| Re: OT Titanic. [message #776344] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 07:58 |
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:03:12 GMT, "Krycek" <none2522 [at] ntlworld.com>
wrote:
>In the film, the lifeboats are being lowered and on of the passengers jumps
>over and shot. In reality that didn't happen, but can anyone provide some
>more info?
An official language is a language that is given a privileged legal
status in a state, or other legally-defined territory.
Most typically, the official language will be in line with the
language used by the principal nation or ethnic group within the
state. The law in many states requires that government documents be
produced in other languages as well.
Officially recognized minority languages are often mistaken for
official languages. However, a language officially recognized by a
state, taught in schools, and used in official communication is not
necessarily an official language. For example, Ladin and Ambreian in
Italy and Mirandese in Portugal are only officially-recognized
minority languages, not official languages in the strict sense.
Official languages are sometimes not the same as the medium of
instruction and so, the two are not interchangeable.
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| Re: OT Titanic. [message #776372 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 10:00 |
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:58:59 +0100, BGN <nickmooney [at] spamcop.net>
wrote:
>An official language is a language that is given a privileged legal
>status in a state, or other legally-defined territory.
>
>Most typically, the official language will be in line with the
>language used by the principal nation or ethnic group within the
>state. The law in many states requires that government documents be
>produced in other languages as well.
>
>Officially recognized minority languages are often mistaken for
>official languages. However, a language officially recognized by a
>state, taught in schools, and used in official communication is not
>necessarily an official language. For example, Ladin and Ambreian in
>Italy and Mirandese in Portugal are only officially-recognized
>minority languages, not official languages in the strict sense.
>
>Official languages are sometimes not the same as the medium of
>instruction and so, the two are not interchangeable.
You ought to put that in quotes, Nick.
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| Re: OT Titanic. [message #779108 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 18:48 |
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:00:01 +0100, Pip
<gingerblokeNOSPAM [at] NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>>Official languages are sometimes not the same as the medium of
>>instruction and so, the two are not interchangeable.
>
>You ought to put that in quotes, Nick.
(c) Wikipedia. Well as (c) as Wikipedia can be, of course.
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