• Tags: Telephones
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Telephone operator notes German defiance, as they say they can "speak whatever they want," citing "Predisent [sic] Wilson [saying] that they could talk the german [sic] over the Telephones."

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Schrage wants to "compel" them to speak English over phone, even though war over.

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How to enforce Babel over phones

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The business angle: owners of telephone exchange ruminate on business consequences were local German speakers not in need of phone lines.

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Writer wonders how to stop use of German over telephone lines.

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Confusion over what constitutes "public" versus "private" use of German. Here pertaining to a "thrashing crew?"

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Switchboard operator calls in, saying she knows of German usage on phone line. How to enforce?

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Report over foreign-language use on telephone. It is unclear whether the language is German or "Swiss."

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Response to letter writer regarding difficulty of enforcing Babel.

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Telephone operator informs on German-language use over phone

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