Re: Eurostar's move to St Pancras a success after all

In message <6b4e02d3-ed3b-4044-a56f-04c3be681498@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The Real Doctor <ian.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 18 Apr, 21:22, "Lüko Willms" <l.wil...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:12:04 UTC, schrieb Arthur Figgis
<afig...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> auf uk.railway :

Why should being a colonial power affect languages?

because it imposes the language on the oppressed people and
territories.

Like Spanish in Argentina?


The oppressed people there presumably being the Italians?

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