text_combined: sum banned german english content length 12420 weeks ago posted part correspondence received banning german iowa wwi responses brought matter english official english depending one leanings posted query whether anyone knew recently proposed law us would ban languages english first thank everybody summarize german ban official english thanks seegmiller apollo montclair edu steve seegmiller fanshen datalab2 sbs sunysb edu frank anshen kiel uaizu ac jp kiel christianson kyeager prism nmt edu deborah yeager rwachal black weeg uiowa edu bob wachal smburt heartland bradley edu susan burt m200754 er uqam ca michel platt ligo523 utxvms cc utexas edu keith walters cnelson vm cc purdue edu dr christian k nelson niewboer let rug nl r nieuweboer ffgbc aurora alaska edu cooper gordon b anfallen ursula uoregon edu anthea fallen bailey banned german original quote posted ran thus iowa grew household language foreign language early part century public schools english course uncle went local german school parochial school necessary german lutheran church liturgy bibles luther german plattdeutsch speaking people go school learn world war ended iowa governor issued proclamation banning speaking foreign language public places phone operators instructed pull plug anynon english telephone conversations party line patrons hold telephone receiver mouth piece resulting whistling would interfere non english speech modern language instruction dropped school curriculums blow school system never really recovered newspapers published reports people arrested street speaking german real hardship older immigrants german language newspapers suppressed rural county german papers one time fact editor one elected county treasurer day age somewhat embarrassing stumbled fact state iowa organized amounted secret police agency state formed agency whose purpose investigate acts disloyalty given power levy fines imprison people duration war without benefit trial america active participation relatively short lived agency around long would make interesting research paper sometime records still exist got many confirmations actually happened iowa references philip e webber 1993 kolonie deutsch life language amana ames iowa state university press birgit mertens 1994 vom nieder deutschen zum englischen untersuchungen zur sprachlichen assimilation einer laendlichen gemeinde im mittleren westen amerikas heidelberg universitaets verlag c winter heinz kloss _ american bilingual tradition _ baron denis 1990 english question official language americans new connecticut yale university press kloss heinz 1966 german american language maintenance efforts language loyalty united states edited j fishman 206252 london england mouton co liebowicz joseph 1985 official english another americanization program language loyalties source book official english controversy edited james crawford 101111 chicago university press chicago deborah yeager bad news definitely happened laws passed use instruction german end war came force _ _ world wars iowa state cant answer behavior telephone operators people partylines know teaching german banned schools also school property hours church groups often held classes rogier nieuweboer answer question ban german iowa fact 1914 canadian authorities issued ban german used mennonite many schools reason many mennonites emigrated mexico anthea fallen bailey wrote undergraduate honors thesis subject language histories u include pertinent paragraph work severe blow german language culture maintenance u came world war hyphenated americans forced chose ethnicity u nation despite fact majority german americans favored neutrality kloss 1966 german language u never since recovered 1917 u joined war german banned private public schools meetings religious services even telephone baron 1990 111 national organizations disbanded german music neither playe sold restaurants changed names german dishes sauerkraut became liberty cabbage german fried potatoes became american fries hamburger became salisbury steak ibid 109 short german specifically targeted enemy language rooted 1918 1923 many states passed anti german legislations two states nebraska illinois passed english constitutional amendments 1920 1923 respectively ibid 109 1923 thirtyfour states passed english laws relating language instruction schools leibowicz 1985 ohio previously supported german instruction schools passed law 1919 rejecting german altogether footnote ohio 1919 law eventually struck u supreme court via 1923 case meyer v nebraska famous case language circles english things discussed brought interesting questions treat couple quotations steve seegmiller may unfortunate misleading choice terms english nt mean banning languages entirely means requiring use english exclusively official purposes presumably includes governmental functions education forth nonofficial uses last count least seventeen states adopted english laws several works one proposes banning languages susan burt karen l adams daniel brink eds perspectives official english mouton 1990 appendix texts various language legislation legislature arizona attempted amendment state constitution included state political subdivisions state shall act english language entity article applies shall make enforce law order decree policy requires use language english govermental document shall valid effective enforceable unless english language follows list circumstances use languages exlicitly allowed think arizona law considered one restrictive think somehow found invalid maybe nt pass first place forget anyway even ban languages private contexts christian k nelson referred research voters opinions official english laws find conclusions hyperbolic think comments nonetheless worth reading reminded research reported course took anthropological linguist san diego katherine woolard mentioned california official english push many hispanics favor proposed legislation many supposed liberals san francisco area analysis discourse liberals justified positions showing based hidden assumptions actually ran counter claimed liberal beliefs points fact oppressed people help wellmeaning supporters often participate oppression indeed historical examples indicate true even point oppressed groups help organize extermination members oppressing groups results polls cite transparently meaningful respondent two drew conclusions oftmentioned hysterical tone fundraising materials put official english movement thoughts sent one respondent tue 13 jun 1995 jpkirchner aol com wrote convinced certain style fundraising letters crosses political spectrum especially since lot organizations certainly letters written direct marketing agencies probably affiliated particular persuasion get letters political campaigns left right including democratic party see absolutely nauseatingly hysterical hateful style written hand sometimes may one letter boogie man liberals want take away freedom another advocates rich want make homeless another immigrants third jingoists common denominator always angry hateful tone written worked ad agency know people know targets caress zing fillings get act established fundraising technique whole issue seems mix radical hysteria sides mixed legitimate questions neither side appears willing address since linguists experience generally terrific preaching linguistic tolerance nt often deal pragmatic questions nt affect personally annoy questions brought nonlinguists know people neither radical conservatives bothered use languages dialects presence 1 come us regions foreign language groups outnumber hispanics safety warnings federal signage still posted spanish english 2 manager previously minded foreign languages spoken office suddenly noticing lot discord backbiting insubordination among employees hard enough quell everyone speaking english even harder manager monitor happening going foreign language manager sign beginning language course b quit job give someone fluent language c recruit employees spies mandate english e _ _ _ _ _ manager mandates english qualify linguistic intolerance case 3 child speaks black american english accommodated classroom court order appalachian kid gets forced learn later changed gets benefit learning standard dialect e addition 4 typists company incompetent standard english even simple business letter takes five drafts one whole day get acceptable form always comes dialect much easier everybody typing cant give people english tests linguistic political questions people ready answers linguists say james kirchner