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Stories about Language from August, 2007

31 August 2007

Ukraine: Crimea

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

On the last day of summer, here's a translation of LJ user drugoi's photo report on his trip to Crimea, one of the favorite summer tourism destinations in the Soviet...

30 August 2007

Russia: “Anti-Akhmatova”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

28 August 2007

Signs are an important means to get first-hand information or advertise messages necessary for everyday life. But what happens when the signs are misleading and don't serve the purpose they...

27 August 2007

Jamaica: Bilingual?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

24 August 2007

Trinidad & Tobago: Costly Mistake

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bermuda: Responsible Headlines

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

22 August 2007

Estonia: Russia

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

21 August 2007

Russia: Speaking Russian Properly

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

20 August 2007

Albania: Poetic Grammar

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

China: New Web Vocabularies

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Israel: Firefox and Israeli Blogs

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

17 August 2007

Estonia: Gay Pride in Tallinn

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

16 August 2007

Jamaica: Bridges to Memory

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

15 August 2007

Russia: St. Pete Pics; A. Kostia's Short Story

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Korea: National Hero or Terrorist

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘terrorists’? The word is at the center of a controversy over a lecture given on Korean modern history by a foreign...

14 August 2007

Syria: US Afraid of Arabic

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

12 August 2007

Bahrain: Top Tips for Secret Smokers!

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Children are the future, right? Some bloggers in Bahrain are not too optimistic. We find others who are fed up of religious leaders, are enjoying watching people, and are smoking...