[opendtv] Re: Channel approval process
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:51:56 -0700
Yes, and I note that Canada has a large French population.
Language "purity" is not a solely French phenom. Spain also has an official
body ruling the language -- or their version, called Castillian Spanish.
The vast majority of Spanish-speaking folk ignore their precepts, and have a
living language, not a preserved one. Of course, the Cubanos and
Argenitinenses can still argue about which of their tongues is closer to the
mother tongue.
I see this evidenced from time to time in Mexico. The proper term for
"e-mail" in Spanish is "Correo Electronico." When, after the cable
technician (with no English) had gotten my cable modem working, I asked
"Correo Electronico?" and he responded "Hotmail." I laughed.
John Willkie
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Channel approval process
But you hear it all the time from France, who also has an ongoing campaign
to keep the culture and especially the French language "pure."
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Funny how one doesn't hear this kind of thing from tiny Costa Rica or El
> Salvador. Aren't they oppressed culturally from their larger neighbors to
> the South and North? Certainly, the languages are essentially the same.
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