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* Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> [2002-05-23 13.07 +0200]:
>=20
> 	I happen to live in the commune of Ixelles, which is primarily=20
> French-speaking, although they are officially dual-language.
>=20
> 	This is a real pisser when you get some moron down at the police=20
> station that takes an attitude like "you must speak French in order=20
> to exist!" and refuses to acknowledge that Flemish would be an=20
> acceptable alternative.
=20
My Swedish-speaking relatives in (dual-language) Finland tell me
similar things. It seems legislation isn't enough when people just
don't want to admit that the other language is an alternative.

Do you think the "weaker" language in such situations will exist in,
say 50 years?

--=20
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