LL-L "Language politics" 2005.09.19 (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: Elsie Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L

Hi Ron,

As Afrikaans speaker in Africa, my mother tongue is not considered
an indigenous tongue by the ANC government, the majority of the
population or foreigners.

Will I ever be a native?

Regards,
Elsie Zinsser

>How many years must a man... learn his own language, before he's called
>t'be a native???

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language survival" 2005.09.18 (02) [E/S]

Ingmar asked:
"....Or did you mean Lowlands not in the sense of this list, but just the 
Dutch
and Low Saxon speaking areas of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and
Germany? Or even just the Low Saxon areas? "

That's what I had in mind, I couldn't imagine England or Scotland getting 
involved.  But from what Gabrielle wrote, there probably isn't much of a 
case for political unity - which makes sense: speaking a similar language 
doesn't mean you agree on everything!

Paul

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