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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (255808)	10/17/2005 8:08:08 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571220

"Wrong. I'm merely showing you that the US is gradually experiencing/discovering genuine multiculturalism à la Europe...." Nonsense. All you have shown is that first and second generations still speak their native language. As has always occurred. Back when travel wasn't so easy, there were many areas where English was rarely, if ever, spoken. My grandmother learned some English as an adult, she spoke German, as did her ancestors when they immigrated to Texas in the early 1820s. My father grew up speaking English, German and Czech. Up until recently, you could buy newspapers that published exclusively in German. Why did that change? Simple, the isolated farming communities had greater contact with the other areas of the state, paved roads, cars and electricity will do that, and their kids started participating in the larger economy where English is spoken. Same has happened with the Cajun and other ethnic groups throughout the country. The same is happening with the Hispanics, they are just the latest large cohort to arrive. It is an old story in the US. Experienced by Chinese, Germans, Swedes, Irish, Italians and many other ethnic groups. The same will happen in Europe now that the EU has formed. A driving factor is your example, people like to travel and actually find the place they are going to. It is sort of sad, but inevitable. You prattle a lot about the US being a monoculture. That is only true if you get all of your information about the US from TV and movies, which do tend to reflect a monoculture. But there are big differences between the various areas, no way that New Orleans(may she rest in peace), New York, San Francisco, Austin and LA, just to pick a few, are the same cities. The differences between Bavaria and Lower Saxony are much smaller than the differences between Southeast Texas and West Texas, not to mention, Say, New Jersey and Louisiana. Or California and Mississippi. True, the traffic laws are similar, but that is true across Europe. True, everyone speaks English, but that doesn't mean the same words are pronounced the same or even mean the same thing. True, McDonald's is everywhere, but that is true in Europe also. McDrivethru, give me a break...