Supporters of official English in the United States can learn from Slovakia

[Wilson Gray]

You've noted an interesting problem for English-only-ers. Whose
version of English is going to be the official, "correct" version? I
cast my vote for academic jargon. Failing hat, my vote is for
down-home, from-way-out-in-the-country, BE "flat talk, leavened with
the vulgarities and obscenities of urban BE.

-Wilson

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Dennis Baron<debaron at illinois.edu> wrote:
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> Supporters of official English in the United States can take a hint =20
> from Slovakia, where a new official language law promises to be two, =20
> two, two things in one: it=92s a nation builder and an agent of =20
> oppression.
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