tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post115418920307533350..comments2024-02-22T01:36:48.427-08:00Comments on On Theatre and Politics - Matthew Freeman: See, it's when you do things like that...Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-1154297724290580032006-07-30T15:15:00.000-07:002006-07-30T15:15:00.000-07:00The Icelanders too have committees dedicated to fi...The Icelanders too have committees dedicated to finding new words for new things, rather than importing English or other terms. Icelandic has changed little for 1000 years: apparently modern Icelanders can still read the Edda. I guess they love their language and want to preserve it - there are only 250,000 of them speaking it. It's worth remembering how many languages have been squashed altogether by English colonisation: around 300 on this continent (Australia) alone...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-1154191094810043022006-07-29T09:38:00.000-07:002006-07-29T09:38:00.000-07:00The President of Iran is waaaaay behind the times....The President of Iran is waaaaay behind the times. The French did this back before we were in high school. Hell, they have a whole ministry dedicated to wiping otu words like "le hot dog".kirabughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704466646558300386noreply@blogger.com