Re: History of the Breton Language

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:32:11 GMT, John
<guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Michilín wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:32:08 GMT, John
>> <guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Michilín wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>In the Scottish Central Belt (the area between and including Glasgow
>>>>and Edinburgh) there is a phenomenon known as the "Scottish Cringe"
>>>>where the people have ben taught to feel inferior to England. In the
>>>>two more warlike parts of Scotland, the Borders and the Highlands,
>>>>this has not happened, but the fact that this cringe is used to impose
>>>>English-style social class pressure on Scots is extremely bad news,
>>>>especially in view of the highly visible slogan of Burn's famous
>>>>dictum that "A man's a man for all that" (everyone is equal), which
>>>>seems to be accompanied by the addendum "providing he doesn't speak
>>>>Scots at the office."   
>>>
>>>Or emigrate to Canada.
>>>
>>>John
>> 
>> 
>> Ah, one of those who failed to measure up...
>> 
>> Sorry about that, old chap. However, there is some good news -
>> Zimbabwe is apparently gasping for new settlers!
>
>Been. Great place. You wouldn't like it though, very few Garlic speakers.
>
>John
>
>(still chortling over you preaching to the natives in your 
>unintelligible dying language!)

You must be very easily amused.

Why did they run you out of Zimbabwe? Hands a little too deep in the
till? Insufficient arse-licking around the Glorious Leader? Failure to
get the message that poor whites are persona non grata in black Africa
these days? What were you doing there anyway - white trash posing as
farmers or something unpleasant in the secret police? 

Praat jy Afrikaans? Mag ek jou met iets pla? Ek weet nie voor seker
dat jou kan Afrikaans praat, maar wees jou een polisie en Zuid Afrika?


Murchadh