q english content length 1562 recent query wwi era suppression german iowa brought another issue many linguistics field commonly use term english mean movement whose members many nonnative english speakers refer official english movement term english possibly intentionally implies total ban use language proposed official english amendment seen one proposed organization u english stated clearly construed restricting use languages english private life daily business affairs situations speaker safety stake also seen polls particularly california claim anywhere 60 85 various immigrant groups would affected amendment actually favor one direct opposition activist groups claiming represent cant imagine people favoring english amendment would place total ban use native languages leaving aside blanket idea life politics anyone tell recent case say last 30 years law would completely ban use languages english come vote somewhere u nt think impossible like see one james kirchner