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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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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 91 points 1 week ago

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

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago

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 22 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[-] coyootje@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah it's kinda surprising actually, saying that the official language is Murican is way more up his alley.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

Excuse me you mean Murican!?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Plains sign language, the first language to be a unifying language of differing people in this area.

Or asl which is the only colonial language to be American

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Maybe don't put slavers and murderers in a pedestal to behind with? Actually, never mind, I'm sure your founding fathers would be proud of Trump.

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sure they were products of the time period. You had to own land at least to have any kind of power back in the day. They were not perfect but they did have a vision of a government that could work without traditional kings.

They would be pissed about Trump trying to overrun the other branches. I'n the end, they wouldn't give a fuck about slaves. As long as their land was worked and they survived. They wouldn't have cared.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 13 points 1 week 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.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago

... creates a pathway for civic engagement

Literally the opposite. Love the doublespeak.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 1 week ago

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

[-] DougHolland@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

More like a dog klaxon.

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[-] sirico@feddit.uk 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So you all going to start spelling colour properly?

[-] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days 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.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

What about the damn grocery store prices?

[-] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

They are already in English

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

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.

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[-] Maiq@lemy.lol 25 points 1 week ago

Eway ouldshay artstay eakingspay igpay atenlay ustjay otay itespay isthay ocksuckersay!

[-] ahal@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago
[-] Maiq@lemy.lol 7 points 1 week ago

Igpay atenlay siyay ardhay otay itewray.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

I understand about half of that. I never learned pig Latin as a kid, unfortunately

[-] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

First letter to the back. Then add ay.

I. Iay.

Smell. Mellsay.

Cookies. Ookiescay.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

"Smell" would be "ellsmay," as the first consonant group is what's moved.

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

And that is how Pig Latin dialects were born. Pretty soon the Piggie tribes will be at war with each other.

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[-] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

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

[-] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

What, Russian?

[-] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago
[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

I prefer this instead.

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

I assumed russian

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago
[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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

[-] AmbientDread@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago

Another week of signing delusional royal decrees that may or may not stand up in court. Now off to the golf course to abuse our land in a more physical way.

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Oxford or Webster's dictionary?

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[-] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

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

🐱🐱🐱

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago
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[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

GOOD LUCK INVADING CANADA WITH THAT

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

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

[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh when is he going to learn speaking it in a comprehensible manner?

[-] TransSynthesist 6 points 1 week ago

?!dice que?!

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
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