SC - Modern English - OT

[James and/or Nancy Gilly]

At 19:55 7-1-98 +0000, you wrote:
>When Rhys and I were stationed in Spain, (many years ago) we stayed at a
>communications site in the Basque region, 10 KM from the French border. 
>One of the stories in the info pack said that during W W 1 and 2, the
>Basque were hired on as radio operators, because no one could understand
>their language.  The Welsh soldiers however, were able to.  There is a
>supposed Celtic link somewhere.  And after seeing both languages, it
>makes sense.
>
>Aldyth


I find this one a little hard to swallow - not only is Basque not a Celtic
language, it's one of the few European languages that are not Indo-European
languages.  (The others include, but are not limited to, Hungarian,
Estonian, and Finnish.)


Alasdair mac Iain

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