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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:28 PM Original message |
English as our national language? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. ¡Viva Lalo! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. YASWAP |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Englisch ist nun LINGUA FRANCA |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Does that mean Americans will have to start speaking English? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Go to eastern Kentucky, not in the urban areas, go back up into the |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Or south of Pittsburgh - Connellsville, Indianhead, etc.All over the place in the US. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Go anywhere there are people isolated from the rest of the society. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yup. Either forced isolation or chosen. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Look at some of the mountainous countries and you will find |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I've been told by a Chinese friend that dialects of the same written language |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. If you have iTunes they now have iTunesU. You can get podcasts |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. I love diversity, and that extends to language. - n/t |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Don't forget that those are likely descendants of the pioneers.... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. "a language is a dialect backed up by an army" |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. People who call for an official language must never leave their place of birth. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. English is the national language |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I should have said Official language. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. America needs no "official language" |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I'll care - along with millions of others... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You go tell that to the Puerto Ricans, The Hawaiians, The Guamians, The Navajo, etc. etc. /nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. For what possible reason? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Why? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Absolutely. I agree with you 100%. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Okay...fuck this... |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Ummmm |
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133724 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. How Arrogant of us as americans to insist on one language. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Aramaic, huh? Are you really Mel Gibson, 133724? |
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133724 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Whats the matter.. You don't want to speak to GOD in his native language???? |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Noooooo, I don't happen to believe in a personal god... but, what the hell, |
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133724 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. thanks |
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leftwing9 (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Actually we do have that tense... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. We should make Olde Anglo Saxon the official language |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Very funny cartoon... especially after just getting back from London and Edinburgh... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Can't have some ignorant whites thinking someone is talking about them |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-10-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. It would be a start |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Like that character in "Blazing Saddles"? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. sure, and spanish as the national co-language |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I can see that making sense in Texas.... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. it will eventually |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. "It will eventually." |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. English is the national language... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Well said. nt |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. I agree with Lalo |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. My husband was born and raised in New Delhi, where English is a requirement--since they speak |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. It doesn't matter, because your kids (& Congress) won't listen to you anyway |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I am the invisible man. |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yes. English should be the sole national and official language of the US n/t |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Why would that be necessary? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Please explain exactly what laws you would enact. |
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