Re: [tied] Re: language shift ( it was Celts & Cimmerians)

Glen Gordon wrote:

> Alex:
>> I am not fighting it. I just have disputed the word "abandon" which
>> imply a decision made consciously by someone to left something.
>
> Dispute, fight... more semantic games! <:( Yes, people _do_
> consciously _abandon_ their languages. My own grandmother did it when
> she neglected to teach my father Swedish. Why? Because in Canada,
> Swedish isn't really useful. So people _do_ _definitely_ _without a
> shadow of a doubt_ _consciously_ _abandon_ their languages for
> whatever reasons. You're being daft. There's nothing to fight here.


> = gLeN

Oh.. I am very impresed. You want to have the last word. Have it with
the example of your grandma which left Sweden and of course she
consciously decided to abandon her language consciously recognising she
won't be able to learn Swedish the new society where she lived.

Alex