{"id":3503,"date":"2014-10-19T15:09:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T14:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2014-10-19T15:09:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T14:09:34","slug":"language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/language\/","title":{"rendered":"LANGUAGE AND THAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/22152549\/highland-cow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3504\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/22152549\/highland-cow.jpg\" alt=\"Highland Cow.\" width=\"279\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Some examples of correspondence sent to various departments of the Western Isles Council, Scotland.\u00a0 There are serious problems of thinking in Gaelic and writing in English:<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">I am writing on behalf of my sink which is running away from the wall.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">The toilet seat is cracked \u2013 where do I stand?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">This is to let you know there is a smell coming from the man next door.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Will you please send someone to mend our broken path. Yesterday my wife tripped and fell on it and she is now pregnant.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Our kitchen floor is very damp, we have two children and would like a third, so will you please send someone to do something about it.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">This is to let you know that our lavatory seat is broken and we cannot get BBC2.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">The lavatory is blocked. #This is caused by the boys next door throwing their ball on the roof.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">I want some repairs doing to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Would you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour and not fit to drink.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Would you please send a man to repair my spout, I am an old-age pensioner and I need it straight away.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">I awoke this morning and found my water boiling.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000\">\u00a0<em>From\u00a0<\/em>Not the Worst of Tom Shields.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Some examples of correspondence sent to various departments of the Western Isles Council, Scotland.\u00a0 There are serious problems of thinking in Gaelic and writing in English: &nbsp; I am writing on behalf of my sink which is running away from the wall. 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