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Old April 14, 2014, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
I don't know of a Spanish-speaking person living in America that refuses to learn English and insists that all Americans learn to speak Spanish. That sounds absurd.
Well, I've read comments from people who swear they've seen this happen. I doubt that it's very common, but I don't want to assume anything, either.

I'm with you, I don't see any reason to think that Spanish being present in the U.S. is a problem. I suppose It conceivably could be if Spanish were to overcrowd English to the extent that it was at risk of going extinct in North America, but it's nowhere near that point currently, and it isn't at risk of becoming so in the future. English is the second or third most common native language in the world (depending on who you ask), and it has immense international clout. It's not in danger of disappearing.
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