Re: Minority Languages in the EC

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From: R.S. Hunt
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:44

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In article <199207272159.AA27024@tuna.wang.com> MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett") writes:

>Interestingly enough, there is an advertisement by Catalunya
>in this week's Economist news magazine by the Catalan
>development agency, timed to coincide with the olympics.  It
>describes Catalunya repeatedly as a country.  It does also
>make a brief mention once about Catalunya being a country
>within Spain.

Catalunya includes part of France as well: the ancient province of
Rousillon (Rosillo`), with its capital Perpignan/Perpinya`.

When I was last on holiday in Catalunya in 1988, Catalan nationalist
graffiti were to be seen on numerous walls.   The most popular was
"Catalunya no es Espanya."    A rather more punchy one said,
"Si Espanya fos ma mare jo sere un fill de puta!"  (Work this out 
for yourself...

Richard Hunt                                JANET : R.S.Hunt@uk.ac.newcastle
MSc Course in Computing Science
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU

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Subject: Re: Minority Languages in the EC
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