LL-L: "Language politics" LOWLANDS-L, 16.MAR.2001 (01) [E]

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From: Thomas [t.mcrae at uq.net.au]
Subject: LL-L: "Language politics" LOWLANDS-L, 15.MAR.2001 (01) [E]

> From: Lowlands-L <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L: "Language politics" LOWLANDS-L, 15.MAR.2001 (01) [E]
Colin Wilson wrote...
> Scots still has no serious place in broadcasting, in either the
> public or private sector.
This is a retrograde step as The BBC Scottish Home Service in the 1940's and
50's had many programmes in Scots dialect, they taught me a great deal at
the time. Short stories and plays in Scots were regular features, best I
remember was a translation of Moliere's 'Tartuffe' titled 'A Richt Holy
Wullie'. There was even a language learning series 'The Guid Scots Tongue'
put On-Air along with the usual ones on French etc.
How did they manage to lose direction?

Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
"Oh wid some power the Giftie gie us
Tae see oorselves as ithers see us"
Robert Burns--

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