Monthly Archives: December 2009
Paging Dr. Esperanto, and what not to say in Ireland’s parliament
December 15 is the most important day in the calendar for people who speak Esperanto. It is Zamenhof Day, named after the man who dreamed up the idea of a language that the entire planet would one day speak. L.L. … Continue reading
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British English as it is, was, and could have been
This week’s podcast is hopelessy devoted to Brit-English. First, the story of what might be the earliest audio archive of regional British dialects. During World War One, German linguist Wilhelm Doegen recorded the voices of more than 140 British prisoners … Continue reading
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Windows 7 in African languages, unfortunate name translations, and the new Klingon
For the latest podcast, I have five language news stories from the past month: 5. African languages to get their versions of Windows. Microsoft says by 2011 it will release versions of its new Windows 7 operating system in ten … Continue reading
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