LL-L: "Language politics" 30.JUN.2000 (01) [E]

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsleyij at yahoo.com>
Subjecxt: SUBMISSION: "Language politics" 29.JUN.2000 (02) [E]

That "balderdash" reaction is exactly the same one the NI Civil Service
gives to Ulster-Scots, and without meaning to be political it is all  the
more irritating here given the money and resources piled into Irish in
Northern Ireland without any apparent effect!

Best,
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Ian James Parsley
www.geocities.com/parsleyij
07720 951 736

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