I was pleased to note that your editorial (The language debate' October 7) reinforced what I had written on the subject of Catalan in schools, in my letter published the previous day. You report that 20% of Majorcan parents were against Catalan as the language of instruction in schools. According to your sister paper (Ultima Hora, May 30) fewer than 9% of parents of primary schoolchildren were in favour of Castilian Spanish. I presume the difference between your figure of 80% in favour of Catalan and the fewer than 9% in favour of the alternative, was because some parents didn't mind and others didn't get around to filling in the appropriate form. Mr Tow's suggestion (letter to the Editor, October 7) that parents were browbeaten or threatened by supporters of Catalan, makes it sound as if we are living in Soviet Russia, Ceaucescu's Romania or Franco's Spain, where citizens were genuinely frightened of not making the correct' choices.
Dear Sir
10/10/2012 00:00
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