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22nd August 07, 06:51 AM
#10
All Jokes aside,
I don't believe there is any harm being done by having posts with a kilt related language in them. The opportunity to read and learn about the language that is a corner stone of something that most of us deeply value seldom comes around so we should be more appreciative of the chance. This is a important topic to me for my passion for Cherokee, another endangered language.
As Mike said, this is a major issue in Scottish schools today. To require a translation of any Scots post is a form of suppression. It is saying that you cannot post in Scots unless you post in English, or Farsee or Kenyan. And the next logical step is to say it's not neccessary to post in Scots at all because we're already posting in English. All of a sudden one more bit of Scots is snuffed out.
These posts aren't traffic signs or safety signs, they are for the social opportunity to share each of our experiences and personalities. Mikes offered an effective solution, though I believe to ignore P1M's posts would be missing out on some incredible opportunities to see and read some fascinating things from his perspective.
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