Celebrating English Language Day
In 2010 UNESCO created Language Days for each of the UN’s six official languages to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity. April 23rd was chosen for English Language Day, because it was William Shakespeare’s birthday. Through my years as a Foreign Service officer, I have observed that English has become a global language, connecting people from different countries and cultural backgrounds.
Promoting the teaching and learning of English has been an integral part of our public diplomacy for many years. Proficiency in English opens economic opportunities in science, business, technology, and higher education for our international partners around the world and offers skills for a better future. The Office of English Language Programs at the Department of State provides a one-stop shop for free, high-quality materials that teachers and learners can download. The site also provides virtual training tools and a powerful search feature to locate the right resources from our library of 1,000 books to read, songs to learn, and games to play while practicing English. We also launched a new Facebook page that provides a wealth of resources for classroom use and self-study.
...
http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2014/04/23/celebrating-english-language-day
Maybe we should let some of those folks that make tea party signs know about this.
= new reply since forum marked as read
The language these critturs speak should be known as "Murkin", given that they are functionally unable to handle a word with more than two syllables (except where the first and last syllables are separated by inserting the word "f-----g"
, e.g. "I'm gonna go down to the "ho - f-----g tel"
Makers line 
