Which version of English should be the national standard? You might think I'm being glib, and I kinda am, but you travel around the US and tell me there isn't a sometimes substantial difference.
I don't mean accents either, there's entirely different words for things depending on which part of the US you happen to be in at the moment.
Should it be Southern US English? Midwestern English? Hell, even here in Pittsburgh we have our own "Pittsburghese" which can be almost as baffling to newcomers as a totally foreign language.
I don't see what's so bad about Spanish being a secondary language in areas with a significant Hispanic population. It's like the parts of Maine that are predominantly French speaking because of their proximity to Quebec. I wonder why that's never the source of outrage like Spanish is............
I don't mean accents either, there's entirely different words for things depending on which part of the US you happen to be in at the moment.
Should it be Southern US English? Midwestern English? Hell, even here in Pittsburgh we have our own "Pittsburghese" which can be almost as baffling to newcomers as a totally foreign language.
I don't see what's so bad about Spanish being a secondary language in areas with a significant Hispanic population. It's like the parts of Maine that are predominantly French speaking because of their proximity to Quebec. I wonder why that's never the source of outrage like Spanish is............
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