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L O W L A N D S - L - 03 November 2008 - Volume 08<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Paul Finlow-Bates</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe">
</span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk">wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Language maintanance" 2008.11.03
(02) [A/E]<br style="">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">From: Mark Dreyer <<a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net" target="_blank">mrdreyer@lantic.net</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Language maintenance" 2008.10.30 (02) [A/D]</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" lang="NL">Ja, laat Engels die tegniese en wetenskaplike
taal van die 21ste Eeu wees. ...... </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 30pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Mark <br style="">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">But technical and scientific
"English" is for the most part Latin and Greek, and is what has
removed English from its roots. To speakers of other languages who envy
English's international status I would say "beware of what you wish
for". <br style="">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Paul<br style="">
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Language politics<br>
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Petrus,<br>
<br>
Aangaande my diatribe</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> van vandag</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> (oor die status van Afrikaans) ... <br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">Ek glo ons moet hierdie basiese vraag beantwoord: <br>
<br>
Wat het beter oorlewingskanse, 'n dialek of 'n (offisieël herken) onafhanklik taal?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">Moenie vergeet nie: Ek respek jou opinie, maar ek is
skepties aangaande sy uitgangspunt.<br>
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Groete,<br>
Reinhard/Ron</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
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