More euphemisms: "pervasive language"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/17/2012 11:31 AM, George Thompson wrote:
>Neither does it concern itself with English among any of the other
>colonials, ungrateful wretches that they are.

I assume that George is not referring to the British as ungrateful
wretches for not acknowledging the spread of their language to the
colonies, but rather the colonials as ungrateful wretches for not
acknowledging the munificent blessings of the civilization and
language the British gave them.

Joel

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