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    "ARMENIAN THREAT" CAUSES CARROLL COUNTY TO MAKE ENGLISH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

    TERT.AM
    28.11.12

    It was the Armenian threat that caused Carroll County Commissioner
    Haven N. Shoemaker Jr. to act.

    After hearing that a Washington suburb had spent a fortune translating
    some land-use documents into Armenian, Shoemaker proposed an ordinance
    that would make English the county's official language, The Washington
    Post reports.

    The measure has opened a fierce debate in this once-rural farming
    community, where the rolling countryside is now dotted with rapidly
    spreading bedroom communities.

    But Commissioner Richard Rothschild said the ordinance has nothing
    to do with xenophobia and everything to do with common sense.

    "If you immigrate to America, then you're going to learn our language.

    I'm not going to learn yours," Rothschild said. "It's simple - when
    in Rome, do like the Romans."

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