LL-L "Language politics" 2004.09.09 (01) [E]

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From: 1handclapping <1handclapping at myway.com>
Subject: LL-L anguage politics french-English

Sorry but this is too silly for words : french is a Latin-based language
& the Alsace "dialect" is a german dialect
& the "flemish" dialect is a dutch dialect
furthermore in France some Celtic, Basque and other Latin based languages
are being spoken.

This brings us to the true issue in these messages : language and politics.
It has been and will always been the goal of political power to create
uni-lingual states - the linguistic border between the Netherlands and
Germany is a fine example : on both sides of the state border one will find
dialects which are very related ; people from over the border can perfectly
converse with each other in their dialects - but as soon as they begin to
speak the "common" language ie German and Dutch they don't understand each
other anymore.

rgds,
Roger Verhiest

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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Language politics

Hoi, Roger!

Hear, hear!

Great you decided to leave the lurker isles.  Welkamen mang dey praters!

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard "Ron" F. Hahn
Founder & Administrator, Lowlands-L
lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
http://www.lowlands-l.net

P.S.: Compliments on the email handle.  Chan/Seon/Zen, I would assume.

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