http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj One Longnow per Human Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:30:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/germanbilingualism/comment-page-1/#comment-25564 metasj Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:59:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/germanbilingualism/#comment-25564 An interesting comment. That sounds like a combination of two of the myths above... An interesting comment. That sounds like a combination of two of the myths above…

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/germanbilingualism/comment-page-1/#comment-25496 MR. RIGHT Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:38:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/germanbilingualism/#comment-25496 In 2002 I heard from my history teacher, who happens to be Jewish, that at one time Congress was thinking about making German the Official National Language. Due to a World War breaking out however, no vote was taken and the motion was forgotten. In 2002 I heard from my history teacher, who happens to be Jewish, that at one time Congress was thinking about making German the Official National Language. Due to a World War breaking out however, no vote was taken and the motion was forgotten.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/germanbilingualism/comment-page-1/#comment-3799 Michael Sanders Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:52:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/metasj/germanbilingualism/#comment-3799 As former German, I am very interested in this (Muhlenberg) "Legend" because it was taught to us in school (1950 - 1960) in Germany. However, I am inclined to believe the writings that it actually just was as described, a secondary vote. BUT there is one twist, to believe a story, especially one of history, it is vital that the presenter appears unbiased and not as it sounds, very resentful of the story. That makes it questionable whether someone just want to destroy a "Legend" or truly has realistic grounds for his opinion. On second hand, since English is the major language in the US, it is very impolite and destructive for any foreigner, especially an immigrant (very especially for illegal immigrants) to have any influence of the language spoken in the US. As former German, I am very interested in this (Muhlenberg) “Legend” because it was taught to us in school (1950 – 1960) in Germany. However, I am inclined to believe the writings that it actually just was as described, a secondary vote. BUT there is one twist, to believe a story, especially one of history, it is vital that the presenter appears unbiased and not as it sounds, very resentful of the story. That makes it questionable whether someone just want to destroy a “Legend” or truly has realistic grounds for his opinion.
On second hand, since English is the major language in the US, it is very impolite and destructive for any foreigner, especially an immigrant (very especially for illegal immigrants) to have any influence of the language spoken in the US.

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