Posts Tagged ‘ language ’

ctrp381 Language and War in Georgia

ctrp381 Language and War in Georgia

June 13, 2011

Driving outside of Tbilisi on the way to the ancient city Mtskheta, my hosts and I talk about Georgian language and how it has been effected by decades of Soviet Occupation and migration patterns. We also delve into Russian-Georgian relations today and how war is still very much part...

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bm257 Filesharing Philosophy with Peter of the Pirate Bay.

April 7, 2008

In some parts of the world people still use the term "steal" to describe getting music through bittorent or other systems. At the same time, many people use the term filesharing or downloading to describe that same process. Laws might get passed and moral judgements might be...

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Fading Language, Losing Culture

Fading Language, Losing Culture

July 5, 2007

I'm sitting in the Portuguese Consulate in Rotterdam today, for what is always an entertaining adventure. While there isn't an enormous amount of Portuguese flocking to live and work in the Netherlands, there are still enough so that someone is inevitably standing in front of the little teller...

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Reality Based Language

Reality Based Language

May 25, 2007

Greetings from Berlin. As I sat down for breakfast with Tim this morning, the term faith-based community some how came up. Naturally, this was followed by the term reality-based community. He loved the both and laughed through much of the meal. As he read through...

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