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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

THEN let’s insult the stupid in non-English for our own entertainment! 「吃屎吧蠢普」

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I assumed russian

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

The proper one would be Latin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Everyone is a product of their time. That's why you have Trump.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

So you all going to start spelling colour properly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

KDE user, I presume

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Id have thought he would choose a language he had a better grasp of

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've met very few Russians fitting the criterion, and Trump doesn't seem the type.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What about the damn grocery store prices?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are already in English

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

A la mierda con eso. Hablaré exclusivamente en Español como protesta.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, I think this will catch on as well as today's protest 🥲

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm confused I thought it already was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Na, part of being a free country means you should be able to speak whatever language you want and follow whatever religion you wish. Slowly have to squeeze every freedom out of America.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've never fact checked this but IIRC my highschool civics teacher said something like the US made a point not to have an official language

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Here's a current screenshot from USA.gov.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Here’s for hoping he finally learns how to speak it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

A symbolic move catering to the English-only movement; unity claim feels overstated.

🐱🐱🐱

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump's greatest accomplishment, surpassing the DuoLingo owl in being the most annoying thing to make me want to learn Spanish. Pendejo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ahora que puedo conversar un poco en español, es mi método preferido para expresar mi desprecio por personas en público. Por ejemplo, Trump es un llorón pinche guero cagaleche que solo puede poner su pito erecto si Jingping y Putin lo follan como a un pollo en un asador.

ᴵ ʰᵒᵖᵉ ᴵ ˢᵃᶦᵈ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᶜᵒʳʳᵉᶜᵗˡʸ.

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