"Official Hola Day" is officially a bad idea, says U.S. English Chairman.WASHINGTON -- U.S. English, Inc. Chairman Mauro E. Mujica today criticized plans for "Official Hola Day," an event which encourages U.S. city officials to speak Spanish and issue proclamations in support of Spanish speaking individuals. Official Hola Day is scheduled for October 1. *** Statement by U.S. English, Inc. Chairman Mauro E. Mujica *** "While we should always encourage individuals to learn and practice their foreign language skills, government officials should not be involved in promoting one foreign language over another. English has long been the unifying factor in our nation of 322 spoken languages, and the government's past emphasis on English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. learning has made us a vibrant melting pot melting pot America as the home of many races and cultures. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : America . Breaking away from this tradition has been a hindrance hin·drance n. 1. a. The act of hindering. b. The condition of being hindered. 2. One that hinders; an impediment. See Synonyms at obstacle. to English learning, and a continued deviation toward multilingual government will have dire long-term consequences for this and future generations of immigrants. "Diversions such as "Official Hola Day" obscure the truth - that millions of Hispanic immigrants must rely on Spanish messages because our government has shied shied 1 v. Past tense and past participle of shy1. shied Verb the past of shy1 or shy2 away from promoting English language acquisition. In reality, a significant portion of Americans must rely on phrases such as "hola," "necesito ayuda" and "no hablo ingles This article is about an American supermarket chain. For a town in Gran Canaria, see Playa del Inglés. Ingles (NYSE: IMKTA) is a regional supermarket chain based in Asheville, North Carolina, where Robert "Bob" Ingle opened the first store in Asheville, NC in " 365 days a year. Instead of recognizing a day of increased Spanish use, government officials need to focus on long-term English language learning efforts. "Today, as in every day, individuals should say 'hola' to our Spanish friends, 'bonjour' to our French friends and 'guten tag' to our German friends. Then we should continue the rest of the conversation in English, recognizing that this is the language that unites us all as Americans." U.S. English, Inc. is the nation's oldest and largest non-partisan citizens' action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Founded in 1983 by the late Sen. S Sen. abbr. 1. a. senate b. senator 2. or sen. senior Sen. or sen. 1. senate 2. senator 3. .I. Hayakawa of California, U.S. English, Inc. can be found on the web at: www.usenglish.org |
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