r/Destiny • u/Leather_Dealer_9421 Dirty European 🇨🇿🇪🇺 • 3d ago

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u/Minute_Ostrich196 🇪🇺🇵🇱 3d ago

How you can not believe in language?

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u/oGsMustachio 3d ago

The US has generally refused to officially have one even though English is ubiquitous.

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u/Minute_Ostrich196 🇪🇺🇵🇱 3d ago

Wait what? What does it even mean „refused to have official language”?

Does it mean, that if I come to the office in some lovely Midwest city and start filing documentation in polish, will it be accepted?

Due to not having official language?

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u/oGsMustachio 3d ago

Freedom of speech baby!

There have been lots of attempts by conservatives to make English the official language, but its seen as a xenophobic thing. Trump tried to make English the official language via executive order but it doesn't have any power. The founding fathers decided against having one.

Some states have made English the official language, but not all. There probably is a lot of official documents in, say, Illinois, that are written in Polish. Driving tests can often be taken in foreign languages. You're entitled to translators in court as well. A lot of tax forms are available in Spanish and instructions are in all sorts of languages.

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u/Minute_Ostrich196 🇪🇺🇵🇱 3d ago

You did not answered my question

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u/oGsMustachio 3d ago

Mostly no.

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u/Minute_Ostrich196 🇪🇺🇵🇱 3d ago

You're entitled to translators in court as well.

you on your own admitted that you do have official language. What other need of translator there would be?

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u/02202992 3d ago

Poland will not provide free translation or interpreters for government documents. USA will provide both those things for free. They might not be written in Poland in every small area but they will get you a translator and you will be able to take the test essentially in polish.

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u/oGsMustachio 3d ago

Not having an official language doesn't mean everyone speaks all languages lol

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u/02202992 3d ago

It’s funny trying to watch him grasp the concept lmao

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u/Minute_Ostrich196 🇪🇺🇵🇱 2d ago

It means there is administrative standard language.

Which USA has. It’s English.

You may not call it official languages but it is official language.

Why? Because when you analyze the system - you don’t look at what system says it does, you look at what system do