From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an séiú lá de mí Iúil, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > [...] Crystal quotes passages relating to the present state of the Inuit   
    > language and the difficulties of carrying it on.   
      
   It’s rare to see it explicitly stated that the usual dynamic (absent active   
   efforts to extirpate a language) is economic; Irish-language communities on the   
   west coast, Yakuts, Lurs have all tried poverty, the opportunities in the   
   English, Russian and Persian-speaking world generally mean less poverty and   
   even wealth; money is better than no money. I have no particular insight into   
   the Inuit situation but I suspect it’s similar. I suppose the rarity of the   
   statement is partly down to the politics and the self-interest of those who   
   take an interest.   
      
   The Dutch wouldn’t have excellent English if there wasn’t an economic   
   advantage   
   to it.   
      
   --   
   ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /   
   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)