tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post1586921613767019899..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: Leiden conference on African languages and linguisticsLameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-59745769183697755842007-09-17T17:20:00.000+02:002007-09-17T17:20:00.000+02:00Kind regardsKind regardsRoberto Iza Valdéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697544282748323411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-14613674753036540672007-09-04T21:55:00.000+02:002007-09-04T21:55:00.000+02:00:)Actually, it was "folkloric kitsch, more suitabl...:)<BR/><BR/>Actually, it was "folkloric kitsch, more suitable for travel brochures and logos than daily use".Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-76504071590958917842007-09-01T23:47:00.000+02:002007-09-01T23:47:00.000+02:00What does the book reproduce? This priceless quote...What does the book reproduce? This priceless quote?<BR/><BR/><I>It just goes to show the sort of mess you get into if you have intellectuals attempting to plan scripts in accordance with broader philosophical fads; although in some ways it is rather appropriate that traditionalists (or indeed reactionaries), believers in 'progress' (aka the mentally colonized), and romantics (directly copying their ideology from European folk-nationalist movements of the 1800's) should all write different scripts, frankly they're unlikely enought [sic] to listen to each other already. Isn't it bad enough that the three sides normally write in different languages?</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com