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Jon
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 Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:21 am Post subject: Question and Answer Game ? |
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| Q: How come America doesn't have an offical language, but other countries do? |
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cisco
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Whoa!!That's the killer question..  ... Don't know
So what's the answer? |
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xiLLeNtz
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well i live in canada. does that count as america? cause if it does then ours is french & english lol.. in the usa i always thought that the official languages were english and spanish but i guess that they dont have 1 lol..
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$1.5 billion is a rough estimate of how much the U.S. government spends annually on language education. Some programs are designed to replace minority languages with English, other funds are spent in support of "foreign" language studies to improve communication in the competitive global marketplace.
English Language Advocates reports that nearly 17 million Americans admit that they not do speak English very well, that the number of Americans who do not speak English has soared since the 1990 census, and that 18% of Americans do not speak English at home.
Before Columbus, roughly 300 languages were spoken here -- now almost half of those are extinct. Crawford projects that in another 50 years only 20 indigenous North American languages will be alive and spoken. |
for more where this came from click HERE[/url] |
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Jon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Ok another question....
Why is an orange called an orange ? |
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Odrah
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Who knows. IT could be that the fruit was named after the color or that the color was named after the fruit. So therefor it could be that 'Orange' came from the fruit instead of the Fruit coming from the color XD
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
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Deathninja50
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| DUhh because this land was founded by imigrants....and is still occupied by mostly imigrants... |
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Jon
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| Why do Koreans always look miserable ??? |
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Deathninja50
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If there teenagers they look miserable cause there parents push them to study too much in school and go to an ivy league college...and if there adults there miserable looking cause they gotta pay for there kids ivy league college...lol...
Why do all korean drama series end with a family photo..i mean its the 6th korean drama series i haved watch and 4 of them ended in stupid family photo's...Also why do korean people in korean dramas insist on fainting everytime something goes wrong..i mean who faints? Its sooo phony...and yet i still watch them |
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angel_iris
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maybe koreans value family that much.. well that's what I've seen so far from the korean films I've watched or even any other film from that part of asia
about the fainting... i guess that's what makes them funny....  |
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Pheonix99
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| Q: How come America doesn't have an offical language, but other countries do? |
Actually the official language is English, but there's always been talk of making Spanish an official language as well, though it's never been put into action as of yet.
I do love the fact that there are so many languages and cultures in America. I've met so many different types of people from around the world and it gets you interested in world cultures. My Korean friends are what inspired me to research Korean culture! 
Hmmm.....new question....why do hamburger rolls come in packs of 8 and hot dogs come in packs of 10? |
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omigus
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becuase there is a huge cover up in the bread industry to create a high demand by creating an uneven market of bread to meat. You just never have enough of either or.
Why is it that jap anima cartoons always bleed through there nose, i mean I never bleed through my nose in real life. |
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Nexus
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Because they suffer from VERY high bloodpressure.
Why do TV-shows write "F*CK" or allow the character to say "What the f---" when everyone still knows what they mean?
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omigus
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OMG so that is what they are trying to say, I am shocked and appauled.
Why do girlfriends insist on spooning all the damn time!!!!???!!!!!!!!
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Siofra
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Because they are trying to steal your heat
What is the point of subcultures when there seems to be no original culture? |
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omigus
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Becuases it's better to keep classing people into smaller and smaller groups till you can just get ride of the select few you don't like.
Why is it that people say when you sneeze you are releasing evil spirits?
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