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From: gmb@natcorp.ox.ac.uk (Glynis Baguley)
Subject: Re: EU Policy on Language
Message-ID: <1995Feb16.104421.1197@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk>
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 10:44:21 GMT
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In article <3hu7j1$f8c@chleuasme.francenet.fr> Marc Bonnaud <mbonnaud@dialup.francenet.fr> writes:
> philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt) wrote:
> > 
> > It has occurred to me that there already exist multilingual democracies.
> > South Africa and India spring to mind. Within the EU, there is Spain and 
> > Belgium, although these are multilingual to a lesser extent than the other
> > 2 I mentioned.
> > 

[...]

> Tout le monde remarquera que Monsieur Hunt a choisi les pays en 
> question *au hasard* !
> 
> Je lui suggere d'etudier, *au hasard* le Senegal, la Cote d'Ivoire, etc..

Much easier for Monsieur Hunt to study the UK, a long-established
multilingual democracy right on his doorstep!


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