Since I have no idea what any of this is about, I'll talk about something that I do vaguely understand, the White House Briefing.
Talking about the USA as a bilingual country is rather wishful thinking. I was amazed to find out the other day that only 10% of the population speak Spanish (admittedly, that probably doesn't count illegal immigrants). And 95% of the population speak English.
One of the US' great myths about itself is that it's this great melting pot. In a way it's true, because there are all sorts of different influences on American culture, but the USA is also so insular culturally, unlike even Britain, which has always had interaction with European culture (plus, you know, all those colonies), and of course the influx of American culture.
So what I'm trying to say is, yes,it's a nice gesture and a sizeable minority of Americans have Spanish as their first or even only language (mainly in the South West), the place is far more homogeneous than many would like to believe (on both right and left). English is the de facto language for almost all Americans; Wales is more of a bilingual place
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Talking about the USA as a bilingual country is rather wishful thinking. I was amazed to find out the other day that only 10% of the population speak Spanish (admittedly, that probably doesn't count illegal immigrants). And 95% of the population speak English.
One of the US' great myths about itself is that it's this great melting pot. In a way it's true, because there are all sorts of different influences on American culture, but the USA is also so insular culturally, unlike even Britain, which has always had interaction with European culture (plus, you know, all those colonies), and of course the influx of American culture.
So what I'm trying to say is, yes,it's a nice gesture and a sizeable minority of Americans have Spanish as their first or even only language (mainly in the South West), the place is far more homogeneous than many would like to believe (on both right and left). English is the de facto language for almost all Americans; Wales is more of a bilingual place