Reasons why a bilingual society erodes a nation's unity 9 Articles

by John Huetteman

I am totally for learning in the least a second language, since I myself am a lover of linguistics and foreign languages. I am also completely fluent in Spanish wherein not only do I converse fluently, I can also read and...read more

by Scotty Mack

At last, I've heard it all. The Oregon Department of Forestry is now enforcing a law, enacted in 2003, that requires firefighting crew leaders to speak the languages of each member of their crew. The Department of Forestry...read more

by Poppa Dave

Press 1 to read this in English... However, this isn't just a Spanish thing. In greater Los Angeles we have Korea Town, Little Saigon, China Town and on and on. The Hispanic population is so large that some call us "L...read more

by Nellie Shani

Have you heard of the adage, "Birds of a feather flock together?" Not only do living creatures produce after their own kind, they also seek their own kind. Unity suggests similarities. Watch people walk into a room full of...read more

by Sparx

As a person living in an officially bilingual country, I can attest to the fact that there is little sense of unity largely because of the language barrier. When people think of Canada they think of all kinds of things...read more

by Melissa Arnold

Can any group of people truly be united when language remains a barrier? Such a question brings to mind the biblical parable of the Tower Of Babel. The moral of that story is simple: peace and freedom are things born fro...read more

by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

For starters, I was born in Ohio and I am Trilingual. I am proud of being born in Ohio and that I am Latin. I am proud of my heritage and culture. For those who say that we should speak the same language and think the same...read more

by Morgan K. Reed

In Hershey, Pennsylvania at the Hershey Museum their is an article that discusses the problems of having German speaking citizens living in Pennsylvania in the nineteenth century. The article discusses that immigrants shou...read more

by Michelle Sanders

Could someone please tell me when it became a requirement in the United States to have everything translated into Spanish? It's everywhere you look: on signs in stores, products, on automated telephone systems, etc. Pretty...read more