Re: CoMMUNITIS

I wish to resist becoming a country
that resembles the Tower of Babel
in that, for example, driver's
license tests are available in
some places in as many as 32
different languages. Yet, our
traffic signs are only in one.

What is wrong with this picture??




Languages available for driver's license exams throughout the United States

ALABAMA -- 13 Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
ALASKA -- 2 English, Native American languages
ARIZONA -- 1 English
ARKANSAS -- 2 English, Spanish
CALIFORNIA -- 32 Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rumanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese
COLORADO -- 2 English, Spanish
CONNECTICUT -- 21 Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
DELAWARE -- 2 English, Spanish
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- 2 English, Spanish
FLORIDA -- 3 English, Haitian Creole, Spanish
GEORGIA -- 14 Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
HAWAII -- 1 English
IDAHO -- 8 Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Vietnamese
ILLINOIS -- 3 English, Polish, Spanish
INDIANA -- 3 English, Japanese, Spanish
IOWA -- 10 Albanian, Bosnian, Chinese, English, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
KANSAS -- 1 English
KENTUCKY -- 23 Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
LOUISIANA -- 2 English, Spanish
MAINE -- 1 English
MARYLAND -- 5 English, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish
MASSACHUSETTS -- 25 Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Czech, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
MICHIGAN -- 13 Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, English, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
MINNESOTA -- 6 English, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese
MISSISSIPPI -- 2 English, Spanish
MISSOURI -- 12 Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
MONTANA -- 4 Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish
NEBRASKA -- 2 English, Spanish
NEVADA -- 2 English, Spanish
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- 1 English
NEW JERSEY -- 10 Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
NEW MEXICO -- 2 English, Spanish
NEW YORK -- 12 Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish
NORTH CAROLINA -- 10 Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
NORTH DAKOTA -- 7 Arabic, English, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese
OHIO -- 7 Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Somali, Spanish
OKLAHOMA -- 1 English
OREGON -- 6 English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
PENNSYLVANIA -- 2 English, Spanish
RHODE ISLAND -- 17 Albanian, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hmong, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
SOUTH CAROLINA -- 4 English, French, German, Spanish
SOUTH DAKOTA -- 1 English
TENNESSEE -- 4 English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
TEXAS -- 2 English, Spanish
UTAH -- 1 English
VERMONT -- 5 Bosnian, English, French, Spanish, Vietnamese
VIRGINIA -- 2 English, Spanish
WASHINGTON -- 7 Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
WEST VIRGINIA -- 5 English, Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish
WISCONSIN -- 8 Chinese, English, Hmong, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish
WYOMING -- 1 English

info source~~

http://www.examiner.com/x-6571-Atlanta-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m4d7-A-pr...



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