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Old August 21st, 2006, 11:15 AM posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.africa
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Default Unesco: Languages under threat

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:36:40 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:22:36 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this:

... On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:44:06 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
... wrote:
...
... On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:39:44 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like
... this:
...
... ... On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:45:53 +0200, Mxsmanic
... ... wrote:
... ...
... ... Corgi bit me 'nads writes:
... ...
... ... In Africa, 80% of oral dialects are in danger of dying out
... ...
... ... More than half of the 6000 languages spoken in the world today may
... ... disappear by the end of the century, the UN cultural organisation
... ... Unesco said on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.
... ...
... ... So?
... ...
... ... I'll join Mixi at this point to say who really cares.
...
... Not the devil-may-cares...
...
... I just can't see the point in trying to preserve numerous under-used
... dialects.

Sure. Who cares when a part of our very culture goes down the drain? Creation, Tradition,
Communication, Folklore, History... all ****, isn't it?


All of that can occur with whatever language, can't it?
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