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<DIV><FONT color=#150e00 size=4 face=Calibri>My mother, who was a teacher of
Spanish, once told me: An English aristocrat, explaining the necessity of
bilingualism put it this way. "When I speak to the dogs and
servants, I use German. When I speak to my banker I use
English, when I speak to the ladies I use French, but when I speak to my
God I use Spanish. " La lingua mas bonita. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#150e00 size=4 face=Calibri>Sue</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 22, 2010 5:28 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:thansen@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] English Only</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I know this is a controversial issue, but let me just say that
for someone raised in Tucson, where half the streets and buildings have Spanish
names, where Spanish is a beautiful part of growing up and where community
leaders and some of my biggest heroes were those who learned English after
growing up in Spanish-speaking homes, it's a non-issue. It's just the way
things are, or were, and should be.<BR><BR>Attempts to conduct business in
English only, no matter how well-intentioned, just serve to disenfranchise those
who are already struggling, and to deny political power to those whose
contributions, in many cases for decades, have built up their communities.
I think all immigrants should learn English -- I devoted more than a decade of
my life teaching English, in Spanish, to Mexican immigrants -- but until they
do, having official business conducted bilingually is more efficient and more
just. Believe me, no one I know who came here from Mexico (that would be a
few hundred people) doesn't want to learn. Furthermore, by the second
generation, their kids are fully bilingual and able to contribute mightily to
their communities. This is the case even, perhaps especially, when
first-generation parents are less than fully literate in their first
language. No one should worry that "English only" legislation is necessary
to convince them of the benefits of full English literacy.<BR><BR>Un mundo
bilingual es un mundo mejor! (A bilingual world is a better
world!)<BR><BR><FONT color=#8064a2><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" size=3><FONT
face=Verdana>Keely<BR>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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From: thansen@moscow.com<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010
07:13:31 -0800<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] English Only<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Translation (Courtesy of Keely Emerine-Mix): "I wonder how they'd feel if
the situation were reversed?"</DIV>
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<DIV>Gracias, mi amiga, Keely.</DIV>
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<DIV>Seeya round town, Moscow.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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