Re: History of the Breton Language

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:15:20 GMT, John Maclean
<guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Michilín wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:32:11 GMT, John
>> <guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Michilín wrote:
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>>>>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:32:08 GMT, John
>>>><guinnog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>Michilín wrote:
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>>>>>>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?
>
>I worked in Botswana for a couple of years and went on holiday in 
>Zimbabwe several times. It was a lovely country and I am really sad to 
>see what is happening there now. Especially as at the time I thought 
>Mugabe would be a good leader.
>
>Ik kan nie Afrikaans prat nie, mynheer. Though I was arrested by 
>Afrikaaner plain clothed policemen in a demonstration in Cape Town once. 
>On the other hand I met some really decent Afrikaaners as well.
>
>John Maclean
>
>-- 
>I wish no harm to any human being, but I, as one man, am going to 
>exercise my freedom of speech. No human being on the face of the earth, 
>no government is going to take from me my right to speak, my right to 
>protest against wrong, my right to do everything that is for the benefit 
>of mankind. I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the 
>accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot.

Iain Mac 'Illeathain, as Muile. 


Murchadh