More comments from ElReg, this time on Watchdog says US weather alerts are getting lost in translation:

Sure, many people in the USA have ‘limited ability to read, speak, write, or understand English’. But they are not known for being able to speak other languages ....

Only allow people to stay if they can prove they are real Americans, i.e. the ability to speak Navajo, Cherokee, Cree, Shoshone, Mohawk etc.

*Agree* (though the Inuit might like to have a word). The next comment was:

The problem is, so many speak fluent Neanderthal.

.... which I think is harsh on Neanderthals, but reminds me of the time that I found, when installing RedHat 5, that the installer language could be set to Redneck*. This caused the installer to use English-comprehensible alternate strings in its descriptions, which was much peppered with rebellious grumblings and the cuss-word "hippie". (Allegedly, one of the RedHat crew really did speak like that.)

* Initially used to test the installer's i18n (internationalization) code; sadly dropped in RedHat 6 et seq.