AW: One day at the beach

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Hi Wim and Gloria,

 

let me preface that I am very fond of the Dutch (except when they win

against us in soccer <g>). And I know they contributed greatly to the

shaping of the US. But not in this case.

 

The language in question was German, not Dutch. However, even that old saw

about German missing to be the U.S. "official language" by one vote during

the 1790's is terribly garbled. The vote had to do with translating

documents into German at government expense and had nothing to do with

official language policy at all. It did miss by one vote in the house; the

Speaker of the House, a native German speaker, voted against it.

 

There are many sources about the fascinating history of the English

language; here is one that also makes for entertaining reading: "The Mother

Tongue; English and How It Got That Way" by Bill Bryson, ISBN 0-888-07895-8.

 

Best wishes,

 

Michael Suesserott

 

 

 

 

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