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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Sandy Fleming</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk">sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.16 (02) [EN]</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="im">> From: DAVID COWLEY <<a href="mailto:DavidCowley@anglesey.gov.uk">DavidCowley@anglesey.gov.uk</a>><br>
> Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.14 (03) [EN]<br>
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</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="im">> SANDY - You said I think that you want to get more discussions going.<br>
> So what about Scots?: Do you think it will ever be a main written<br>
> language of Scotland for Education, Admin and daily use, or always a<br>
> somewhat looked-down upon 'dialect' of English, as it slowly (and<br>
> sadly)<br>
> dies out? Or should it ever be, and if so why/ why not? Might Gaelic<br>
> have a safer future than Scots, even though it must have less speakers<br>
> (but in reality more respect as a 'real' language in many folks'<br>
> eyes)?<br>
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</div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi, David!</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;">
I can't write a whole book every time someone brings these questions up</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
on the List  :)</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;">
See my existing article in the Scottish Parliament's report:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/historic/education/reports-03/edr03-02-vol02-02.htm" target="_blank">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/historic/education/reports-03/edr03-02-vol02-02.htm</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#888888"><br>
Sandy Fleming<br>
<a href="http://scotstext.org/" target="_blank">http://scotstext.org/</a></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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