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

In message <jsnp04h3ojt9gr90quaesvh2gdk89vneu6@xxxxxxx>
Charles Ellson <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:35:08 +0100, Graeme Wall
<Rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In message <fejp049cu8d8lmtpfqgcsr4aieu2dnm3kt@xxxxxxx>
Charles Ellson <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:27:48 +0100, Graeme Wall
<Rail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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?

South America was populated before the Europeans arrived.

You do surprise me!

The point of my comment is that the majority of the current Argentine
population is not Spanish in origin but Italian who have the Spanish
language 'imposed' on them.

Oh! ;-)
I suspect I might not be the only one not to know that.

But you weren't the one pontificating about the Spanish in Argentina :-)

The classic description of the Argentines is that they are Italians who speak
Spanish and think they are French! The last bit is a reference to their
pretensions to being the style capital of South America. Also Buenos Aires
has a lot of late 19th Century French architecture.

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Graeme Wall
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