Official Language
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OK, time to stand up and be counted.
English should not be the official language of the United States.
The Brits wince when they hear us speak American. Their little poofta sensibilities, I guess. Since it's named after their postage-sized country, let 'em have it.
They haven't done anything for us to admire, except to make sure that France always has a clean white surrender flag. They treated the Irish as badly as they treated us, but longer. Frankly, they don't deserve having their speak sanitized by the only Superpower around. They have been a rotten example to a young democratic USA, and their Royals behave very badly.
We should pick a new language soon. One that everyone can learn easily (like Basic) or that most everyone knows.
No, not French (merde!). And not gangsta rap neither.
Se habla Taco Bell.
Well, why does it have to be an existing language? We are the people who invent things - moon landers, cobol, the internet, supermax prisons, icy slurpees. How long would it take to invent a language? It would have 1/3 the rules of English, and 1/100th the exceptions and special cases. It would be easy to pronounce (unlike French), and precise without the arrogance of German. Better yet, it wouldn't depend on some second-rate Euro-trash or Middle Eastern or Oriental dialect with all the attendant garbage.
Let's have some real people do it, too. If we give it to Microsoft, no one will ever read the manuals.
OK, time to stand up and be counted.
English should not be the official language of the United States.
The Brits wince when they hear us speak American. Their little poofta sensibilities, I guess. Since it's named after their postage-sized country, let 'em have it.
They haven't done anything for us to admire, except to make sure that France always has a clean white surrender flag. They treated the Irish as badly as they treated us, but longer. Frankly, they don't deserve having their speak sanitized by the only Superpower around. They have been a rotten example to a young democratic USA, and their Royals behave very badly.
We should pick a new language soon. One that everyone can learn easily (like Basic) or that most everyone knows.
No, not French (merde!). And not gangsta rap neither.
Se habla Taco Bell.
Well, why does it have to be an existing language? We are the people who invent things - moon landers, cobol, the internet, supermax prisons, icy slurpees. How long would it take to invent a language? It would have 1/3 the rules of English, and 1/100th the exceptions and special cases. It would be easy to pronounce (unlike French), and precise without the arrogance of German. Better yet, it wouldn't depend on some second-rate Euro-trash or Middle Eastern or Oriental dialect with all the attendant garbage.
Let's have some real people do it, too. If we give it to Microsoft, no one will ever read the manuals.
posted by Greg Finnegan @ 3:18 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:33 PM,
Stew Magoo said…
Not sure I'd have put Cobol in there Greg ;)
At 3:42 PM,
Greg Finnegan said…
Hey, Grace Hopper was a friend of mine. As klutzy as it is, for something that started in 1952, it's still running many, many business programs today. They came out with a new update version in 2002 - object oriented yet.
But, as we discussed in emails, maybe it would have been better for me to list "inflatable love doll" instead of Cobol.
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