June 2009

Earliest Known Example of Cherokee Alphabet Found in Cave

by Richard Brooks June 26, 2009 Languages

According to the New York Times, carvings found in a cave in Kentucky are the earliest known examples of the Cherokee alphabet. The Cherokee alphabet is a syllabary devised by Sequoyah, a well-known Cherokee silversmith and soldier. Sequoyah observed how European settlers used writing to communicate, and was inspired to devise a similar system for [...]

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Welsh to Headline Top American Arts Festival

by Richard Brooks June 23, 2009 Events

The 10 day Smithsonian Folklife Festival takes place in Washington DC from the 24th June. The 2009 festival focuses on Wales and Welsh heritage.

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Welsh Language Opera Company Launched

by Richard Brooks June 23, 2009 Events

A new Welsh language opera company was launched this week. Opera is performed throughout the world in various languages for example Italian, Spanish and English. Wales is known for being the ‘land of song’ but there are not many operas performed in the Welsh language.

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Welsh Language Activist Denied US Visa

by Richard Brooks June 19, 2009 Uncategorized

Arfon Gwilym, a Welsh folk singer, author and the director of Gwynn Music Publishers, has been denied a visa to visit the United States, according to Celtic News.

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To Tweet or Not To Tweet-That Is the Question

by Richard Brooks June 12, 2009 Twitter

Well, its official. “Twitter” has officially joined the English language as a verb, at least according to the Associated Press.

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Google Analytics gets Spanish Blog

by Richard Brooks June 11, 2009 Languages

Web giant Google have just launched a Spanish version of their analytics blog. The blog covers a range of Google measurement tools including Google Analytics, Website Optimizer, Insights for Search, AdPlanner and others. Both Googlers and Google Analytics Authorized Consultants (GAAC’s) who speak Spanish will use the blog to share basic tips and advanced web [...]

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If It’s All Greek to Us, What’s It To Them?

by Richard Brooks June 5, 2009 Languages

Almost everyone is familiar with the saying “it’s all Greek to me”. We use it to mean that something is utterly incomprehensible, whether it is a foreign language film without subtitles, the incoherent speech of a lunatic, or calculus. According to World Wide Words, the phrase probably comes from the Latin phrase “Graecum est; non [...]

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English is About to Get Its Millionth Word

by Richard Brooks June 1, 2009 Languages

The English language is about to hit a new milestone next month, according to this article on UPI.com. Paul JJ Payack is predicting that the millionth new English word will be coined on June 10, 2009 @ 10:22 am Shakespeare’s time. How can Payack, the president of the Global Language Monitor, tell when the millionth [...]

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