[Ads-l] Don't make English official, ban it instead

[David Barnhart]

Means nothing to me.

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> On Feb 21, 2015, at 6:54 PM, Baron, Dennis E <debaron at ILLINOIS.EDU> wrote:
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Baron, Dennis E" <debaron at ILLINOIS.EDU>
> Subject:      Don't make English official, ban it instead
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