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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: John Le Grange <<a href="mailto:dad1943@live.co.za">dad1943@live.co.za</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2009.05.10 (01) [EN]</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi All</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Roger Thijs wrote</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Since (<strong>many) Flemish people</strong> speak both Dutch
<strong>and French</strong> (+ eventually local varieties),</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">there is no incentive for French people to speak Dutch. Why
should they? For fairness? <strong>Who does such an effort just for
fairness?</strong></font></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I believe the French people are being unfair to themselves.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">They are losing the opportunity of adding another great literature in Nederlands to their own great literature. </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Vondel,
Hoofdt and even Vadertje Cats or Bredero can only be to their
advantage. Translations are mostly wan and pale things that lack life. </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As mens iets raak wil sê moet mens soms 'n ander taal se sê- goed hê.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">John le Grange</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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