[clee1]

Genesis 11:9

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

[Crazieman]

I hope they won't discriminate against me if I choose to speak Klingon.

[tjwmason]

I favour the re-etablishment of Anglo-Saxon using runic script. Will New York provide me with a translation? Or perhaps even City by-laws will make more sense when translated into Latin.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Bloomberg wants to replace the WTC with the Tower of Babel Fish?

[dasboot]

Gosh.

My wife was an ASL interpreter for several years. She was paid by the State to assist deaf, mainstreamed students in schools. They paid $25/hour with a four-hour minimum back in 1994/95. She got a hundred bucks for as little as ten-minute's work. If she worked ten minutes here, and an hour there and a half-hour at another place, she was getting the minimum at all three. If she showed up and the client didn't, she got paid.

No mystery that the strongest advocates for the language-disabled are the interpreters and the heads of agencies...who make even more... that provide the services at taxpayer expense. I suspect a little digging here in NY would uncover that same old gang and thier useful idiots. These guys have a lot of clout. They care.

[RippleFire]

bump

[mhking]

(Qu'vatlh guy'cha b'aka!) Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[gubamyster]

ping

[Redcloak]

What about?

[RightWhale]

This is great. Perhaps languages will again be studied in American schools.