Talk:Lusophobia
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- A phobia is supposed to be either irrational, unfair or based on fear.
If you consider Keating's criticism of Portugese colonialism as unfair, you would need to explain why.
Furthermore, criticising the establishment of Portugese as the official language of East Timor should not be regarded as irrational, unfair or based on fear. What is irrational and unfair is choosing a language spoken by barely 5% of the population as the official language.
Kransky 07:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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- What is irrational and unfair are observations made on the basis of ignorance and ««prejudice. You ignore the fact that Tetum (the most widely spoken language in East Timor, spoken by 80%), which derives a large amount of its vocabulary from Portuguese, is also an official language. The recent, renewed,attacks on this (and Portugual's involvement in East Timor) by The Australian is a case in point. Quiensabe 23:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cites?
I think this article needs (more?) cites for the use of the term. The article spends time defining it but not much on who has used it or in what context. A term needs to be notable to be defined here. If cites cannot be provided, this material should be merged somewhere else. Perhaps to Lusitanic ?? ++Lar: t/c 19:47, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
««The term Lusophobia was often used to describe nationalist sentiments in Brazil in the nineteenth century, with Liberal politicians in Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco advocating the reduction of Portuguese involvement in the Brazilian economy.1»»
Was it used any where else than in the nineteenth century? If not the rest of the article makes no sense.