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L O W L A N D S - L - 03 December 2010 - Volume 01<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Andy (scots-Online)</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:andy@scots-online.org">andy@scots-online.org</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
<span class="gi">"Language politics"</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The Scottish
Government has now published the </span>Report
of the Ministerial Working Group on the Scots Language at <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/25121454/9" target="_blank">http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/25121454/9</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">The usual opinionated and
misleading media reaction has also begun:</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(52, 20, 115);"><a href="http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/214816/Stooshie-over-Scots-dialect-project/" target="_blank">http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/214816/Stooshie-over-Scots-dialect-project/</a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/8176118/Scots-presenters-should-be-favoured-over-English.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/8176118/Scots-presenters-should-be-favoured-over-English.html</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Andy Eagle</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
"Elsie Zinsser" <<a href="mailto:ezinsser@mweb.co.za">ezinsser@mweb.co.za</a>></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
LL-L "Language politics" 2010.12.02 (01) [EN]</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Hi all,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Thanks Mike for
your comprehensive response. I had read that the training of hearing </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">interpreters
needed much work, so your assessment seems spot on.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Marcus, do scan
through the websites that I have provided. It will give you a general </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">picture of
education in crisis, which seems to be a sad indicator of much else in the
country. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">More websites to
follow the issue. Search ‘education’ or ‘schools’ in the search :</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=434565" target="_blank">http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=434565</a></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.timeslive.co.za</a></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.mg.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.mg.co.za/</a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Mike Wintzer, it
is only fascinating from afar :-) </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="DE">Regards,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="DE">Elsie Zinsser</span></p>
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