> Some of
the more arrogant language bigots do. Everywhere has its
> arrogant bigots - yes, including the US. Fortunately, language
> bigotry is fading here.
Are you talking over the last 5 years, or the last 25?
Both, actually, but perhaps more over the last ten than the previous
ten. (Also, it's dying, but not yet dead; there are still vandals who
spraypaint over the STOP on ARRET/STOP signs and the like, but not
nearly as many as twenty or even ten years ago.)
12-15 years ago, when I worked for a US-based Duty
Free store in
Sault Ste. Marie, MI I met a *lot* of language bigots... Funny, most
(read: All but 1 couple) people got irate with me when I *very
politely* told them that I didn't speak any French. Of course, I did
it in German... ;-)
You, my dear Herr Merchberger, have a delightfully evil mind. "Ja, jeg
er tospr?klig - norsk og engelsk." :)
If the US is so bad, why is it that 60% of the
Canadian population
lives within 40km of the US border? ;-)
Because Canadian winters farther north are worse. :-)
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