LL-L "Genealogy" 2012.07.04 (02) [EN]

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From:  Isaac M. Davis isaacmacdonalddavis at gmail.com<luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>

Subject: LL-L "Genealogy" 2012.07.04 (01) [EN]



> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Genealogy
>
> Apparently, at one point in history German was so widely used in the USA
> that some proposed making it the national language rather than English.
>

This is widely reported, but is based on a misunderstanding of what the
proposition entailed. What was being suggested was to translate important
documents into German, to enable German-speaking Americans with
less-than-fluent English to follow the governmental goings-on. It certainly
does say something about the strength of the community, to be sure, but not
quite what it would say if they were suggesting that German be used as THE
official language.

Best,

Isaac M. Davis
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