LL-L "Language politics" 2005.03.17 (07) [E]

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language Politics

Hi Ron and all

I just had a look on the BBC site that you mentioned about European
languages. For English they do write:

"English is a west Germanic language, most closely related to Scots"

I suppose it's a start - even if it doesn't get a mention on the
frontpage...

Gary

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography

Thanks, Gary!

Then maybe this is an opportune time to lay into them and make them spit it
out, hard though it may be.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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From: heather rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2005.03.17 (03) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
Arthur Jones wrote :
>I wrote a postscript about the extinction of the Gothic language that
contained some
impressions about language survival. They might be applicable to this
discussion, and I would like to ask Ron to place it, in whole or in part,
into this list discussion.

Have any of you seen / read the new book out by Nicholas Ostler "Empire of
Words"

It deals precisely with this - what makes one language spread and another
die.  It is v fascinating - and I'm only half way through the European
section!

Heather

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