We have an entire government that runs on English, but we won’t admit it’s official. It’s like a couple who’ve lived together for 250 years, split the bills, raised kids, but never got married. “We’re just… comfortable with ambiguity,” they say.
Meanwhile, signs in airports are in English and Spanish. And at the UN, the U.S. delegation speaks English. But if you ask a senator, “Should we make this official?” they’ll flee faster than you can say “procrastination.”
What About Other Languages?
Here’s the kicker: federal laws are printed in English. But the Voting Rights Act says ballots must be in other languages in areas with large non-English populations. So you can vote in Chinese, Vietnamese, or even Navajo code talker if you’re really committed.
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And don’t get me started on the Library of Congress. They have books in hundreds of languages. So officially, we’re saying “English is king,” but our libraries are like, “Pfft, check out this Persian epic.”
