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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: German as a Global Language #18158 02/05/2001 2:26 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: At the time the German language was spoken by a large amount of the population (Pennsylvania Dutch). When they were voting on a national language German was defeated by only one vote. I'm no expert on American constitutional history but I have read that this is a myth, and that what they were voting on was to allow German to be used in official documents as well as English. Unfortunately I can't remember what my source for this was. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted German as a Global Language Jazzoctopus 02/02/2001 10:11 PM Re: German as a Global Language wwh 02/02/2001 11:29 PM Re: German as a Global Language nikeblack 02/04/2001 6:16 AM Re: German as a Global Language Bridget 02/04/2001 9:35 AM Re: German as a Global Language Capital Kiwi 02/04/2001 10:05 AM Re: German as a Global Language Max Quordlepleen 02/04/2001 6:06 PM Re: German as a Global Language Bridget 02/05/2001 10:10 AM Re: German as a Global Language Bingley 02/06/2001 4:11 AM Re: German as a Global Language Bridget 02/06/2001 10:50 AM Re: meat words AnnaStrophic 02/04/2001 6:47 PM Re: German as a Global Language AnnaStrophic 02/04/2001 6:36 PM Re: German as a Global Language Max Quordlepleen 02/04/2001 7:11 PM Re: German as a Global Language Capital Kiwi 02/04/2001 11:33 PM Re: German as a Global Language Max Quordlepleen 02/05/2001 2:18 AM Re: German as a Global Language Capital Kiwi 02/05/2001 6:35 AM Global Languages musick 02/04/2001 7:17 PM Re: German as a Global Language bikermom 02/04/2001 8:08 PM Re: German as a Global Language Bingley 02/05/2001 2:26 AM Re: German as a Global Language wsieber 02/05/2001 1:06 PM Re: German as a Global Language jmh 02/05/2001 1:21 PM Re: German as a Global Language of troy 02/05/2001 1:37 PM Re: German as a "Dyeing" Language RhubarbCommando 02/06/2001 8:22 PM Re: German as a "Dyeing" Language Marty 02/06/2001 8:34 PM Re: German as a "Dyeing" Language Jackie 02/07/2001 12:12 AM Re: German as a "Dyeing" Language Marty 02/07/2001 12:23 AM Re: German as a "Dyeing" Language RhubarbCommando 02/08/2001 11:26 AM Re: German as a "Dyeing" Language Jackie 02/08/2001 5:10 PM Re: Spanish as a growing language maverick 02/09/2001 12:03 PM Re: German as a Global Language Bobyoungbalt 02/06/2001 5:04 PM Re: German as a Global Language Hyla 02/06/2001 6:22 PM Re: German as a Global Language tsuwm 02/06/2001 6:42 PM Re: German as a Global Language Capital Kiwi 02/10/2001 8:05 AM Re: Alternative history wow 02/10/2001 2:46 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,322 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,165 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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