And if we're going to insist on English, it should be American(ized) English. Any
Monday, May 22, 2006
Speak Easy
If we are really going to make English the "official" language of the USA, we should have the decency to give back any words and phrases that we co-opted from the languages of people who will have to learn to speak it. Tequila. Burrito. Hasta la vista, baby. Not just Spanish words, either -- pizza, umbrella, propaganda, fascist.
And if we're going to insist on English, it should be American(ized) English. Anypunters dudes from Canada, England or the rest of the Commonwealth should be spell-checked thoroughly -- yo, Nigel: it's color, not colour, favor, not favour, and we pronounce it al-LU-mi-num, not al-you-MIN-yum. Wanqueros.
And if we're going to insist on English, it should be American(ized) English. Any
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