re SIL

[Eugenie Collyer]

I  remember reading about that quote in Bill Bryson's 'Mother  
Tongue', I think it was a US senator...?


On 08/05/2008, at 4:40 AM, McMillan, Carol wrote:

> :-)
>
> Love it!  I may have to use that quote.  Do you have the actual  
> source?
> S/he deserves to be quoted.
>
> Carol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
> [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of William J Poser
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:06 AM
> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ILAT] re SIL
>
>> To see a smiling portrait of blue-eyed blonde Jesus (the rabbi  
>> Yeshua)
>> surrounded by the earths laughing children of every ethnicity is
>> ...amazing
>
> I've always liked the statement by a particularly ignorant English- 
> only
> advocate that "If English was good enough for Jesus it should be good
> enough for us."
>
> Bill

Eugenie Collyer
Town Linguist
Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation
(Katherine Regional Aboriginal Language Centre)
PO Box 871, Katherine 0851
Ph: (08) 89711233
Fax: (08) 8971 0561



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