LL-L "Language use" 2004.06.30 (04) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2004.06.30 (02) [E]

Joining this discussion I would like to point out that the Brussels-area
problem has nothing to do with defaitism or lack of interest in ones own
language.
This is due to immigration of a big number of other-spoken (French)
immigrants through several years, which refuse to speak the language of
the area.
If they get quite numerous they unite in a language-thematic political
party to claim the right to speak their language, aiming at the official
recognition as such.
This a sort of soft Trojan-horse invasion.
The other way up is unthinkable. If you as a Flemish spoken citizen go
and live and the French spoken part of Belgium. Do not dare to speak
your language. You might be treated as an descendant of Nazi-collaborator.
It will become a hot item in Belgian politics in the years to come.

denis dujardin
kortrijk
west-flanders.

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