Is my accent a crime?

[Joel S. Berson]

May I suggest modestly that there is a difference between speaking
accented English and speaking English unintelligibly?  (And even
native-born Americans can accomplish the latter.)

And not so modestly, if the Arizona law were aimed at intelligibility
(and could define it reasonably), I might find it acceptable.  But I
suspect that is not its motivation.

Joel

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