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Subject:Re: Official languages From:Dave Peltier <PELTIERD -at- BLITZ -dot- ACAD -dot- LAWRENCE -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 20 Jan 1994 16:46:38 -0600
1) Have any of you ever had a publication (or product/manual combination)
rejected because it was written in English?
2) Out of curiosity, if the US _did_ make English "official," whose standards
do you suppose they'd use? Would the legislators pick a favorite dictionary?
Favorite syntax? Would they write their own? How have other countries with an
official language deal with the problem?
Loaded questions!
- Dave Peltier
Lawrence University
Computer Services
peltierd -at- lawrence -dot- edu
PS - I enjoyed the observation about the treaty. but doggonit I lost it. Can
someone forward that message back to me at peltierd -at- lawrence -dot- edu? thanks!
