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#197593 02/21/2011 4:43 PM
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National Geographic on line site has an article about
dying languages. Interesting---

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/


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Nice map.

BranShea #197607 02/21/2011 9:36 PM
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Really sad, too, that so many languages are dying. But that
has probably been going on since the dawn of time.


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LukeJavan8 #197608 02/22/2011 12:13 AM
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Extinction: Sooner or later it happens to everyone.

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Sad, but true. It is lamentable something cannot be done to
preserve these languages and the culture they represent,
but we cannot keep everything.


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Faldage #197645 02/23/2011 4:42 PM
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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Extinction: Sooner or later it happens to everyone.



Ran into this quote today in another "word of the day"
email:

Tempus edax rerum. (Ovid) Time: the devourer of all things.


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Sure, but time is also the primary ingredient of creation.

Peter

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So what we have is the image of the snake devouring
itself tail first, or some such thing??


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