Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.015 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'culture,': 0.09; 'english,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject: [': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'jan': 0.12; 'language.': 0.14; '1981,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'mon,': 0.24; 'law.': 0.26; 'push': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; '+0100,': 0.31; 'government,': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'really': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'clear': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'success': 0.61; 'received:173': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'such': 0.63; 'movement': 0.65; 'mar': 0.68; 'business,': 0.83; 'subject:this': 0.83; 'presumably': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'tough': 0.93; 'subject:OFF': 0.95 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC Spanish in the USA [was Re: Explanation of this Python language feature?] Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:06:37 -0400 References: <9daf0806-02de-4447-964c-c8f8953c23e5@googlegroups.com> <87ior3w740.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <5334c38e$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <53364327$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <53365F55.2040302@gmail.com> <5337ba48$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-75-254-207.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1396303617 news.xs4all.nl 2909 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41287 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:69451 On 3/31/2014 4:47 PM, Rhodri James wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:23:46 +0100, Mark H Harris > wrote: > >> The main point of the link is the status on English as an official >> language. 28 out of 50 states have legislated English as the official >> language; meaning, that you either speak and write English, or you're >> going to have a really tough time participating in culture, business, >> government, and recreation. Perhaps the link was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States#Official_language_status > That few? I'm surprised. Presumably the other states don't have any > contention for the status of "official language"? The modern 'English primary' movement, with its first state success in 1981, was a reaction to the 'Spanish co-equal' movement of the 1970s. Without state-by-state data on the push for legislation, I see no clear pattern in the list of which states have such a law. -- Terry Jan Reedy