FIGHTING WORDS
U.S. English exists to see that the English language gains official status in government--that no other languages become official. We are a nation of immigrants with little in common--not race, religion, culture, history. The only thing we have in common is the English language. That has been the mortar in the mosaic.
ANGIE PAPADAKIS
Rancho Palos Verdes
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