another item for Dennis B's Web of Language?

[Dennis Baron]

i'm already on it -- the ap story is more detailed than the one in the
times.

thx, larry

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Department of English
University of Illinois
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

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On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/us/30english.html?scp=2&sq=Vietnamese&st=nyt
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> All about the recent commencement in a high school in Louisiana in
> which the co-valedictorians, cousins Hue and Cindy Vo, delivered part
> of their commencement addresses in Vietnamese.  More exactly, Cindy
> spoke one sentence in Vietnamese (to honor her parents, whose English
> isn't great) and translated it.  To prevent this outrage from ever
> recurring, school officials are considering banning the use of any
> language other than English in commencement speeches.  As a school
> board official explained, "I don't like them addressing [sic] in a
> foreign language.  They should be in English." On the other hand, or
> maybe it's the same hand--hard to tell--the officials are also
> considering requiring prayer.
>
> LH
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