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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #146218 - 08/10/05 12:49 PM Language Preservation Project Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773 Here's an article about a project to collect and preserve information regarding dying languages. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-10-languages_x.htm Top #146219 - 08/10/05 02:40 PM Re: Language Preservation Project Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA Is the Queen's English amongst them? Top #146220 - 08/10/05 07:30 PM Re: Language Preservation Project Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773 *rimshot* Top #146221 - 08/10/05 07:41 PM Re: Language Preservation Project Vernon Compton enthusiast Registered: 06/29/01 Posts: 273 Loc: NZ *rimshot* Or predictable prescriptivist whining. He didn't specify which Queen's English he thought should be preserved, or why. Is EIIR's English better than ER's, or VR's, or even AR's? Top #146222 - 08/10/05 07:47 PM Re: Language Preservation Project Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 Or even Queen Lili'uokalani. Top #146223 - 08/10/05 11:50 PM The Invisible Committees Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA It is a little-known fact that the members of this board are divided up into committees by Anu, each in charge of a particular facet of our community life. As the chair of the Committee on Predictable Prescriptivist Whining, I make every effort to faithfully discharge the duties of my office. Top #146224 - 08/11/05 05:33 AM Re: The Invisible Committees Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 And as chairman of the Committee on Knee-Jerk Descriptivist Over-reaction it is my job to defend even the most egregious examples of attempts to sabotage the Integrity of the Language. Top #146225 - 08/11/05 07:44 AM Re: The Invisible Committees tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass and as long as we're opening up in this unscharacteristic fashion, I am the Temporary Subaldermanic-underchairman of the Title XXXVII Abscondent Subcommittee for the Preservation of Obsolete and Archaic Glossomachical Verbiage; first meeting pending. Top #146226 - 08/11/05 08:18 AM Re: The Invisible Committees Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA Faldage sez: it is my job to defend even the most egregious examples of attempts to sabotage the Integrity of the Language. And the chair of PPW replies: and you make every effort to faithfully discharge the duties of (your) office. Top #146227 - 08/11/05 08:44 AM Re: picking nits AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York to faithfully discharge Since when do prescriptivists split infinitives, good sir? Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8454 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210122 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zzflorian, zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad 8454 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 69 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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