tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709628234185282197.post4714939626757630423..comments2023-09-05T10:21:30.206+02:00Comments on Wirdheim in Vilanova: The Symbolic Flame of CanigóErik Wirdheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761766313024185298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709628234185282197.post-56554638429837046732009-06-26T00:34:09.196+02:002009-06-26T00:34:09.196+02:00Hi Donyet,
Thanks for commenting, especially on s...Hi Donyet,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, especially on such a sensitive comment as the language situation in Northern Catalonia. <br /><br />During the short trips I have made to Perpinyà and the ski-resort Font Romeu, I haven't met one single person who has answered me in Catalan. It's, of course, possible that the locals I have talked to didn't understand me because of my Swedish accent, but I don't think so since they didn't have any problems with my French - much worse than my Catalan.<br /><br />To me, "it's just not as prevalent as it used to be" is to underestimate how successful the French rulers have been in weeding out disturbing regional languages.<br /><br />Worst of all is the history of Occitan - spoken by 14 million people not many generations ago and today official language only in Vall d'Aran (which is here and not in France).<br /><br />In short: If it hadn't been for the reporter on TV3, I would never have heard the Northern Catalan dialect. <br /><br />//ErikErik Wirdheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761766313024185298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709628234185282197.post-63558143574607700522009-06-25T23:26:32.743+02:002009-06-25T23:26:32.743+02:00You mentioned this part of the Pyrenees used to be...You mentioned this part of the Pyrenees used to be Catalan speaking, are you saying they no longer speak Catalan there? <br />I've never been there so I can't refute that, but they still do speak Catalan in Catalunya Nord, it's just not as prevalent as it used to be.Donyetnoreply@blogger.com