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From: Normand_Boisvert@uqtr.uquebec.ca (Normand Boisvert)
Subject: Re: official english
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In article <debaron-1408961101220001@gauss.english.uiuc.edu>,
debaron@uiuc.edu (Dennis Baron) wrote:


> Dont Make English Official  Ban It Instead
(...)
> Prohibiting English will do for the language what Prohibition did for
> liquor.  Those who already use it will continue to do so, and those who
> dont will want to try out what has been forbidden.  This negative
> psychology works with children.  It works with speed limits.  It even
> worked in the Garden of Eden.


I like you sense of "humor" , or is it "humour" ?
If your reasonning is exact, I worry about the effect anti -abortion laws
will have if the Rep take power ...

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