Chirac urges action on dying languages (fwd)

[William J Poser]

I attended a French highschool for a while in 1974, in Bergerac,
where the native language is Gascon. The teaching of local languages
other than French had been illegal for many years but by then had been
legalized and I attended the class. It was taught by the philosophy
teacher, which is usually one of the more prestigious positions in
a French high school. However, the class was taught at five o'clock
on Friday afternoons, in competition with soccer, which gives  you
an idea of the priority given to minority languages.

Bill