Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
At the end of the Revolutionary War there was discussion about whether English or German would become the official language of the new United States of America.(Hebrew was discussed as well.) In the end of course, no official language was designated!
Why doesn't the US have a designated language? It starting to cause a lot of problems. Not to start a debate, but here in Reading, there are as many people speaking Spanish as there are English. A lot of the english speaking people resent the spanish and actually tell people "You are in America! Speak English!" It a big issue here. My neighbor was the one who successfully got Spanish on the voting ballots last election (that one hit the national news) People are passionate about both sides and I can see points of view on both sides (yep, I'm wishy-washy here)