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Mxsmanic wrote:
Tony writes:

Interesting point. Is there evidence to support the statement that
those here who only speak Spanish can't read that language?

The studies I saw supported it very well, and it does make logical
sense.

Oh I remember those. The studies that you refused to cite when I gave you
two cites that disputed them.

Is Puerto Rico an inconvenient counter example to this statement?

On Feb 13, 1:08 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tony writes:
Interesting point. Is there evidence to support the statement that
those here who only speak Spanish can't read that language?

The studies I saw supported it very well, and it does make logical sense.

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Spanish is not a foreign language. The Spanish were the first
Europeans to arrive in the New World. They colonized most of the
americas long before the English and other N. Europeans arrived here,
and made ventures into the Midwest. Of course they established the
California missions and other outposts while the N. European colonists
were stuck on the east coast.

Whenever I see some story about Lewis and Clark I snicker. Cortes and
other Spanish and Portugese pioneers make them and the English
seem like cub scouts.

The history of mankind is basically the history of groups stealing
from each other. The stealers make a noble explanation for their
acts, the stealees whine.

WTF does this have to do with piloting anyway.
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Remember men you are fighting for the ladies honour, which is probably
more than she ever did.
Groucho Marx

What will doom the US to the Yugoslavia model is the bigotry of its
citizens, not the languages they use.
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It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And
I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting
there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money
- Jack Handey

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:04:54 -0800, Sylvain wrote:

as for the 'only language of record', have a look at your US passport
if you have one, and tell us what language or languages it is written
in?

To be fair, U.S. passports are not written for Americans to read.
Their polyglot text, intended for the eyes of foreign officials and
police, is a tacit recognition of the concept of native languages.

Don

"mx" == mxsmanic writes:

mx The studies I saw supported it very well, and it does make
mx logical sense.

It makes sense to shallow bigots.

Most of the Mexican nationals in the US are poor country people from
northern Mexico, but even they have learned the basics of reading and
writing their native language. Do you even know any of these people?
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How many citizens can only read/write Spanish?


Citizens.

Trick question! :-)


Montblack

Mxsmanic wrote:
Hamish Reid writes:
Would you call Lakota a foreign language in the US?

Yes.

Amazing. So in what country is Lakota a native language?

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
Would you call Lakota a foreign language in the US?

In the context of modern-day America, and this conversation, of
course.

Then in what country is Lakota a native language?
(You'd think a proponent of the English language would at least use it
properly!)

Really, I don't care WHAT language is mandated. Hell, let's use
Sioux, if you want.

But one must be decided upon and adhered to, officially, or America is
doomed to become Yugoslavia.

If the U.S. government makes more than one language "official" then the
U.S. is more likely "doomed" to become like Switzerland or Canada. (Hint:
What are the official languages of Switzerland and Canada?)

Tony writes:

Is Puerto Rico an inconvenient counter example to this statement?

I haven't seen any data on Puerto Rico.

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