Senate vote on English

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 5/19/06, Barbara Need <nee1 at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> I just heard on MSNBC that the Senate voted yesterday on a bill
> making English the common language (not the "national" language). I
> just caught the announcement and am not certain of the exact wording
> of the bill--the "discussion" is going off onto a rant.

One bill said "national", another said "common and unifying" -- both
passed. Details here:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003164.html


--Ben Zimmer

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