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- Message-ID: <9301221332.AA10807@bast.sics.se>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:32:49 +0100
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: torkel@SICS.SE
- Subject: Re: Question for Torkel
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri,
- 22 Jan 93 06:58:37 -0600. <9301221300.AA00350@sics.se>
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- >Which Norwegians speak Bokmal and which Nynorsk? Is the split regional?
- >Social? Other? How did both happen to become "Standard Norwegian(s)"?
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- I'll have to resort to a natalism here and say that although I've read
- about this in soc.culture.nordic - where it's one of the recurring
- topics - I've quite forgotten what the explanations were. I'm just left
- with a vague impression that the split is more ideological than anything
- else. I'll forward the arguments to you next time they crop up.
-