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Unesco: Languages under threat
Replacing a really good pair of broken-in boots is not easy.
"Dave Frightens Me" wrote in message news On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:27:23 +0200, *~* Magda *~* wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:15:02 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: ... ... ... 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? What's your point? That some languages are not important given that other languages can fulfill their purpose? It's like saying that it does not matter if your wife dies - you can find a replacement. Yes, it's just like that. These things are readily replaceable, just like a pair on boots. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Unesco: Languages under threat
*~* Magda *~* writes:
Who cares when a part of our very culture goes down the drain? A lot of culture isn't worth preserving. A dialect worth preserving generally develops a written form, and tends to persist on its own, without any artificial effort being made to preserve it. The real purpose of efforts to preserve dialects and languages is to obtain money. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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*~* Magda *~* writes:
What's your point? That some languages are not important given that other languages can fulfill their purpose? The point is that a language that dies out is a language that nobody wants to preserve. There's no point in preserving a language just because it exists. Important languages persist of their own accord. Unimportant languages disappear. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Unesco: Languages under threat
Corgi bit me 'nads writes:
you dont know what you've got til its gone...... Often true for chicken pox and polio. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Mxsmanic wrote: Corgi bit me 'nads writes: you dont know what you've got til its gone...... Often true for chicken pox and polio. Adolf and his master plan..... |
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Unesco: Languages under threat
Mxsmanic wrote:
The real purpose of efforts to preserve dialects and languages is to obtain money. For some who seek to make money out of it. For the rest of us, there are other, better, reasons. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/ |
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Unesco: Languages under threat
Mxsmanic wrote:
There's no point in preserving a language just because it exists. Yes there is a point. For example, it can aid the understanding of the human psyche. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/ |
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Unesco: Languages under threat
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:01:00 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:51:21 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: ... Yes, it's just like that. These things are readily replaceable, just ... like a pair on boots. I'm sure the missus will be happy to know it. Have you told her already? Why would I need to? She'll never need to know! -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Unesco: Languages under threat
Padraig Breathnach writes:
Yes there is a point. For example, it can aid the understanding of the human psyche. Only if there is an active community speaking it. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Padraig Breathnach writes: Yes there is a point. For example, it can aid the understanding of the human psyche. Only if there is an active community speaking it. No. All you need is people capable of understanding it, and a reasonable repository of instances of authentic usage. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/ |
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