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Well again I said I don't care if is happened organically. The problem as always is double standards. Spanish is essentially receiving a subsidy. Though if Anglo America has no will to exist, then by all means go extinct. As much I as prefer Western Liberalism , Scottish enlightenment etc, without a will there is no way. Spanish authoritarianism is better than the Shakers whose psychotic religion propelled them to extinction. Seems like this illness remains. You can delight in the fact the the world will suffer without the Protestant work ethic , egalitarianism, and altruism that exists within it. They will know and record it. At the current rate, Anglo America seem to ripe to embrace Islam . Hey, Spain has a winning record against them at least . Better them than the alternative.
The pushback against at least Islam and Spanish IS getting stronger and stronger; at least if talking Islamist pigs and Hispanic illegal aliens. What happened in Berlin a few days ago pissed off a LOT of people, especially since the "Muslim" terrorist who committed that crime's an illegal alien.
I think it's great when people don't give up their native language and still teach it to their kids. Babies are very good at picking up languages. Do it early and we'd have bilingual people all over the place.
Other countries embrace knowing more than one language. Why is this seen as a bad thing in the US?
We don't even have an official language here. I think that is a good thing, btw.
Americans, Brits, Canadians, Irish, Australians and New Zealanders speak the global language and therefore have no pressing need to learn a second one. They can put in the time to learn one if they choose, but enjoy the luxury of being able to devote that time to other things. This is an extremely advantageous situation to be in.
I've still heard German spoken at the local Lutheran church I attend. Occasionally they even have a German language service.
Just a few days ago I heard Russian spoken at a local target.
If anything, Florida is becoming multilingual. Spanish is not dying out here. Any place that has a lot of international tourists or trade is probably going to retain bilingual speakers.
As an outside non-American observer but with a keen eye for such things, I have to say that, as I was expecting the parts of the U.S. with many Hispanics to be very bilingual or even Spanish dominant, what has been surprising to me is that places like Miami, South Texas, etc. have actually been *less* Spanish and *more* English than I expected them to be.
Though I've also been surprised by the amount of Spanish I casually overhear in the middle and northern tier of the U.S. (More than I expected.)
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