Re: Uglossia and Utopia

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> Well, that's correct - what I wanted to add was that merely preserving
> a language does not perserve its unique features, if the culture isn't
> preserved, too. And culture isn't very well preservable...
>
In fifty years time, European-descended New Zealanders will be a large
minority in their own country.  It is unlikely that we will have made the
shift to our own cultural identity distinct from global Anglo-culture and
will probably be considered white trash.

Maybe for me, creating Brithenig is part of inventing my own imaginary
cultural identity because my British/European-descended culture is not
strong enough to be sustainable.

> I'm tempted to say, so was I at your age ;-). (But then, I'm
> thirty today, and feel old age creeping on...)
>
I'm 33 and I know that I am no longer immortal.  That's not necessarily a
bad thing.  We are children of time.  Congratulations.

- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

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