LL-L "Language politics" 2006.05.31 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 31 May 2006 * Volume 01
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language politics

Hello, Lowlanders!

You might be interested in the following article just published in the
periodical _Eurolang_ (http://www.eurolang.net/).

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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Debut for Scots Language at the United Nations, New York

Bruxelles - Brussel, Monday, 29 May 2006 by Davyth Hicks

Earlier this month, the Scots Language was heard on-stage for the first
time at the prestigious world poetry event, The Stones of Civilization,
held at the United Nations in New York.

On 5 May, Matthew Fitt, co-founder of Itchy Coo, read a poem in Scots to
250 delegates in the U.N. Building’s Dag Hammarskold auditorium. Reading
‘Acid Burns’ by Mike Cullen from Itchy Coo’s Scots anthology The
Smoky Smirr o Rain, Fitt encouraged poets from Australia, Wales, the
Basque Country, Ireland, Africa and North America to join in a chorus of
‘Hoose, hoose, hoose, hoose.’

The UN reading was co-sponsored by the United Nations SRC Society of
Writers, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with the aim of raising
awareness of minority and endangered languages in an era of globalization.
It was attended by Sir Emyr Jones Parry, the UK’s Ambassador to the UN.

Prior to the Stones of Civilization reading, the United Nations has only
recognised Scottish Gaelic (which was represented this year by poet,
Aonghas MacNeacail). At this milestone event for Itchy Coo and for Scots,
Fitt also read a statement addressing the Scottish Executive’s attitude
towards the language.

"I’d like to take this opportunity here at the United Nations to commend
the Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive for their strong
commitment to the Scots Language. It is hoped that all organisations in
Scotland will now support this unique tongue and work to secure its future
for the next generation of young Scots." (Eurolang 2006)

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