Subject: Re: PART TWO: winning industrial-use of lisp: Re: Norvig's latest paper on Lisp From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:16:34 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3233855794260586@naggum.net> * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> writes: | | > but Riksmål is the _only_ "dialect" in Norway that you cannot write | > in official government communication | | Just in case anybody actually is still reading this -- this is, of | course, nonsense. Sigh. People who want to _know_ need to talk to Norsk Språkråd. I cannot fight ignorance and malice here. The express purpose of the wide range of allowable forms of Nynorsk and Bokmål is to make certain that not a single Norwegian feels left out Riksmål is in fact banned by the Norwegian government. There may be something that Lars considers a "dialect" somwhere, spoken by so few people as to constitute an regionally _unaccepted_ speech disorder instead of the accepted ones that make dialects, but it is hard to tell what someone who calls Riksmål a "dialect" might actually mean by that word. This is no longer a debate for this forum, however. People who want to know have to ask Norwegian government linguists in Norsk Språkråd. They, and only they, control what is officially accepted. -- Guide to non-spammers: If you want to send me a business proposal, please be specific and do not put "business proposal" in the Subject header. If it is urgent, do not use the word "urgent". If you need an immediate answer, give me a reason, do not shout "for your immediate attention". Thank you.