[Foundation-l] How to dismantle a language committee

[Tim Starling]

Marcus Buck wrote:
> In the Arabic world there's a prevalent POV, that Arabs form one nation 
> united by the use of the Arabic language. But in reality Standard Arabic 
> is something like Latin. With the difference, that Latin fell out of use 
> to make place for the Romance languages. So Egyptian Arabic vs. Standard 
> Arabic is like French vs. Latin. And the Egyptian VIP is like a 13th 
> century monk. "Writing in the language of the people. How stupid... 
> Latin is a godly language."

I have heard this before, but I am not convinced, because I have heard
conflicting things from Egyptian people. I don't suppose you have a
credible reference where I can read more about this, and which supports
these claims?

-- Tim Starling