What’s the Spanish for ‘That was the wrong ad’? – Fort Worth
Tagged: Dallas, English-only, Fort Worth, TexasPosted on: November 28th, 2007
Three days after voters backed the Fort Worth school district with approval of a $593.6 million bond issue, they got a thank-you message in a half-page ad on Page 7B of the Star-Telegram.
“A los ciudadanos de Fort Worth,” the headline read, followed by text that began, “Por favor acepten nuestro más profundo aprecio y gratitud por su voto de confianza …”
Interesting, I thought, preparing for calls and e-mails from usually outspoken English-only advocates who warn that waves of illegal Hispanic immigrants and increased presence of Spanish in news, advertising and broadcast media stand to poison the linguistic lifeblood of the United States.”*
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