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5. They speak it marginally, but it's when they WRITE it that we see

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:22 AM

Nov 2012

the true magnitude of the problem.

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The Rise and Fall of the American Linguistic Empire [View all] marmar Nov 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Nov 2012 #1

I'd be happy if native born Americans would speak English.... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #2

They speak it marginally, but it's when they WRITE it that we see kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #5

Heartbreaking. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #6

I argue that it isn't just other languages lexx21 Nov 2012 #3

Summers is a known fool. bemildred Nov 2012 #4