29th September 2003, 2:08 PM
Yeah, as OB1 said, your 'difference' is minor and its really quite odd to push it as some huge cultural divide...
And as for immigration, completely wrong. Go back, read your American history, and think about it again... look at the history of immigrants in this country. How we've been a nation of often non-English speaking immigrants since soon after the founding of the country. They had to learn English soon? Wrong. Actually, these days they have to learn English sooner than ever before, I'd say... remember, before they could go into their immigrant community and live without any English at all, since large numbers would speak their same language... it took several generations to really make them American, and English speakers. Now? Because of the media and everything there is far more pressure to learn the language...
And as for immigration, completely wrong. Go back, read your American history, and think about it again... look at the history of immigrants in this country. How we've been a nation of often non-English speaking immigrants since soon after the founding of the country. They had to learn English soon? Wrong. Actually, these days they have to learn English sooner than ever before, I'd say... remember, before they could go into their immigrant community and live without any English at all, since large numbers would speak their same language... it took several generations to really make them American, and English speakers. Now? Because of the media and everything there is far more pressure to learn the language...
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