Posted on 11/14/2006 8:01:05 AM PST by RebelBanker
Taneytown became the first municipality in Maryland to pass a resolution declaring English its official language but stopped short last night of a proposed change to the city charter that had drawn criticism from civil rights groups and some residents.
Mayor W. Robert Flickinger said the nonbinding English Language Unity resolution was preferable to a change in the charter, which would have been costly to implement and probably would have drawn lawsuits.
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A 2002 [State] law requires all state agencies to provide interpreters and to translate crucial documents into any language spoken by 3 percent of the population.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
MD English, anyway.....which I suppose is better than nothing. See my profile for clarification.
How about:
amboolance = ambulance
you's guys
"Hun" = restaurant customer
The list is practically endless.
There must be a dictionary out there somewhere.
-- Angkor, a boyhood in Tawsen (Towson), 1960 - 1968
PS, the mayor of Taneytown (aka "Tawneytown") has it right.
We moved outside of Bawlmer in 2002 - and the regionalisms have been a-creepin' in! Imagine my horror when I heard myself refer to Howard County as "Hard Canny"...
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