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On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Jose Mallea Olaetxe wrote:

> I have a questions for Euskal Herria Journal and its translators:
> Why do you use the term "Bascongadas"? In my book Bascongadas means
> Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, and Araba.

It means the same thing in EHJ. Sometimes we have made mistakes (sending
the stuff without editing because of lack of help) trying to write for
two audiences, the Basques and the international community, and make
things easier to be understood. For example, if writing for the Basque
audience it would be better to call the Baascongadas by its official
name: the Basque Autonomy Community; so Nafarroa: the Navarrese
Foral Community. But this creates confussion for the readers not familiar
with the Basque mess. We have received comments on EHJ's political map
saying: "Ah, but I didn't know the Basque Country was autonomous!"

We decided to use Bascongadas (not in a bad way) for Araba, Bizkaia and
Gipuzkoa; and Navarre, for Euskal Herria south.  But we are open to
suggestions and good constructive criticism and appreaciate your
comments.

Jokin Z.




>That is Euskadi.
> Nafarroa was never Bascongadas, but just Nafarroa. However, in America,
> south and north, euskaldunak, vascos, (in literature sometimes
> bascongados) include people from Nafarroa. But there is also the tendency
> to distinguish "navarros" (usually unilinguals) as the first identity
> marker, to which "vascos" can be added.
> It is a mess, but I do not believe using Bascongados and Bascongadas is
> the right solution.
> JMallea
>