XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.irish   
   XPost: soc.culture.scottish   
   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "Westprog" :   
   >Féachadóir wrote:   
   >...   
   >>> I can see it being useful if it's necessary to represent how people   
   >>> are speaking, but I don't see it as important when processing a   
   >>> planning application for a gazebo.   
   >   
   >> Of course not. You speak a majority language, you take it for granted.   
   >   
   >The reason that I don't see it as important when planning a gazebo, in the   
   >case of Scots, is that the planning application is already valid Scots, if   
   >it's valid English.   
      
   A while back, you were complaining about how you were told you weren't   
   English any more, because you've been here so long. I'd agree with you   
   that whether you're English or not is for you to decide. Similarly, it   
   seems to me that its for the Scots to decide how to spell their own   
   language.   
      
   >The same doesn't apply to Irish. The stacks of unread   
   >forms provided in every government agency in Ireland are clearly an   
   >essential part of ensuring the good health of the language.   
      
   Spoken like a non-speaker.   
      
   Should I have the right to insist that the Scots adopt post-reform   
   Irish spelling for Scots Gaelic?   
      
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