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03/30/2008: "Globalization destroying language diversity"

Culture Minister Trond Giske worries that the ever-expanding use of English in Norway is threatening the very existence of the Norwegian language.

Giske is seriously worried that Norwegian is being too heavily influenced by English, not least because of the Internet and the emergence of English as the common language of the globe.

"Languages around the world are simply disappearing, not being used anymore," Giske told news bureau NTB. "Norwegian is under entirely new pressure than it was just a few years ago"

[ We must make the world boring and homogenous, including breeding us all into one uniform grey race of boring consumers. Awesome. ]

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2326641.ece