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Being a business theatre producer has allowed Brian the opportunity to meet and work with some very fascinating people from a variety of backgrounds which, in turn, has helped shape his knowledge and his opinions. His blog will not always be political, it will be about a lifetime of subjects, and nothing is off limits. “Few people have original thoughts, we are shaped by the people we know and meet” he says.



Monday, October 5, 2009

Why English?

“English is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet, used in some way by at least one out of every seven human beings around the globe. Half of the world’s books are written in English, and the majority of international telephone calls are made in English. English is the language of over sixty percent of the world’s radio programs, many of them beamed, ironically, by the Russians, who know that to win friends and influence nations, they’re best using English. More than seventy percent of international mail is written and addressed in English, and eighty percent of all computer text is stored in English. English has acquired the largest vocabulary of all the world’s languages, perhaps as many as two million words, and has generated one of the noblest bodies of literature in the annals of the human race.”
Author – Richard Lederer
Crazy English

English is the official language spoken by every international pilot and air traffic controller in the world. Not Spanish, Russian, French, Italian or German, English.

Almost every country has established an official language. Spain and Mexico have Spanish as their official languages. Germany has German, and Sweden names Swedish as their official language. Brazil uses Portuguese as their official language. Both English and French are Canada's official languages. This means that to be a citizen of Canada you must be able to fluently speak one of the two languages.

What does the Untied States have? Nothing. Zip. Nada.

What is wrong with our leaders? Have they no courage? The cost to print everything our government does into many different languages is in the billions of dollars. In whatever language you want a document, we have it, and for what reason, because we do not have an official language.

If you went to Mexico and asked for an English brochure, they would laugh at you. Try Germany and see if you can get something in Spanish or Italian or even English and you will come up against a brick wall.

It is time we make English our Official National language and stop printing everything in every foreign language and require immigrants to learn the language if they want to be live here, be a citizen or even receive a working visa.

It is estimated that by 2045, the Hispanic population of the U.S.A. will be the majority and you can bet that Hispanics will vote to make Spanish our Official National language.

Time to take a stand and contact every elected government official and let your voice be heard.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree Brian! There are signs of the erosion of our language all around us. It has to stop before kids will have to spend all their time in school learning 2 or 3 other languages just to be able to communicate

October 16, 2009 at 10:52 AM 

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