hispanic. My neighbors behind me are asian. I haven't talked yet with
the asian couple because they just moved in last week, but while the
russian and hispanic have great difficulty speaking English, they are
good neighbors.
I've got no problem with non-english speaking citizens, and I think
that if they can be accomodated they should be. If there's a strong
Greek community in his area, then I would think it reasonable to
produce materials in Greek. If he's the only one, then he's SOL
unfortunately.
IIRC, the federal courts have avoided declaring English to the be the
official language, but they've also avoided mandating the requirement
to create non-English material. Instead I think it's been left up to
the State and local lawmakers to decide what is appropriate in their
area based on their demographic.
I'm somewhat interested in this because where I work has talked about
producing more non-English material.
-Kevin
On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:53:46 -0400, Jerry Johnson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just got annoyed by a thread from another list.
>
> A 40 year old man, born in the US, does not speak any English, just Greek. He knows some English, but refuses to use it. He apparently is suing a business group he belongs to because they have the audacity to conduct their meetings and publish all their literature in English.
>
> Does this raise anyone else's hackles?
>
> Jerry Johnson
>
>
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