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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">jonny</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi"> </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="go"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

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Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi">LL-L "Language Politics"</span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Beste Lowlanners,<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="DE"> </span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">so stand's gestern in der "Niederelbe-Zeitung":<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Zitat:</strong></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>"Platt in der Behörde</strong><span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><em>Heimatbund will Gesetz zur Erhaltung der Sprache</em><span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Hannover.</strong> Der niedersächsische Heimatbund will eine
Initiative für ein Gesetz zur Förderung und zum Erhalt der niederdeutschen
Sprache starten. Dafür legte der Verband einen Gesetzentwurf vor, teilte
Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Rüther mit.<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Unter anderem soll damit erreicht werden, dass Plattdeutsch als offizielle
Behördensprache in Niedersachsen eingeführt wird. Sollte das Gesetz erlassen
werden, müssten Ministerien, Landkreise und Städte in Niedersachsen nach
Ansicht des Heimatbundes Beauftragte für Plattdeutsch einsetzen. Auch in den
Schulen müssten Ansprechpartner für Platt benannt werden, sagte er."<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="DE"> </span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Zitat Ende</strong><span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">1. Frage: wer soll's bezahlen? Land Niedersachsen ist beinahe pleite!<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">2. Frage: woher Fachpersonal bekommen?<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">3. Frage: wer glaubt noch an den Weihnachtsmann?<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Allerbest, schön' Sonntag auch!<span style="" lang="DE"></span></p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Jonny Meibohm</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Lower Saxony, Germany</span></p>

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