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Warren DeMontague

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38. The "English Only" people

Reply to kskiska (Reply #16)

Thu Aug 3, 2017, 03:36 AM

Aug 2017

Don't do such a good job with English.

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As a Professor of English, I Have to Say... [View all] ProudLib72 Aug 2017 OP

The first european Eko Aug 2017 #1

Absolutely! ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #2

Exactly Quanta Aug 2017 #6

What you heard here was some Spanish, but the New Mexican Spanish for the most part spoken here janx Aug 2017 #8

Some might argue it was the Vikings. mwooldri Aug 2017 #23

I'm working on it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #26

Others would argue it was the Irish JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2017 #41

Wait, what? The first humans came to North America madinmaryland Aug 2017 #52

As a former elementary school teacher in Southern California BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #3

My 20 month old grandbaby... llmart Aug 2017 #4

I truly love to hear other languages bhikkhu Aug 2017 #5

We have new Vietnamese neighbors. brer cat Aug 2017 #7

This is America Mike__M Aug 2017 #9

+1000 janx Aug 2017 #21

Actually, I'm an advocate of "conservatives should speak English only"... JHB Aug 2017 #10

Odd thing I heard growing up after WWII bobbieinok Aug 2017 #11

There has always been a tension with the children PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #27

Here's the problem with this ridiculous demand from the Trumpsky administration: janx Aug 2017 #12

I have a funny story about this ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #15

Thank god this isn't 60 years ago! janx Aug 2017 #17

True! ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #19

The students I work with are not only dealing with that, but are also studying the sciences. janx Aug 2017 #22

I wish my mom had spoken Spanish at home Awsi Dooger Aug 2017 #13

We are the most ignorant western country about foreign language. haveahart Aug 2017 #14

Any foreign language would be helpful in the early grades. janx Aug 2017 #18

With the exception of Canada, I'd probably argue the whole Anglophone world has language issues. mwooldri Aug 2017 #25

Need dictates. Moreover, public education is not about offering (affording) more these days. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #44

And yet, the same "English only" people kskiska Aug 2017 #16

It is impressive ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #20

. . . janx Aug 2017 #24

Fernando Lamas quote kskiska Aug 2017 #55

I doubt she speaks a number of languages fluently. fierywoman Aug 2017 #29

Purported.... Don't forget her purported college degree lunasun Aug 2017 #30

The "English Only" people Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #38

Elian Gonzales was illegal and didn't speak English kskiska Aug 2017 #54

I live in New Mexico, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #28

The other thing you notice in NM ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #40

Interesting point about the lack of competition between the two cultures. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #42

It happened to me maybe four times ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #48

Spent the day at The Grand Canyon, never thought there'd be so many foreigners visiting... czarjak Aug 2017 #31

Every European I know volstork Aug 2017 #32

I'm reminded of a story I heard here on DU: tclambert Aug 2017 #33

Good story, though I can't imagine the Navajos I know Alice11111 Aug 2017 #35

I may not have remembered it correctly word for word. tclambert Aug 2017 #45

Game. Set. Match! 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #36

Trouble is that most conservative dumbasses ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #49

Canada requires that you speak either English or French to Alice11111 Aug 2017 #34

Can't resist posting this for an English professor. :) area51 Aug 2017 #37

Apostrophe's, and, commas are the bane of my existence! ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #39

"English Only," or "English Official"? Because there's a huge difference in terms of legal forms, WinkyDink Aug 2017 #43

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #46

Dear American Citizen, CrispyQ Aug 2017 #47

In eighth grade my English teacher had a clever method of correcting our mistakes ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #50

Joke a German friend told me: thucythucy Aug 2017 #51

If you think about European countries smaller size ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #53

This country has always been more multi-lingual thucythucy Aug 2017 #57

There was a stigma associated with those languages ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #58

One of my favorite classes in school was 'Origins of the English Language' panader0 Aug 2017 #56