Comments on: House panel votes in support of bilingual voting http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/ Don't dis or dismiss this miss! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:09:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: benning http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-124627 benning Fri, 12 May 2006 15:23:54 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/#comment-124627 True, John, but then let <strong><em>them</em></strong> pay for such silliness as ballots in Lithuanian! True, John, but then let them pay for such silliness as ballots in Lithuanian!

]]> By: PCD http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-123931 PCD Thu, 11 May 2006 13:38:20 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/#comment-123931 John, like Spanish in Santa Ana, CA, Chinese In LA, Diamond Bar, CA, Norweigian in Door County, WI, Sweedish in Minnesota,... John, like Spanish in Santa Ana, CA, Chinese In LA, Diamond Bar, CA, Norweigian in Door County, WI, Sweedish in Minnesota,…

]]> By: Big Bang Hunter http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-123552 Big Bang Hunter Thu, 11 May 2006 04:25:12 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/#comment-123552 - Ah.... good old Revere beach...... *chuckle* - bang **== - Ah…. good old Revere beach…… *chuckle*

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]]> By: John Anderson http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-123541 John Anderson Thu, 11 May 2006 03:57:26 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/05/10/house-panel-votes-in-support-of-bilingual-voting/#comment-123541 I am a bit torn on this. I do think [American] English should be the only official language, but... To become naturalized, a level of English proficiency is already a requirement: once citizens, though, some retreat into enclaves where their "native" language is almost all that is heard or read and their English may wither. Such neighborhoods can actually last generations: around here, Italian is almost mandatory in Boston's North End and Portuguese in New Bedford, have been since the late Nineteenth Century. I am a bit torn on this. I do think [American] English should be the only official language, but… To become naturalized, a level of English proficiency is already a requirement: once citizens, though, some retreat into enclaves where their “native” language is almost all that is heard or read and their English may wither. Such neighborhoods can actually last generations: around here, Italian is almost mandatory in Boston’s North End and Portuguese in New Bedford, have been since the late Nineteenth Century.

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