I'm not sure the society has decided what it wants to do with the tens of millions of Hispanics.
Tom Send a noteboard - 19/09/2011 12:56:55 AM
Not to say that I favor kicking them out (I don't), but the point is that it seems a significant enough number of Americans do.
Regardless, the question isn't one of prevalence of the language. It's a question of how close to English it is. That having been said, one could get almost as much practice with French as with Spanish in some parts of the country (New York, Michigan and Maine certainly), and even if it's not plastered on every single food product, about half of the food boxes or instructions for electronics will have, next to Spanish, French.
I still think that, all things being equal, the educated English speaker will find French a relatively easy language to learn.
Regardless, the question isn't one of prevalence of the language. It's a question of how close to English it is. That having been said, one could get almost as much practice with French as with Spanish in some parts of the country (New York, Michigan and Maine certainly), and even if it's not plastered on every single food product, about half of the food boxes or instructions for electronics will have, next to Spanish, French.
I still think that, all things being equal, the educated English speaker will find French a relatively easy language to learn.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
La Jouissance by Friedrich der Große
- 18/09/2011 03:30:48 PM
1401 Views
Er. Nice. 
I guess his talent really did not lie in poetry...
- 18/09/2011 04:40:30 PM
476 Views
I guess his talent really did not lie in poetry...
- 18/09/2011 04:40:30 PM
476 Views
I was wondering if it was homosexual.
- 18/09/2011 05:30:49 PM
587 Views
Cloris is a female name, so yeah. But I wondered for a moment before reading it, as well.
- 18/09/2011 06:41:17 PM
643 Views
It was Praxiteles' Aphrodite that made me change my mind.
- 18/09/2011 07:12:44 PM
587 Views
A "beard"?
- 18/09/2011 08:10:04 PM
697 Views
- 18/09/2011 08:10:04 PM
697 Views
A "beard" is a fake spouse for a gay person to hide that person's identity.
- 18/09/2011 08:51:36 PM
546 Views
I think it's exceptionally cool when they find things like this.
- 18/09/2011 05:54:20 PM
485 Views
Learn French!
- 18/09/2011 07:13:53 PM
506 Views
It's hardly that easy. But I agree that she should.
- 18/09/2011 08:12:01 PM
449 Views
Irish is never a sensible language to learn, unless Akkadian is sensible, too.
- 18/09/2011 08:54:48 PM
507 Views
I think Spanish makes more sense for Americans
- 18/09/2011 09:01:47 PM
606 Views
Note that I said "for educated English speakers"
- 18/09/2011 11:15:23 PM
659 Views
While I was making an observation on different cultures of English speakers
- 18/09/2011 11:47:41 PM
543 Views
I'm not sure the society has decided what it wants to do with the tens of millions of Hispanics.
- 19/09/2011 12:56:55 AM
461 Views
I still think Spanish is easier than French, yes. As is Italian, I'd think (not that I speak it).
- 18/09/2011 09:15:49 PM
606 Views
I'm amused at the appearance of "baiser"
- 18/09/2011 08:39:43 PM
516 Views
One does wonder which meaning he intended.
- 18/09/2011 08:51:37 PM
542 Views
- 18/09/2011 08:51:37 PM
542 Views