Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Busot
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 09:42:13 -0400
References: <4613C31C-4AD5-4364-97CA-C3B0D660EBD6@frozenlight.eu> <F9D4F153-A9DE-448A-9D47-020B4F299298@bex.net> <7D972AB0-FC59-4944-8950-79868BCD2D4F@frozenlight.eu>

Thanks, Nathan. I'm always intrigued and fascinated by the existence of 
dialectical differences and linguistic regions within European countries 
that nominally have a single official or characteristic language, a 
phenomenon so unfamiliar to us USians.

?howard

On May 11, 2014, at 1:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Thanks Howard. All the signs in Busot are in Valenciano, a local dialect 
> of Catalan and the official language in the Comunitat Valenciana, to which 
> Alicante belongs. In the bigger towns like Alicante, signs are in both 
> Spanish and Valenciano; but in small places like Busot, especially inland, 
> they are in Valenciano only.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan


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