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La vergonha (Occitan for shame, pronounced [beɾˈɣuɲɔ]) is what some Occitans call the effects of various policies of the Government of France on its citizens whose mother tongue was a so-called patois, specifically langue d'oc. Vergonha is being made to reject and feel ashamed of one's (or one's parents') non-French language through official exclusion, humiliation at school and rejection from the media as organized and sanctioned by French political leaders, from Henri Grégoire to Nicolas Sarkozy. Vergonha, which is still a taboo topic in France where some (especially Parisians) still refuse to admit such discrimination ever existed, can be seen as the result of an attempted linguicide.
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I think Vergonha can comfortably be applied to the situation Macedonian language faces in Greece.Last edited by Delodephius; 05-18-2009, 05:01 AM.अयं निज: परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्।
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So the "Star of Vergonha" makes more sense than the "Star of Vergina" in Greece.Risto the Great
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