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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (195614)	10/24/2001 10:47:48 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I don't necessarily disagree with you. I think every American should know something of at least one other language. For example, as a highschool freshman I was taught the Greek roots of our language. That often enables me to come close to the meaning of words that I've never seen before. However, I maintain that the culture of our country is singularly American and English is singularly our language. To insist otherwise is to invite chaos and division. Canada, for example, has a dual language. That fact alone accounts for political strife, particularly in the province of Quebec. It has the effect of separating Canadians of French descent from those of English descent, not to mention the natives. It creates conditions that differ only in degree from those problems between Israel and Palestine. Americans, on the other hand, rally around a common language no matter what our descent. E Pluribus Unum. That does not justify stupid and ignorant Americans, the ones you call arrogant, because of their behavior in other cultures. Like you, I am a little embarrassed that we Americans make so little effort to learn other peoples' languages. President Bush is showing us the way, I think. He shows respect for and honors our Hispanic citizens and neighbors by making a bona fide effort to speak Spanish in appropriate times. Did you know that my State of Alaska has no less than twenty native languages? More than any other state, I believe. uaf.edu Our employee welfare group calls itself Wooch'een, which in the Tlingit language means "Working Together."