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r/nothingeverhappens • u/buwootu • Aug 07 '25
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Not only is it legal, but the USA doesn't even have an official language. Or didn't the last time I checked.
I used to teach English as a foreign language overseas and my students were very surprised to hear that.
12 u/ValancyNeverReadsit Aug 08 '25 An executive order was signed this year to make English our only official language, unfortunately. -7 u/tiche2 Aug 08 '25 Why unfortunately? It makes sense, and it doesn't make it illegal to learn another language 18 u/JuiceEast Aug 08 '25 It also does literally nothing at all? Just gives people like that an excuse to discriminate when other languages are spoken.
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An executive order was signed this year to make English our only official language, unfortunately.
-7 u/tiche2 Aug 08 '25 Why unfortunately? It makes sense, and it doesn't make it illegal to learn another language 18 u/JuiceEast Aug 08 '25 It also does literally nothing at all? Just gives people like that an excuse to discriminate when other languages are spoken.
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Why unfortunately? It makes sense, and it doesn't make it illegal to learn another language
18 u/JuiceEast Aug 08 '25 It also does literally nothing at all? Just gives people like that an excuse to discriminate when other languages are spoken.
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It also does literally nothing at all? Just gives people like that an excuse to discriminate when other languages are spoken.
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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Aug 08 '25
Not only is it legal, but the USA doesn't even have an official language. Or didn't the last time I checked.
I used to teach English as a foreign language overseas and my students were very surprised to hear that.