security – Language on the Move https://languageonthemove.com Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Sun, 02 Jun 2019 05:30:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/languageonthemove.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/loading_logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 security – Language on the Move https://languageonthemove.com 32 32 11150173 Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention https://languageonthemove.com/monolinguals-on-the-move-multilinguals-stuck-in-detention/ https://languageonthemove.com/monolinguals-on-the-move-multilinguals-stuck-in-detention/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:27:27 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=504 Must-read post by Dennis Baron over at the Web of Language! A US university student who majors in Middle Eastern Studies was detained at Philadelphia Airport for carrying Arabic language learning flashcards. Apparently, the poor soul tried to catch up on some homework on his way back to his college. The list of hapless travelers who were arbitrarily detained at US airports last year also includes a guy wearing a T-shirt with a bilingual slogan and an Orthodox Jew praying in Hebrew.

Apparently, the freedom to try and learn languages other than English is not one of the freedoms they enjoy so much in The Land of the Free …

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