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English1 (f)
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JustGood - I have no objection to hearing other languages spoken in England, what a peculiar assumption to make.
And you are wrong - the UK as a whole doesn't have an offical language and neither does England.
From wikipedia list of official languages by country.
United Kingdom
No official language statewide, English is the de facto official language.
Cornish (in Cornwall) (minority language)
Dgèrnésiais (in Guernsey)
English (in Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Montserrat, Northern Ireland, the Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and Turks and Caicos Islands)
French (in Guernsey and Jersey)
Irish (in Northern Ireland) (minority language)
Jèrriais (in Jersey)
Pitcairnese (in the Pitcairn Islands)
Scots (in Northern Ireland and Scotland) (Regional language)
Scottish Gaelic (in Scotland)
Welsh (in Wales)
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JustGood (m)
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You can decieve yourself till Jesus returns.
there's nowhere in the UK that English is not the official language of communication.
Who wrote that in wikipedia? Gordon Brown?
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English1 (f)
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OF course English is the language of communication throughout England - but that's not the same thing as it being the official language. 'Official' language is not the same thing as the language most/all people speak.
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Reverend (m)
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English is the official tongue of the United Kingdom.
Welsh and Gaelic are also official languages and all official documents such as passports for instance have translations containing all three.
The problem we have that there are many immigrants to the UK that can't be bothered to learn English. The law is now changing that you will not be allowed to Emigrate to the UK without a minimum standard of English.
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blonde1 (f)
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OF course English is the language of communication throughout England - but that's not the same thing as it being the official language. 'Official' language is not the same thing as the language most/all people speak.
Part of the definition of an official language I know is that you are able to deal with official institutions using it. Like in New Zealand, Maori is an official language (beside English) and this means that if you speak only Maori, you can contact any government-run service or office and you can deal with them in Maori, because they have to have somebody who speaks it and is able to help you. I read that in the UK there are free translating services available for minorities and migrants when they deal with authorities or even when they go to a doctor. I do not know which languages are covered by that. It would be interesting if somebody could give a list of languages that fulfill this requirement in the UK, that is you can deal with the authorities in these languages. |
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Reverend (m)
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I would be happy with most immigrants asking to be talked to in Welsh or Gaelic in the UK I for one am fed up with hearing Hindi, Urdu, Igbo, Arabic, Yoruba and most of all POLISH on the Underground. People coming to the UK to work or live should have to speak acceptable English by law  |
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WesleyanA (f)
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I would be happy with most immigrants asking to be talked to in Welsh or Gaelic in the UK I for one am fed up with hearing Hindi, Urdu, Igbo, Arabic, Yoruba and most of all POLISH on the Underground. People coming to the UK to work or live should have to speak acceptable English by law you're just mad 'cause you're not bilingual/ multilingual like most of us are.  it takes a lot of skill. |
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