Hayakawa vs. King What? Como? Does language matter? There is a movement to establish English as the official language of the United States. Surprising as it may seem, this issue is growing more and more controversial. Two key players involved in the issue are Robert D. King, a scholar and teacher, and Samual Ichiye Hayakawa, a senator and teacher. Each uses a unique interpretation of evidence to express his position on the matter. Historical evidence …showed first 75 words of 951 total…

…showed last 75 words of 951 total…his friends. Learning English not because it was the official language and he had to, but because he wanted to. Hayakawa and Kings present their arguments with similar tools but have very different styles. Both use history and statistics as the building blocks for their arguments but arrive at two different conclusions. Each has a compelling argument but as evident by my personal response it is a decision that must be made by each individual.