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<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">=========================================================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 05 February 2008 - Volume 01<br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Language politics" 2008.02.04 (04) [E]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div>On 05/02/2008, at 3:06 AM, R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="Ih2E3d">
<span> </span>Let's
assume all the Northumbrian speakers on both sides of the border did
come to an understanding, how would the government of England react? I
assume there would be little or no opposition on the part of the
government of Scotland (since it would be no fat off<span> </span><i>their<span> </span></i>backs).<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d">I
am not suggesting that I think such unification should happen. After
all, who am to suggest this? I am only curious to know how such a
proposal would be received by the relevant parties.<br>So what say the horses' mouths?</div></span></blockquote>Apart from a loud 'Neigh' meaning 'Yeah' it would be great to see the area return to Mother.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">After all it was part and parcel of Scotland for quite some time. And as to Berwick !</div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">Regards</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">Tom Mc Rae</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">Brisbane Australia</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us</font></p>
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