XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.irish   
   XPost: soc.culture.scottish   
   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:37:15 +0100, "Westprog"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Féachadóir wrote:   
   >...   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >What, I can't have an opinion? It's not as if they don't have the capacity   
   >to decide for themselves.   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >Written like a non-writer, in fact.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Should I have the right to insist that the Scots adopt post-reform   
   >> Irish spelling for Scots Gaelic?   
   >   
   >No. But you can certainly suggest helpful hints to them. Unlike a usenet   
   >ukase, they won't be bound to accept them.   
      
   Trust me - it isn't going to happen!   
      
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