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Subject:Re: US English From:LaVonna Funkhouser <lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:32:58 -0600
Chuck,
Thanks for your opinion on US English. Please don't
imply that I am in favor of or a member of the movement.
Currently I am neutral. I brought up the subject for
scholarly debate on this list after the subject was
brought to my attention in an intercultural comm. class.
A thought from our debate:
English is a characteristic of the dominant culture of
our society. Therefore, part of becoming socialized into
the US dominant culture (implying, of course, that a person
*wants* to be socialized) is learning English.
As you mentioned, the scarey thing is *whose* English
would become law?
