Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 07:42:40 -0500 From: Natalie Maynor Subject: Re: FOR English Only > No other nation that I am aware of is facing the language challenge > that we are up against. In spite of our technological advances, such > as this e-mail, communication is breaking down due to language > diversification. With the rate of growth of non-English communities, > it is increasingly difficult to maintain viable communication. I assume you're talking about the number of different languages spoken in the US. Right? Has anybody established a maximum number of different languages appropriate for maintaining viable communication? Obviously it has to be four or more since Switzerland seems to do ok. --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)