On 3/31/2014 4:47 PM, Rhodri James wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:23:46 +0100, Mark H Harris
<harrismh...@gmail.com> wrote:
The main point of the link is the status on English as an official
language. 28 out of 50 states have legislated English as the official
language; meaning, that you either speak and write English, or you're
going to have a really tough time participating in culture, business,
government, and recreation.
Perhaps the link was
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States#Official_language_status
That few? I'm surprised. Presumably the other states don't have any
contention for the status of "official language"?
The modern 'English primary' movement, with its first state success in
1981, was a reaction to the 'Spanish co-equal' movement of the 1970s.
Without state-by-state data on the push for legislation, I see no clear
pattern in the list of which states have such a law.
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