I'm jealous. I'm trying to learn Korean now. I wish I had grown up bilingual because I'm having a terrible time trying to remember even the simplest things. It's really aggravating. I can decode Spanish and imitate Korean conversation perfectly but have ~20% comprehension.

Every time I hear people talking in a different language I remember something I heard a really stupid person say in public. "They are all talking about rocket secrets." Yea, I thought that is what everyone knows about, rockets. I then tell them to make sure they teach their children that language, I was in college and could not learn another language no matter how hard I studied. I later learned I have a learning disorder and once I realize the problem a solution was possible. Not that I know another language. People who speak several languages have a advantage.

Yup

The US does not have an official language.

For the most part, is it not true that the 'language' is not what is being complained-about ?

I often regret my inability to speak another language but when I try I seem to be hopeless.

I am extremely proud thay my son.daughter-in-law and 2 of his 3 children are already bilingual or working on it.

Most other countries start language training in grade school. Until we do that we will never benefit from this facility

Spanish is a beautiful language and useful in the US. I wish I had learned Spanish when I was young.

Americans are now the least literate peoples among any of the advanced nations. We complain about anything being spoken differently.