Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 16:23:28 -0400

From: Wayne Glowka wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: English Only



This issue has turned a normally polite and friendly forum into a nasty,

face-scratching free-for-all. It has been difficult to stay calm. We have

moved out of linguistics and into politics and maybe religion.



It is interesting that our local paper (the Milledgeville _Union-Recorder_)

devoted the whole editorial page today to the issue--without my column,

which will probably appear on one of the days reserved for community

people. I guess I should prepare for some foul responses.



So why does this issue get so emotional? Why does my grammar class for

English-education majors get so emotional? I guess we're all idiots armed

with idiolects.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu