The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson
Did German almost become the language of the United States?
The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson
Nancy P. Nenno
Description
The so-called Mühlenberg legend holds that the offcial language of the United States of America was almost German. However, this chapter explains that is it not true, but the legend never seems to die out.