LL-L: "Language survival" LOWLANDS-L, 21.FEB.2001 (03) [E]

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From: Andy Eagle [Andy.Eagle at t-online.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Language survival"

Colin Wilson wrote:

> or its equivalent in Scotland, would be beaten mercilessly with the
> (misleading) term "synthetic Scots" until he recanted of his heresy.

Is not any form of language standardisation 'synthetic'?
I regularly write 'synthetic English' AKA standard English. I know very few
people who actually speak like that.
I have heard it's possible to do so by placing a round object such as a
marble or plum in one's mouth;-)

Andy Eagle

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From: Andy Eagle [Andy.Eagle at t-online.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Language survival"

Ian James Parsley wrote:

>Fabra was clearly a truly remarkable man and
> remains held in very high esteem among modern Catalan
> language activists - they assure me that Scots is
> highly unlikely to produce such a great man to
> standardize it!!!

Scots could produce such a person. The problem is not enough people would
agree with them. No matter how pragmatic, logical or well researched the
proposals.

Andy Eagle

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