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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 - 05 October 2007 - Volume 02</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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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2007.10.05 (01) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span class="q">Jonny wrote:<br>> Low Saxon as a luxury good: yes. But Low Saxon in rivalry to vital necessities: no!<br><br></span></div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Finally
a voice of reason! Coincidentally, the voice of someone who actually
lives in the area and has a realistic view of what is going on.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Times
are changing; our language and our people are not toys, however quaint
they may be perceived from the outside. Any efforts to keep Lower Saxon
alive must come from within, from the actual speakers, their families
and neighbours. The very thought of foreigners travelling here to rally
for what they perceive as "our" cause in Kiel or Hannover is absurd at
best (thanks for offering, though, Mike and others, I know you meant
well).</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">And, as Jonny stated, realistically, there are more
important battles to win and more important causes to promote. Lower
Saxon is a matter of the heart, so-to-speak, and important in a
different way - to some, not to all, no matter how much we wish it were
so. And I see nothing wrong with including it in German lessons anyway.
Most people do perceive it as a variation of their mother tongue,
especially since there are different degrees of hybrids (Missingsch
etc.) spoken all over Northern Germany. And, at least where I live,
speaking Lower Saxon is considered a tradition, a gimmick, a lovable
quirk, but most certainly not a political issue.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Apart from the
fact that there aren't enough "native" teachers, a standard would have
to be found for teaching (and for textbooks), and that would violate
and soon kill off what remains of regional dialects. I doubt that
hundreds of different local varieties would be taught, as they ought to
be! Please keep in mind that Lower Saxon is NOT Welsh, the situation we
have here is quite different indeed.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Gabriele Kahn</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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