LL-L "Language politics" 2007.11.23 (02) [E/S]

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

Hi, Lowlanders!

Those of you interested in linguistic rights issues may enjoy browsing
through the latest issue of the Eurolang journal (http://www.eurolang.net/),
as always the first-stop information resource about European minority
language matters.

Several article are directly relevant to our focus:

   - The BBC is being criticized from various sides. One of the issues is
   its failure to include Scots (as well as Cornish).
   [The West of Scotland MSP Dr Bill Wilson (SNP) has lodged a motion in
   the Scottish Parliament calling for Scots to be mentioned. According to Dr
   Wilson: "It's about time the BBC acknowledges that Scots is a national
   treasure — a highly descriptive and characterful language, a language that
   has survived despite concerted attempts to extinguish it. The BBC should be
   proud of our country and its three indigenous languages. Together, Scots,
   Gaelic and English shaped us.  Continue to deny one of them and you damage
   our identity and prevent the country reaching its full cultural potential."]
   Weel, fowk, A dinna ettle tae pit in ma spuin an eikle the gurly
   clamjamfrie, bit as an Escotophile Commonwalth ceetizen an ane o Her
   Maijesty's hummle subjecs A maun remember ye o the follaein addresses o the
   BBC:
   - http://www.bbc.co.uk/
      - http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/
      - http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/
      - http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/contactus/form.shtml


   - "Praat mar Frysk!" says Coutzen Krous, one of l'Oréal's top models
   currently living in New York City, the highest-paid model from the
   Netherlands ever. She is stepping up as a spokesperson for the Frisian
   language under motto of the Frisian Language Institute (Afûk). Her main aim
   seems to be to encourage people to use Frisian. If the media don't edit out
   such exotic language activist outbursts, Coutzen's efforts might even tell
   people that Frisians aren't only cows. The international media certainly
   routinely ignore the Frisianness of Olympic gold medal winners from the
   Netherlands, probably as confusing trivia. Will a blond beauty icon succeed
   where others have failed?

Please find these and other interesting news here: http://www.eurolang.net/

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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