I thought being bilingual was a good thing...
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 8 -- Most of the time, 16-year-old Zach Rubio converses in clear, unaccented American teen-speak, a form of English in which the three most common words are "like," "whatever" and "totally." But Zach is also fluent in his dad's native language, Spanish -- and that's what got him suspended from school.-See the Washington Post: Friday, December 9, 2005; Page A03
But wait! I'm confused...
An official language is a language that is specifically designated to be so in the constitutions of countries, states, and other territories. Half the countries in the world have official languages.
Some have only one official language, such as Albania, Germany and France (although there are more native languages in France). Some have more than one official language like Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Afghanistan, Paraguay, Bolivia, India, Switzerland and South Africa. In some countries, such as Iraq, Italy and Spain, there is an official language for the country, but other languages are co-official in some important regions.
Some countries, such as the United States, have no official languages, but there are official languages in some US states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming. (California??? Regarding the article above- I don’t see Kansas on this list!!!)
From www.wikipedia.com and http://www.us-english.org/- the action group that declares English to be “the language of opportunity in this country.” (I don't wholeheartedly disagree, but I think many job seekers, at least here in Texas, would beg to differ).
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