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Hi;=0A=0A--- On Sat, 9/3/11, Dale Erwin <dale@casaerwin.org> wrote:=0A...=
=0A> =0A> Spoken like a true northern Italian bigot... with all due=0A> res=
pect.=0A> =0A> Please note I did not call you a northern Italian bigot...=
=0A> I said you speak like one.=A0 Maybe you are just=0A> misinformed.=0A>=
=0A=0AI should've thought better before my original posting because=0Athis =
subject touches deep fibers in people.=0A=0AI am pretty aware that all ital=
ian dialects are proper=0Alanguages that predate standard italian. They are=
 very=0Amuch alive in basically every city in Italy.=0A=0AThe issue is none=
 of these languages is actually taught=0Ain schools anymore(?) and it's usu=
ally the older people=0Athat use them most. I have no objection to any of t=
hem=0Abeing added to OpenOffice, it's just that many of the=0Acomputer rela=
ted terms (open file, print, etc) are=0Aunlikely to change with respect to =
the "official"=0Aitalian.=0A=0AYes, many people argue these languages are a=
 cultural=0Avalue and I am OK with them being preserved.=0A=0APedro.=0A=0AF=
WIW, .. No I am not from northern Italy.