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From: ewd@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Ewen Denney)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 09:59:34 GMT
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> In Spain under Franco similar linguistic limitations were used.  Names
> had to be registered as Castillian rather than, say, Catalan.
> However, the use of regional languages in the home was not made
> illegal, as far as I know.


The "British" authorities were still refusing to register Scottish Gaelic names
right up until the 60s.

Like many a centralised state, they want nothing less than the imposition of
a single national (i.e. English) identity on everyone, including the Scots.

Ewen 
