@Neuntausend I'm pretty sure "accursed" was meant sarcastically. Around WWII, there was a lot of hostility in the U.S. towards everything remotely German, including frankfurters and saurkraut (temporarily renamed Liberty Dogs and Liberty Cabbage, respectively). Part of that was a hysteria about language, specifically, "If we lose the war, the Nazis will take us over and force us to speak German! Our language and customs will be erased!" But it's been a long time since WWII, and most Americans look at things like the 'cautionary tale of why voting is important' and just roll their eyes.
Until you bring up Mexico and the increasing prevalence of Spanish, and then it's anti-lingual hysteria all over again. =P
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@Neuntausend I'm pretty sure "accursed" was meant sarcastically. Around WWII, there was a lot of hostility in the U.S. towards everything remotely German, including frankfurters and saurkraut (temporarily renamed Liberty Dogs and Liberty Cabbage, respectively). Part of that was a hysteria about language, specifically, "If we lose the war, the Nazis will take us over and force us to speak German! Our language and customs will be erased!" But it's been a long time since WWII, and most Americans look at things like the 'cautionary tale of why voting is important' and just roll their eyes.
Until you bring up Mexico and the increasing prevalence of Spanish, and then it's anti-lingual hysteria all over again. =P