International Mother Language Day Feb. 21 (fwd link)

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*International Mother Language Day Feb. 21*

Published on Friday, 21 February 2014 01:01 Written by Prof. Colleen
Fitzgerald, UT Arlington

Superbowl XLVIII ignited a firestorm of controversy, but it wasn't for a
referee call. It was for a commercial.  Coca Cola broadcast, "It's
Beautiful,"  an ad featuring "America the Beautiful" as its soundtrack.
 Where's the controversy?  In addition to English, the commercial included
translations sung in Spanish, Tagalog, Hindi, Hebrew, Senegalese-French and
Keres by young women from all over America. Social media broke out with
complaints against using other languages, with hashtags like #SpeakAmerican
or #speakenglish.

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http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/life/commentary/9600-international-mother-language-day-feb-21
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