Senate approves measure to tighten English-only law
Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:01am
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PHOENIX — State senators voted Monday to put a roadblock in the path of state officials who want to talk to customers and constituents in their native languages.
SCR 1035 preserves the essence of a 2006 voter-approved constitutional amendment which requires all official actions of the state to be conducted only in English. And it continues an existing exception which permits public workers to have “unofficial” talks with people in other languages.
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Folks might as well give up on making English the official language. If you had noted our recent population shift, you would know that the majority of our population has been taken over by Spanish-speaking citizens.
What language we speak is not the only problem we may have when communicating. Effective communication depends as much on good will as it does on language skills. In a Mexican-owned restaurant in San Francisco I attempted to order my meal by using my very limited Spanish. The waitress pursed her lips, shook her head and rebuked me, pointing out that I was incorrectly pronouncing some of the words. Her English was perfect. Her attitude - not so much.
it should not matter what country they moved from, if they do not speak English they should stay there. if they want to leave that country before leaving they should know the language of the country they are going to. They have no right to think the people in the new country should speak thier language of the country they come from.
learn the new language or stay where you are