worked up the strength to try to read the post by elizabeth moon everyone is talking about, and I feel sick. I'm horrified that this is coming from one of next wiscon's guests of honor. I honestly could puke.
Guess who first said in print about "don't speak your own language, you're ruining America" and about whom?
Ben Franklin.
About the GermansPalatine boors (http://bc.barnard.columbia.edu/~lgordis/earlyAC/documents/observations.html).
Also, the "visiting relatives who live in your country of origin is un-American" business is really o_O to me as the granddaughter of a proud Canadian immigrant to the US. I guess it's OK if you're a native speaker of English?
Since I'm not going to write a thesis on the myriad horrible things Ben Franklin says there, I'm going to question his statement that the Swedes are swarthy.
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Date: 2010-09-16 12:29 am (UTC)Ben Franklin.
About the
GermansPalatine boors (http://bc.barnard.columbia.edu/~lgordis/earlyAC/documents/observations.html).Also, the "visiting relatives who live in your country of origin is un-American" business is really o_O to me as the granddaughter of a proud Canadian immigrant to the US. I guess it's OK if you're a native speaker of English?
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Date: 2010-09-16 01:41 am (UTC)