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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: Dialect and language
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 21:26:19 GMT
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In article <o.m.selberg-1302951051560001@hfmac15.uio.no> o.m.selberg@easteur-orient.uio.no (Ole Michael Selberg) writes:
>Therefore, I'd propose a somewhat different approach, which seems
>applicable in the case of Croatian and Serbian:
>
>When groups of people start killing each other, in spite of the fact that
>their forms of speech are mutually intelligible, the contention that they
>speak different languages should be taken seriously.

On the contrary, that's precisely when that contention should be opposed.

-- 
`I'm sendin a flood tae pit an end tae it aw.  But dinny worry yersel, Noah.'
Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)    (J Stuart, _Auld Testament Tales_)
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