"why diminish their potential communication pool by teaching children in gaelic or urdu or any other of the UK's minority languages? By all means encourage and support their culture..." You want to encourage culture while banning minority languages? "How many foreign language posts do we get on this list?" Are you saying that Gaelic is a foreign language??? If you want posts in Gaelic, I'm sure that there are several list members could oblige. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Lowlandscot@aol.com To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 16 November 2004 09:13 Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Re: Why Gaelic? In a message dated 15/11/2004 20:24:16 GMT Standard Time, Copywriter@tesco.net writes: I think it was David Blunkett who advised young people to stop talking urdu to their grannies and speak English instead!! Language is a tool for communication. The greater number of other people with whom one can communicate the better. So why diminish their potential communication pool by teaching children in gaelic or urdu or any other of the UK's minority languages? By all means encourage and support their culture - we can see how the Scots and other emigrants took their culture with them when they went to North America but they did not refuse to relinquish their native language. How many foreign language posts do we get on this list? ...and would we understand them if we did! Irene ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************* If you have any problems with this list or any of its members please contact the listowner....Tom Welch....tomas@directcon.net ********************************************************************