United States adopts Greek as official language

[Mark E.]

well, if they want a dead language, why not Latin? (language of Rome - whose laws and building styles were emulated big-time by the Founders)

Greek just has too many problems....even the Helenophiles like Lord Byron bemoaned how the "heirs of Homer" had become inferior to the Turkish horde.

Latin remained the language of scholarship, including medicine, law and science, well into the twentieth century, so its choice would be far more likely than German or Greek. Besides, Latin is the root of so many other languages, including non-Romance ones via church influence.

 

[rcduggan]

The latter IS an urban legend, at least. As said, the former most likely, too.

There was not even the possibility of Greek being adopted. Anything involving the almost adoption of a non-English language has been proved to be urban legend.