Re: Just goes to show you
- From: deadguy3 <deadguy3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:30:25 GMT
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:44:49 -0700, Nancy2 wrote:
anyone born in north or south america is an american. english is thethe first language of the majority of americans is not english.
I think your statistic is wrong. I believe it pertains to non-
citizens and naturalized citizens, which are not the majority. Do you
have a cite? The number of school-age children (ages 5-17) who spoke a
language other than English at home is 20 percent.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section1/indicator06.asp It's
pretty hard to get to your statement from "20% of children."
Further, [from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section1/indicator06.asp]
the percentage of naturalized U.S. citizens who spoke English as a
first language was 36% and the percentage of U.S.-born citizens
speaking English as a first language was 84%.
I don't see how any calculation gets you to "a majority" don't speak
English as a first language. Explain.
N.
official language of less than 50% of the people of the americas.
people of the usa should be called usa'rs(prononced "users").
calling a usa'r an american is too general. hugo and fidel are americans.
.
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