Re: OT: VAX/VMS Was:Re: Democrats destroying America ...

"Dr. Dweeb" <spam@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Rich Alderson wrote:
koehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Koehler) writes:

In article <f03boj$7ou$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dirk Munk
<munk@xxxxxxx> writes:

Did you know that it would have taken only one vote more, and the US
would have used Dutch as their national language?

I know there was a close call between English and German, but I
never heard of Dutch coming anywhere near.

You know you heard that there was a close call, but you were
misinformed.

Was that GW and the Hessians ?

The Hessians were mercenaries fighting on the side of the British, not the
Americans, so I wouldn't think so even if that were the case.

No, this is a confused amplification of a vote in one state as to whether
official documents should be printed in German as well as in English. Over the
centuries it has grown into the "America was almost a German-speaking nation!"
legend.

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