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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I do understand the issue about culture, but you know what, I don't want to pay for that out of my TV licence.
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Speakers of minority languages probably feel the same about paying the licence fee to fund programmes solely in English.
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Cornwall also has its own native tongue, but it doesn't have its own BBC channel. Where do you draw the line?
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Cornwall
had its own language, which became extinct in the 19th century. The point of these channels is to prevent the Gaelic and Welsh languages also becoming extinct.
Fortunately, previously extinct languages such as Cornish and Manx are being revived. So there may come a time when some of your licence fee also goes towards supporting channels in these languages.
