Re: What if

abrigon wrote:

> The US almost did have German as the official lingo by like 1
> or 2 votes of Congress or percents. I forget the whole story.
Didn't happen.

There was a narrowly defeated proposal to _print_ legislation in
German as well as English in Pennsylvania, as German-speakers probably
outnumbered English-speakers there.

But the U.S. has no official language.

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