LL-L "Language perception" 2004.01.09 (01) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: Language: English Discrimination

Just how damn stupid can those idiots get  ? Thousands of English students
have studied at Scots universities fort centuries. This is a classic example
of English bureaucracy.....

A RUSSIAN student refused entry to Scotland to study English was told by
Whitehall officials she would have found the Scots accent difficult to
understand.

The extraordinary statement was made in documents sent to the un-named women
by Foreign Office officials when they refused her entry to the UK last
summer.

"You cannot satisfactorily explain why you have chosen to attend an English
course in Scotland rather than your options of Oxford or Cambridge, where
you should face less difficulty understanding a regional accent," officials
stated.

The Foreign Office last night refused to apologise for the comments, but
said steps had been taken to ensure the "error" would never happen again.

"The reason given has no basis in immigration rules on which decisions are
made by visa-issuing staff. It should not have been allowed in the refusal
notes," said a spokesman.

Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia
"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

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