Showing posts with label linguistic crimes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linguistic crimes. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A NEW SCANDINAVIAN SECTION: THE DECALINGUAL BLOG

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Dear Readers, we can now read ourselves in Swesdish!!! (We knew that´s what you were waiting for, so that´s why we have just opened the new Scandinavian Section.

It´s true we are on holidays, but we have decided ourselves after having a glance at the happy results in the reading averages of the different blogsite editions. That´s why we have proceded to give way to some new innovations we were preparing for September: the new decalingual version and the new scandinavian section.

We have to admit that some versions of the blogsite (the german,the italian, the polish ones) have only get a few posts (barely five each) and that the load of entries belongs mainly to the Spanish version ( 167 articles) followed by the french, english and polish ones (33, 57 y 39 entries each) but the truth is that having a look at the visit maps of each of the sections is really encouraging. We are even read in Russia in Russian!! And even in Beijing though we are calling for a boycottt of the Games!!

Furthermore, we have chosen to grow bigger in concentrical circles (the Spanish version will always be the core of it, being surrounder by the ever-expanding English, French and Portuguese ones, and then the other "periferial" languages will come)

And finally, a very special noveauté I´m specially proud of: the new section in Catalonian. It´s difficult for me to express the pleasure and joy it amounts to me. I´m not a good Catalonian-speaker (in fact I´m an awful one) but Catalonian is a language deeply connected to my childhood and my holidays, Catalonia is sort of a second language for me, and in a time where things are so tight in Spain in the nationalistic-linguistic conflicts it´s a pleasure for me to use both Catalonian and Castillian (the so-called Spanish, but both are Spanish languages).

Lets leave the hatred, the intolerance and the incomprehension to those who want it. At this blogsite what we want is to see, learn and even mistake, but love. And languages is what we love here. Even when we don´t write well.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

SLAVIC SECTION INAUGURATED: THE OCTOLINGUAL BLOG

OFFICIALLY OPEN THE SLAVIC SECION:
THE OCTOLINGUAL BLOG SITE

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After verifying that yesterday we had readers in Moscow of our slavic version (unofficially and silently opened yesterday) even with the endless problems we are coming across with the slavic alphabet (I haven´t been able to set it up yet, what makes me type every single lettler by copy and paste, with a nightmare), we have decidaded to officially open the almost-last innovation within this blog site: the Octolingual Blog.

We recently told you that the "Sexylingual" (Hexalingual) blogsite wouldn´t stop there, being hexalingual, and althugh we are keeping officialy that name, Sexylingual, we have decided to set feet upon the slavic world. So far, we will "only" open two new versions: the russian and the polish ones, although for a while the strengh and heart of this blogsite will remain within the tetralingual version, and, within it, in the Spanish section (we are expanding on circles).

We hope the new expansion to bring surpises, in fact, we cannot think of anything more "bizarro" than a slav (not to mention one from Siberia). They gather all the ethimological requirements to be considered "bizarros" (which goes far beyond the English meanings for "bizarre", it comprises the meaning in four different languages): courage, weirdnesss, originality, generosity, lucidity and excentricity, much, much excentricity. What would a "bikarra" think of that"? Would he feel especially identified with the Slavs?. In the need of elucidating this concept, we urge the Lehendakari to organize a series of conferences througthout the Slavic world, invating us at full and luxurious expenses, all included.

In the meantime, and until the Spanish Vasque Executive takes any measure about that, we will keep investigating. Viva the Slavic Vicarra!!!