Saturday, August 23, 2008

No Official Language

This morning I was looking to see if the US Women's Basketball Team had won the gold medal.  All Lady Vol fans have a vested interest in the team.  I happened to stumble on the page that gave the US facts.... you know, a picture of the country, population, etc.  Below "Official languages" it had written "No Official Language."  This is something that I was not aware of.  Below that it broke down the percentages of languages spoken.  I posted  the link and what it says below.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/USA;_ylt=AlgsfNwStaMMaVWsOvcPQTUSv5V4
  • Largest city:New York
  • Official languages:No Official Language
  • National languages:English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
  • Total area:3,794,083 miles² (9,826,630 km²)
  • 2008 Estimated population:303,824,646 people
I find it hard to believe that a world power has no official language.  How does that happen?

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Anonymous said...

We are not the country we used to be. People who grew up on flouride and other pollutins have taken over. Flouride, you know, has been proven to cause brain damage. Mom

August 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM

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