Did I not read somewhere of a comment by some Anglo Saxons bemoaning the fact that Normans had moved into their village and were calling themselves 'locals"? The English are a hybrid lot that have benefitted from the process. Hybridisation can be good. Without hybridisation we would not have the magnificence of, for example, David Austin's English Roses. In the Parliamentary Riding/constituency in which I live in Toronto, with some 114,000 people, there are 48 different languages listed as the "Mother Tongue" in the recent census.. Some of the most gifted and qualified "Canadians " are Refugees and Landed Immigrants. The world is changing, and a hankering for the past will do little but to make the change more painful. Accept the reality and make it benefit you and your community. David ----- Original Message ----- From: <Knightroots@aol.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Defending our position re accents > In a message dated 18/01/2003 12:20:28 GMT Standard Time, > chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk writes: > > > > Chinese, Indian, Algerian, Slav, Afghan > > you name it we have it and it can be all in one little street, problem is > > most of them now have British Nationality so are classed as locals > > Surely in today's Society, nationality or race are unimportant - we are all > human beings and should be treated as equals despite the attempts by some to > ignore racial equality. Accents are cultural and historical icons and a > person should not be judged by the way they speak. > Take care > Linda & Tony > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk > To unsubscribe from the list: > Mail: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com > Digest: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com > In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the message box > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Parker" <parker3250@rogers.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Defending our position re accents > Did I not read somewhere of a comment by some Anglo Saxons > bemoaning the fact that Normans had moved into their village and were > calling themselves 'locals"? Dear All, And of course before all those horrid Anglo Saxons arriived , the place was oocupied by those delighful Celtic peoples !!! Best wishes Paul