Comments on: Common Language http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/ Famous Among Dozens Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:11:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Australia (2008) | Movie Aktuell http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1028762 Australia (2008) | Movie Aktuell Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:35:04 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-1028762 [...] Common Language [...] [...] Common Language [...]

]]> By: Rebecca http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-972208 Rebecca Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:05:29 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-972208 My sister is a journalist in northern Canada and wrote a neat article here about disappearing First Nations languages up there: http://www.uphere.ca/node/227 Hearing first-hand about her meetings with various elders throughout the territory and getting a window on their stories was so interesting (and in most cases, sad). While it'd sure be convenient if we all spoke the same language, I think that we all lose when languages vanish - each holds its own riches in the way that it articulates human experience. Sigh. p.s. How's the kayak roll coming? ;-) My sister is a journalist in northern Canada and wrote a neat article here about disappearing First Nations languages up there: http://www.uphere.ca/node/227

Hearing first-hand about her meetings with various elders throughout the territory and getting a window on their stories was so interesting (and in most cases, sad).

While it’d sure be convenient if we all spoke the same language, I think that we all lose when languages vanish – each holds its own riches in the way that it articulates human experience. Sigh.

p.s. How’s the kayak roll coming? ;-)

]]> By: Jo http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-971597 Jo Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:31:58 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-971597 So I'm at work with nothing to do, and I decide to read blogs, becuase I like to read about other people's lives, as I was looking through yours I got to 2006 and then it jumped all the way to 2008! What happened? Did you stop writing in that time? So I’m at work with nothing to do, and I decide to read blogs, becuase I like to read about other people’s lives, as I was looking through yours I got to 2006 and then it jumped all the way to 2008! What happened? Did you stop writing in that time?

]]> By: Amy http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-971435 Amy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:54:48 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-971435 I love languages! Here's a link to the Ethnologue, which catalogs the almost 7,000 known living languages in the world: http://www.ethnologue.com/. There's a definite nerd factor in browsing the Ethnologue, but the sheer volume of languages in the world is pretty amazing. I love languages! Here’s a link to the Ethnologue, which catalogs the almost 7,000 known living languages in the world: http://www.ethnologue.com/. There’s a definite nerd factor in browsing the Ethnologue, but the sheer volume of languages in the world is pretty amazing.

]]> By: Amy http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-971364 Amy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:16:57 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-971364 The irreverent linked article (your first link) says <i>"To say "hello" in English, say "What's up, freak?" (watz-UP-freek).</i> Imagine the Borat-esque scenes to which THAT could lead. The irreverent linked article (your first link) says

“To say “hello” in English, say “What’s up, freak?” (watz-UP-freek).

Imagine the Borat-esque scenes to which THAT could lead.

]]> By: Maybe Not http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-970673 Maybe Not Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:37:53 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-970673 I can recite the Las Vegas Phone Book from memory in under a Minute! I can recite the Las Vegas Phone Book from memory in under a Minute!

]]> By: Betsey http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/comment-page-1/#comment-969248 Betsey Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:57:23 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/11/04/common-language/#comment-969248 Love this! The concept of people having a word for a concept, idea, or object that we English speakers don't fascinates me! Love this! The concept of people having a word for a concept, idea, or object that we English speakers don’t fascinates me!

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