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Re: Middle names in Greece
I didn't know that! I know that Greek revival architecture was all the rage in the U.S . right after the War of Independence, but I had no idea that people were actually proposing we all speak Greek.Do you know who it was who proposed this, P.L .? And who voted for it, as well? I'm going to guess that Ben Franklin may have been on the Greek side.-- Nanaea
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An urban legend????The story that Greek was almost voted as an official language in the US is so widespread here that I took it for granted. Tried to find some support though a web search, but -- bummer! -- I didnt find any :(
http://www.urbanlegends.com/books/the_story_of_english.html
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Found a book...I'd honestly never heard of this before, but I was intrigued enough to use my librarian's skills to track down a book which covers this:*O Strange New World; American Culture: The Formative Years*, by Howard Mumford Jones (published 1964)The book is apparently out of print now, but I'll see if I can snare it via interlibrary loan. Sounds like interesting reading!-- Nanaea
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Nice to see you two, today. :) I guess you really do learn something new everyday. I'm glad I have the chance to talk with the regulars on this board. I learn so much, and that's really good! I know my brain won't go dead on my little college break!!:)
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