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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 09 April 2009 - Volume 01<br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span></span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Language varieties"</span><br>
<br>
Beste John,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You wrote:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">There is no doubt that this attitude stems from the
Scottish situation. One of the severest criticisms I have had from Shetland is
for criticising the statement of James Robertson that the value of Scots lies
in its unrespectability. It was apparently not acceptable for me to criticise
such an eminent figure in the Scottish literary establishment. The idea that
you can promote a dialect of a language which is characterised primarily for
being unrespectable says more about the necessity of not offending certain
Scottish literary figures than it does about elementary processes of logic.
Apparently, when my name was mentioned to a visiting Scottish promoter of
Scots, I was immediately identified as 'the man who disagrees with James.' This
implies that, in order to be acceptable to the Scots-promoting establishment,
or its Shetland tributary, it is necessary not to disagree that these forms of
speech are, and are valued for being, intrinsically unrespectable.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span>Â </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I guess
this is what low self-esteem brings about. Could be worse, sometimes low
self-esteem suddenly turns into quite the opposite. Truth is in the middle of
course, therefore I tend to think that very few people can estimate the true
value of their language. More often than not, their native language feels so
"warm" and is related so much to their childhood, that they prefer to
keep a pristine picture of it...forever...emotions cloud their perception.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This static
image is of course "gefundenes Fressen" for everybody who is trying
to make their language/dialect look heroic.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The same
happened in the 19th and 20th century with Flemish. Afficionados were always
looking back in history...usually as far back as the "Battle of the Golden Spurs":Â <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Golden_Spurs" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Golden_Spurs</a>
(1302 AD)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Seems as if
dialect speakers either want to get romantic over their speech or...display
some kind of punk-ass attitude...aaah: guess this is Northern Europe after all
*s*.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kind
greetings,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Luc
Hellinckx</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Â </span></p>
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