Re: Connglish
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 19, 2006, 18:01 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jörg Rhiemeier" <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
> Hallo!
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:00, Mark J. Reed wrote:
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>> [...] And while I
>> wholeheartedly agree that all children in the US should learn to speak
>> fluent English, I have never figured out why anyone wants them to
>> learn *only* English.
>
> I don't understand that, either. How can there be wrongness in learning
> another than the country's dominant language *in addition to* the latter?
Hi, Weeping Elf.
There's no objection to *learning* another language in America; the issue
seems to be how wrong it is to have as your first language something other
than English, especially Spanish or Urban Black English (debated as a
"language"). It's felt that it may damage you professionally and
educationally. I wondered about European as first languages for many
Americans. The issue definitely seems to be connected with race and culture
in America.
Sally