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Well, By God, if Hating Immigrants Was Good Enought for Roosevelt, It’s Good Enough for Me! |
| Published: June 9, 2008, 8:14 am |
| Tags: about town |
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I’m with Mary Mancini, Eric Crafton’s website does seem to be implying that Teddy Roosevelt was the original crafter of the English-as-Official-Language-of-Nashville movement. Why is it that the people most invested in English as Official Language seem to be the ones with the least compelling grasp on how it works? My favorite part is this: “all official government communications and publications shall be published only in English.” Let’s start asking ourselves how that would work. All official government communications. All. Such as, perhaps, the names of streets and communities? Belle Meade? Bellevue? Demonbreun? Bordeaux? Buena Vista? Sevier? Lafayette? It seems to me that all signs–which are official government communications–with non-English words on them would have to come down or be changed. I wonder what that would run the city. [ Full article ] |
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