- 0500 ( est ) the intensity of recent postings on language policy left me a little worried . do these people ( i won't mention names ) also support an english - only policy for the us ? i certainly hope not . my home language is spanish , and i * would * consider it a violation of my linguistic human rights to be forced to use english in situations where doing so is required by nothing more than the law . micheal w . palmer mellon research fellow department of linguistics university of north carolina at chapel hill
