President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House.
The order will allow government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English, according to a fact sheet about the impending order.
Designating English as the national language “promotes unity, establishes efficiency in government operations, and creates a pathway for civic engagement,” according to the White House.
Within hours of Trump’s inauguration last month, the new administration took down the Spanish language version of the official White House website.
Hispanic advocacy groups and others expressed confusion and frustration at the change. The White House said at the time it was committed to bringing the Spanish language version of the website back online. As of Friday, it was still not restored.
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I understand about half of that. I never learned pig Latin as a kid, unfortunately
First letter to the back. Then add ay.
I. Iay.
Smell. Mellsay.
Cookies. Ookiescay.
“Smell” would be “ellsmay,” as the first consonant group is what’s moved.
And that is how Pig Latin dialects were born. Pretty soon the Piggie tribes will be at war with each other.
If only my fellow elementary students could explain things as well as you…
Ah. Yes, thinking about it like you say it makes way more sense. Thanks.
Socksucker?
Igpay atenlay siyay ardhay otay itewray.
GOOD LUCK INVADING CANADA WITH THAT
If there is a white supremacy angle, they’re obviously taking it.
SMDH at the improved performance Donnie diaper had with Hispanics this cycle, the leopards feasting.
You’d think they’d be upset! But I know too many Latinos who take pride in distancing themselves from other Latinos. There was at least one celebrity who apparently forgot her *monolingual* native accent after a few months abroad because of course she did. 🙄
What a dick.
I prefer this instead.
Here’s for hoping he finally learns how to speak it.
A la mierda con eso. Hablaré exclusivamente en Español como protesta.
Unfortunately, I think this will catch on as well as today’s protest 🥲
I went to work yesterday, grabbed lunch, stopped on the way home to gas up and do a little shopping, stopped at the pharmacy, got home, opened this app and then found out there was a protest. I honestly had no clue otherwise I could have planned better
Agreed. It’s a foreign concept to me of like a “general boycott”. I think a corporate boycott might be better. Moreover boycotts aren’t usually a single day.
Glad this dipshit is focusing on the important things.
I was really getting concerned about the Gulf of Mexico being named the Gulf of Mexico. And the 10 trans people that serve in the military. Those things were really weighing on my mind.
As long as you don’t remember that the transwomen who are being put into a men’s prison. Nope. Nothing to see here.
A symbolic move catering to the English-only movement; unity claim feels overstated.
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Everyone is a product of their time. That’s why you have Trump.
So you all going to start spelling colour properly?
No u It’s color
“Kolor”
KDE user, I presume
You may have set off an English war.
Aside though, probably the most fascinating thing about English is that it is a language in constant change. Many other languages don’t change at the rapidity of English. Some, like German, often just adapt the English word for a new thing as a loan word with their characters.
Wyzyyp straight.
Don’t worry, that will be in the Oxford English Dictionary in 5 years or less.
Since we’re adding letters to words that aren’t even pronounced and serve no purpose why not put an E at the end as well?
Remind me again how you pronounce “herbs” or “aunt” over there
You’re right, those should also be changed. Let’s get rid of the letter C too while we’re at it. It makes the K sound or the S sound, we already have letters that do that, it’s useless.
As great as reinventing the English language sounds, it’s not realistically going to happen in a meaningful way, and making small regional changes (like the differences in the spelling of some words) is just confusing and annoying to everyone who isn’t familiar with it or with English in general.
With your example of the letter C, you’d need some alternative way to write the “ch” sound (which is sometimes pronounced as “sh”, depending on it’s usage) if you got rid of that letter.
It’s an ugly, messy, and confusing language. Popularising arbitrary changes like the ones Webster included in his dictionary (centre vs center, for example) serves no benefit to anyone - it just creates yet another variant of an ugly, messy, and confusing language.
As great as reinventing the English language sounds, [it’s not realistically going to happen in a meaningful way
I agree it would be difficult at first. There is precedent for it though, we’ve already gotten rid of thorn and ethel in the last few hundred years.
With your example of the letter C, you’d need some alternative way to write the “ch” sound (which is sometimes pronounced as “sh”
I have a plan, we use X. It most commonly makes the KS sound, we already have K and S to handle that. X is already used for the CH sound occasionally, so just lean into that and make it X’s main role. “Xange the xannel please I hate Foks News”
In scarlet towne where I was borne
Only if ya pronounce solder right. Prouncing it solder instead of sodder is an attempt to Romanticize English because the island Saxons cant get it through their fucking skulls that they aren’t infact Romans no matter how many Roman arefacts they kleptomaniacly take.
The proper one would be Latin
Oh when is he going to learn speaking it in a comprehensible manner?
This has no practical effect other than virtue signaling to xenophobic racists. It’s called a dog-whistle.
More like a dog klaxon.
It’s all vice signalling
Government agencies no longer providing forms or information in any language but English will definitely have a practical effect and harm.
He can barely speak it
It’s less that he has poor English ability and more that he has dementia.
Oh he has poor English ability. Very poor. The poorest English, I mean, some people say “Trump why are you so poor at English?” and he says “I know, that’s why the made me president.”
So the founding fathers chose to NOT have an official language, and orange muffin boy thinks he’s smarter then the founding fathers?
What an idiot
I always thought it was just taken as granted rather than an intentional decision, but I never looked into it. That said, the founders got a whole bunch of shit very wrong, so there’s that.
Maybe don’t put slavers and murderers in a pedestal to behind with? Actually, never mind, I’m sure your founding fathers would be proud of Trump.
Sure they were products of the time period. You had to own land at least to have any kind of power back in the day. They were not perfect but they did have a vision of a government that could work without traditional kings.
They would be pissed about Trump trying to overrun the other branches. I’n the end, they wouldn’t give a fuck about slaves. As long as their land was worked and they survived. They wouldn’t have cared.
