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- Go to George W. Bush, you're no Teddy Roosevelt
Now that you mention it,
I wonder what Teddy R. would say to George W.
As for English as the only language -- we don't speak pure English here, we speak American. Different spellings, different accents, some big differences in slang terms. Football here is even a whole 'nother sport than in England.
I think we put ourselves at a disadvantage by being monolingual -- we could be more competitive if we all spoke two or three -- English, Spanish and a little French or German -- all of which are linguistically similar. We eat the foods from all these cultures and enjoy them, why not go a step further?
posted by
Pat_B
on June 14, 2006 at 3:23 PM
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