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mandy · 01-16-2009, 06:46 PM

Don't know about USA, but in South Africa it is in our constitution, you have the right to be addressed in your chosen language AS LONG AS IT IS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF COUNTRY. We have 11, and SASL is semi-official 12th.
My suggestion is, if it is important to you to have ASL upheld and recognized as official language, keep using it.

01-16-2009, 06:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
mandy mandy Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cape Town South Africa Posts: 36	Don't know about USA, but in South Africa it is in our constitution, you have the right to be addressed in your chosen language AS LONG AS IT IS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF COUNTRY. We have 11, and SASL is semi-official 12th. My suggestion is, if it is important to you to have ASL upheld and recognized as official language, keep using it.