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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.

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[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I assumed russian

[–] jerryh100@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

THEN let’s insult the stupid in non-English for our own entertainment! 「吃屎吧蠢普」

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago
[–] sirico@feddit.uk 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

So you all going to start spelling colour properly?

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 14 hours ago

You may have set off an English war.

Aside though, probably the most fascinating thing about English is that it is a language in constant change. Many other languages don’t change at the rapidity of English. Some, like German, often just adapt the English word for a new thing as a loan word with their characters.

Wyzyyp straight.

Don’t worry, that will be in the Oxford English Dictionary in 5 years or less.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

Only if ya pronounce solder right. Prouncing it solder instead of sodder is an attempt to Romanticize English because the island Saxons cant get it through their fucking skulls that they aren't infact Romans no matter how many Roman arefacts they kleptomaniacly take.

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 22 hours ago

KDE user, I presume

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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Everyone is a product of their time. That's why you have Trump.

[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Id have thought he would choose a language he had a better grasp of

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I've met very few Russians fitting the criterion, and Trump doesn't seem the type.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

The proper one would be Latin

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about the damn grocery store prices?

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are already in English

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So the founding fathers chose to NOT have an official language, and orange muffin boy thinks he’s smarter then the founding fathers?

What an idiot

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 12 points 1 day ago

I always thought it was just taken as granted rather than an intentional decision, but I never looked into it. That said, the founders got a whole bunch of shit very wrong, so there's that.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If there is a white supremacy angle, they're obviously taking it.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

SMDH at the improved performance Donnie diaper had with Hispanics this cycle, the leopards feasting.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

You'd think they'd be upset! But I know too many Latinos who take pride in distancing themselves from other Latinos. There was at least one celebrity who apparently forgot her *monolingual* native accent after a few months abroad because of course she did. 🙄

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago (8 children)

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.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

King Krasnov's English, to ensure it's differentiated from Queen's English our friends speak across the pond.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago

Please no one show Trump this joke... after the Gulf of America shit I'm half convinced he'd actually do it.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

A la mierda con eso. Hablaré exclusivamente en Español como protesta.

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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump's greatest accomplishment, surpassing the DuoLingo owl in being the most annoying thing to make me want to learn Spanish. Pendejo.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... creates a pathway for civic engagement

Literally the opposite. Love the doublespeak.

[–] Aneb@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

I love how ~~civic~~ engagement is only for people who speak English

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This has no practical effect other than virtue signaling to xenophobic racists. It’s called a dog-whistle.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Government agencies no longer providing forms or information in any language but English will definitely have a practical effect and harm.

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Here’s for hoping he finally learns how to speak it.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Glad this dipshit is focusing on the important things.

I was really getting concerned about the Gulf of Mexico being named the Gulf of Mexico. And the 10 trans people that serve in the military. Those things were really weighing on my mind.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

As long as you don't remember that the transwomen who are being put into a men's prison. Nope. Nothing to see here.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

A symbolic move catering to the English-only movement; unity claim feels overstated.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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