republicans' fear mongering. As a young Latino, all of the younger generation Latinxs I know speak English more comfortably. So don't worry. Though knowing another language won't harm you...

[eok]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

The world must also be made up of "English bigots", because that's the language of international business. And that's one HUGE advantage.

For the same reason QWERTY is unstoppable.

[Unsettomati]

Obviously, learn Spanish.

But it won't. Spanish speakers in the United States are imported, not made. The children of Spanish-speaking immigrants speak English. And, yes, we know this.


IV. Language Use among Latinos | Pew Research Center

We've been through this before, importing non-English tongues into the United States. Eventually, they die out. And, no, in the days of yore immigrants didn't drop everything to learn English, mythical idealizations of our ancestors' behavior notwithstanding.

In Rural Wisconsin, German Reigned For Decades : NPR

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by Graystripe

I would start drinking some Jarritos.

You should start now. It's better than Goya because they use real sugar.

[misterjimmy]

Yo aprendería el español. ¡Si usted no puede decir la lengua, salga del país!

[wolf39us]

Not happening. We can take on additional languages, but English will always be primary. It is the most widely spoken language by number of countries who speak it, and is a global business language.

Additionally, the Spanish speakers that were born here almost all speak English. The last couple of generations are bilingual. They are more likely to lose their language than we are (just like many foreign families after enough generations).

My family up until my great grandparents spoke German. Aside from faint memories of them and maybe a few words in my vocabulary, I don't speak German. I'm sure this happens in families all of the time.

[Babe_Ruth]

Originally Posted by Frostnip

To be fair, my culture is not Anglo. I suppose lots of Americans are in the same boat. I adapted to Anglo-American culture so I expect I could adapt to Latin American culture at least as well.

Frost, fair enough.. But my point is, would you consider that adaptation (to a Latinized United States) a positive development (?)

If you're over the age of 18, I assume you're living in the predominately Anglo-culture US by choice.. and not living in a Third World Latin American country, also by conscious choice.
I think 'expecting' to adapt to life in a Third World society, is as easy as integrating into a prosperous First World society, is naive. But that's speculation on my part. peace.