Your take on linguistics is fascinating. I really, really wish more people would write in languages other than English (even if that means I can't read it).

My point is that multilingualism is more the norm in Indonesia than it is in the USA, and I reckon part of it is because in Indonesia, it is not perceived to be a sign of foreignness.

Definitely, and it works out that way because the only languages being spoken fluently by a group larger than a few thousand people are new "immigrants" (quotes because often the border crossed the people, not the other way around) and America's xenophobia, oh lawd. Because the USA is so monolingual, I wonder if that is why people in my area take regionalisms, dialects, and code-switching very seriously? I was taught from the time I can remember that there is home-speak and everywhere else. Home-speak is a blend of purposeful accents, regionalisms, English, Cherokee, and a mix of the two.

I am also doing mudane_bingo and thanks for the heads up on spnsupporting.