Re: LAT: Learn English, Judge Tells Moms
From: Chu Vergara (MMA.Consultants_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:22:58 GMT
"KaGu:-}" <falsa.falsa @falsa.falsa> wrote in message
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> <kuacou241@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> >
> > Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> >> Biwah wrote:
> >>
> >> > Last October, Tatum gave a similar order to a Mexican woman who had
> > been
> >> > cited for neglect of her 11-year-old daughter, said a lawyer who is
> >> > representing the woman in her appeal. Setting a court date six
> > months away,
> >> > the judge told the woman she should be able to speak English at a
> >> > fourth-grade level by that meeting. If she failed, he warned, he
> > would begin
> >> > the process of termination of parental rights.
> >>
> >> What is "speaking [any language] at a fourth-grade level"?
> >
> > Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (1875-1961), governor of Texas
> >
> > If the King's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good
> > enough for the children of Texas!
> >
>
> Oh, that's nice piece of information. Didn't know that the son of our Lord
> did speak the "kings English" I rather thought he was using "the Queens
> English" according Oxford standards. ;-)
>
> KaGu:-}
> > http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ma_Ferguson
> >
>
LOL! Good one. BTW: I wonder if Aramaic is part of the King's English as
well (or Texas' version of it)
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