Re: dialects vs separate languages (was: The most Latin of Romance languages?)

From: Jason K. Lambrou (JJroom203_at_Bradmoor.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:20:17 GMT

you had no war with the Germans, you run like a bunch of rabbits,5000
Japanese second rate troops kicked you out of Indonesia,then like a bunch
of cry babies you asked the US to give you back Indonesia only to lose it
two years later.
Stick to canal building boy and tu;ip growing you aree the best, and give
up on Greek history.At least read before you make any comments.

Ruud Harmsen wrote:

> Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:41:48 +0300: "Yannis the Macedonian"
> <makedon@vip.gr>: in sci.lang:
>
> >Do those Hollanders [in the region 'Holland' in England]
> >call themselves as you ?
>
> I don't know, I have never met any of them, have never even been
> there. I have been in England, but not in Holland, England.
>
> >Do they call their language Dutch ?
>
> Probably not, but it doesn't matter much, because we call our language
> Nederlands. 'Duits' is the Dutch word for what the English call
> 'German', and the Germans themselves call "Deutsch". Complicated,
> isn't it? But we have no problems with it, despite numerous wars with
> the Germans, and the English, and the French, and the Spanish,
> throughout our history.
>
> >Do you want to liberate them from the English "occupation" ??
>
> Of course not. As I said, I have never met anyone from that area,
> don't know what it even looks like. Neither do I care. I just noticed
> the name on maps, that's all.
>
> >Do they want to build a new state named Holland ??
>
> No idea, probably not. Would it matter? Not to me.
>
> >Do those Hollanders in GB
> >ever spread Dutch language and Civilization to the World ?
>
> I suppose not. Would it matter? Not to me.
>
> --
> Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com

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