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Old 05.03.2010, 03:42 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
why should americans be so afraid of linguistic diversity?

because, as sebastián de covarrubias said when he published the first spanish dictionary (castillian, actually), "language is empire".

spain at the time had all a number of languages and kingdoms that didn't always play well together, part of forging spain as a nation was to make everyone speak the same (castillian) language. not everyone complied, galicians, catalonians and basques managed to retain some of their local languages, but the fascist policy continued up to the times of the monstrous dictator francisco franco who died in the 70s...

since then, the various spanish regions have regained some autonomy but i don't see the country splitting up or anything.

anyway, italy had something similar in the educational system after the country was unified, and pinocchio had something to do with it, i'm told.

ok. so yeah. manifest destiny, kill the indian save the man, all that shit = official language.
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