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Updates on official English and related issues

Monday, August 05, 2002
 
Not a Parody

Today's Washington Post contains a lengthy piece,"When Immigrants Wed, Language of Their Vows Is Too Often Unfamiliar." We learn that (horrors!): "Immigrants in Loudoun and Prince George's counties . . . must take a friend along to interpret or bluff through a ceremony with broken English." The solution, of course, is not more immigrants learning English, but taxpayer-funded marriage ceremonies in other tongues.

As our nation continues down the path of mandatory multilingualism, expect more stories of this sort in your local newspaper.

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