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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 18 September 2007 - Volume 03</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Song Contest: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/contest/">lowlands-l.net/contest/</a> (- 31 Dec. 2007)</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Language death<br><br>Lowlanders,<br><br>Further to the thread Roger started, here is an alternative version of the article he copied:
</span><a style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" href="http://tinyurl.com/yrrmwh">tinyurl.com/yrrmwh</a><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br>While it is good to see that this issue is mentioned in the world media, it avoids, in typical fashion, the fact that this is not only an issue in the "New World" but in Europe as well.
<br><br>Within this context it would be an opportunity to mention the still young European Languages Charter as a possible solution despite its shortcomings and lackluster execution.<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron</span>
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