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The Banning of Non English British Languages
Lady Scott Posted Jun 24, 2002
*applauds*
Remember the star trek (original series) episode where the droid was given a piece of illogic to work out? He finally exploded or something.. ok, maybe he just started to smoulder a bit as his circuits overheated....
The Banning of Non English British Languages
HappyDude Posted Jun 24, 2002
I find it hard to believe that banning people from communicating in Welsh is not illegal under the laws of England and Wales 
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Jun 24, 2002
I forgot 5d.
If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
This could mean that h2g2 specific rules can override the general BBC rules. Galactic indeed!
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 24, 2002
Is Marjin breaking the "No Spitting" rule? That's the most fundamental rule of h2g2.
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Jun 24, 2002
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Freddy, Keeper Of The Word "fnar!". Back from the Underworld. Posted Jun 24, 2002
Gnomon, I find that my family over in Northern Ireland consider themselves Irish or British as and when it suits them 
The Banning of Non English British Languages
HappyDude Posted Jun 24, 2002
Is it just me or are the ED's being very quiet 
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Spiff Posted Jun 24, 2002
Probably worried about getting slapped by an irate Irishman! 
spiff
The Banning of Non English British Languages
HappyDude Posted Jun 24, 2002
perhaps, but so far they have failed to comment on non-English British minority languages
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Freddy, Keeper Of The Word "fnar!". Back from the Underworld. Posted Jun 24, 2002
They might be considering their response and checking up with the BBC legal team?
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Whisky Posted Jun 24, 2002
More to the point, I suspect it might have something to do with the fact that at least two of them only got back from holiday today, so they're probably still trying to find their keyboards under the pile of paperwork on their desks
The Banning of Non English British Languages
HappyDude Posted Jun 24, 2002
so, why don't they say that
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Jun 24, 2002
Bit difficult if they cannot find their own keybord, and the others carefully stick to the rule of not posting for/as someone else.
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Jun 24, 2002
Or maybe they've been abducted by Vogon!
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Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Jun 24, 2002
Not all of them, I got a post from mark just 4 minutes ago.
He's now up to two weeks ago in his blog.
The Banning of Non English British Languages
HappyDude Posted Jun 24, 2002
but when are they going to comment here
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Freddy, Keeper Of The Word "fnar!". Back from the Underworld. Posted Jun 24, 2002
In about two weeks?
The Banning of Non English British Languages
Mina Posted Jun 24, 2002
Hi guys.
You're right, we have been rather quiet today. There is a lot of backlog to read through, and due to people returning from holiday and other absences, we're not going to able to post a response today.
As soon as we've caught up, and have had a chance to discuss the points raised in this thread, we'll come back to you.
In the meantime, here are the links that Peta mentioned.
F55683?thread=106679&post=896685#p896685
F55683?thread=149897&post=1456323#p1455040
F63567?thread=109316&post=937419#p937419
Some really good points have been made in the first Posting in the first conversation.
The Banning of Non English British Languages
HappyDude Posted Jun 24, 2002
and why arnt the moderators removing the links I have posted to BBC Cymru, as a non-English language site the link is in breech of the house rules
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/
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