Posted by tecwrg on 6/12/2016 11:22:00 AM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 6/12/2016 10:52:00 AM (view original):
I don't think that's likely. But if a third of the population of a city speaks Spanish, it makes sense for that city government to publish things in both English and Spanish.
It's kind of a weird thing to complain about.
Again, you're not answering his question. Yes it's happening. It never used to happen. But now it is. What caused the change?
I think most immigrants learn enough conversational English to get by day to day. But all is talking about government notices, ballots, legal docs etc. I think it's probably a tall order to expect an adult immigrant to learn English well enough to use it for that.
And other countries do accommodate non-native speakers. My cousin works for the UN in Denmark and gets most things in English even though the official language is Danish.