LL-L "Language politics" 2008.08.31 (03) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2008.08.28 (02) [E]

> From: Brooks, Mark <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
> Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2008.08.27 (03) [E]
>
> Marlou wrote: "almost every EU job offer requires English as a native
> language."
>
> Wow!  I never knew that.  That seems very strange to me.  It seems
> like it limits EU employment to people from the UK or Ireland.
> Surely, they don't represent a very large percentage of EU "citizens."
> Wouldn't that make for some kind of discrimination?  It seems
> completely contrary to the EU policy about valuing minority
> languages.

It must be one of those EU directives that never happened, like the one
where there was supposed to be a ruling that bananas had to pass a
straightness test. I think the truth is that supermarkets encourage
straight bananas because you can pack more into a box, and people have
noticed the preponderance of straight bananas these days (and
cucumbers!) and made up a story about it being due to an EU directive.
These things always get into the papers, of course!

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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