Common ground and the English-only movement (fwd link)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

This does remind me of living in Tucson when this 'hot' issue was proposed and the outrage it incited from so many including the entire Ronstadt family who are early signatures to the Arizona Territory and Statehood petitions. At the same time we were in Tucson, the Italian mayor of Sault Ste. Marie attempted to pass a bylaw for English only in Sault Ste. Marie. I have no idea who his target was but the greater population of Sault Ste. Marie consists of his own people, Italians. There are many groups in SSM with their own language of communication.

When I was speaking with people in Tucson and admitted I was from Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada, they would ask,'Isn't that the city where the mayor wants to pass English only laws?' SSM certainly achieved a short lived notoriety and Arizona empathy with that one.
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rolland nadjiwon

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  Common ground and the English-only movement
  by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca

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