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.
He can barely speak it
It’s less that he has poor English ability and more that he has dementia.
Oh he has poor English ability. Very poor. The poorest English, I mean, some people say “Trump why are you so poor at English?” and he says “I know, that’s why the made me president.”
Eway ouldshay artstay eakingspay igpay atenlay ustjay otay itespay isthay ocksuckersay!
Socksucker?
Igpay atenlay siyay ardhay otay itewray.
I understand about half of that. I never learned pig Latin as a kid, unfortunately
First letter to the back. Then add ay.
I. Iay.
Smell. Mellsay.
Cookies. Ookiescay.
“Smell” would be “ellsmay,” as the first consonant group is what’s moved.
Ah. Yes, thinking about it like you say it makes way more sense. Thanks.
If only my fellow elementary students could explain things as well as you…
And that is how Pig Latin dialects were born. Pretty soon the Piggie tribes will be at war with each other.
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So you all going to start spelling colour properly?
No u It’s color
“Kolor”
KDE user, I presume
Since we’re adding letters to words that aren’t even pronounced and serve no purpose why not put an E at the end as well?
Remind me again how you pronounce “herbs” or “aunt” over there
Id have thought he would choose a language he had a better grasp of
What, Russian?
… creates a pathway for civic engagement
Literally the opposite. Love the doublespeak.
What about the damn grocery store prices?
They are already in English
If by English you mean Arabic
What a dick.
I prefer this instead.
English? Sounds too foreign to me.
Why not call the official language American?
And even American was from that Italian Amerigo. Why not call the official language Magaian or Trumpish…?
/s … if needed.
King Krasnov’s English, to ensure it’s differentiated from Queen’s English our friends speak across the pond.
Plains sign language, the first language to be a unifying language of differing people in this area.
Or asl which is the only colonial language to be American
Excuse me you mean Murican!?
M’rican
Yeah it’s kinda surprising actually, saying that the official language is Murican is way more up his alley.
Please no one show Trump this joke… after the Gulf of America shit I’m half convinced he’d actually do it.
I’m confused I thought it already was.
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
Here’s a current screenshot from USA.gov.
A la mierda con eso. Hablaré exclusivamente en Español como protesta.
Unfortunately, I think this will catch on as well as today’s protest 🥲
No importa
Except it does matter. A lot.
No, it won’t stop anyone from using whatever language they choose, but it will cause tons of confusion when they have to interact with the government.
This has no practical effect other than virtue signaling to xenophobic racists. It’s called a dog-whistle.
Government agencies no longer providing forms or information in any language but English will definitely have a practical effect and harm.
More like a dog klaxon.
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Of course, English, so you mean it as the brits speak it right? I expect it to be spoken proper.
The Queens? Learned it well from Would I Lie To You.
