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Not exactly. I got (and renewed) the Swiss permit with zero knowledge of any official language. However, my wife had to present the basic certificate or my prom
by nvch 5mo ago
Not exactly. I got (and renewed) the Swiss permit with zero knowledge of any official language. However, my wife had to present the basic certificate or my promise that she would learn the language.
- mothballed 5mo agoJapan, ~like the US~, has no official language. (edit: ~strike~)
- esseph 5mo ago> Japan, like the US, has no official language. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/desi...
- crooked-v 5mo agoPOTUS doesn't have the power to set an official language.
- esseph 5mo agoIt's not the Department of War, either. Still says that everywhere.
- Starman_Jones 5mo agoTalk is cheap.
- corndoge 5mo agoActually they are following through, check the news
- red-iron-pine 5mo agothe US Dept of War is doing far more than just talk tho. see also: half of the middle east on fire.
- UltraSane 5mo agoLegal documents, contracts, and court filings must continue to use Department of Defense because legally the Department of War doesn't exist.
- throwawaypath 5mo agoWhy not? Maybe they do?
- hogehoge51 5mo agoJapan also tends to leave many contextual and obvious things unstated, and relies on group concensus and information exchange between in group peers over top down authority, so may consider the ultimate group concensus, language, not needing to be codified. Although i do wonder what my son's 国語 text books teach if Japanese is not the official 国語.