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on 1/18/04 9:38 AM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote: > In today's Toronto Star, the book "Fading Away: Travels among > Threatened Languages" is reviewed: > > http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer? > pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1074339152012&call > _pageid=1011789353817&col=1011789353403 > > If you have trouble pulling up the link, it's at www.torontostar.com, > in the A&E (Arts & Entertainment) section, subsection Books. > > I haven't read the book. It's about the disappearance of languages in > the face of cultural and linguistic onslaught, usually by English but > sometimes by other languages. I like to imagine that a culture- > neutral language like Ceqli could help to prevent this. > ---larry > Nor have I. I like to imagine the same thing. I think Ceqli is positioned pretty well to claim as much culture-neutrality as is possible. -- Rex F. May (Baloo) Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/book-GesundheitDummy.htm