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Language · November, 2009
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Stories about Language from November, 2009

26 November 2009

St. Lucia, U.S.A.: New Book of Poetry

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

25 November 2009

China: Chinese is the most difficult language

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

23 November 2009

Japanese concepts through images and videos

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

20 November 2009

Russia: 6,5 percent of all Web sites are Russian

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

18 November 2009

Africa: Google sponsors Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

17 November 2009

Taiwan: Introducing Best English Blogs

Written by Portnoy Zheng · Quick Reads · East Asia

Japan: Top 60 Expressions of 2009

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Guyana: Autobiographical

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Hungary: More on Imre Kertész's Interview

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

16 November 2009

Japan: “Obamu”, Verb Form of “Obama”?

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Japan: In a World with Automatic Translation

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

In a post titled "I especially want to read 'trivial information", Japanese blogger Chikirin gives a fresh perspective on what's important or not and why in automated translation of the...

Finland: The Language Issue

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Western Europe

U.S., Europe: Immigrant Writing; Diaspora Mentality

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

11 November 2009

Guyana: Must Get Mosquito

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

10 November 2009

South Africa: South African national anthem for English speakers

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Hungary: Comments on the Interview with Imre Kertész

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has inspired Hungarian bloggers, too: they are discussing an interview with Imre Kertész, a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian author living in Berlin,...

6 November 2009

Caribbean: French Literary Prizes

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Albania: Giving Directions

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

5 November 2009

Kenya: Are you Chikuyu or Ruo?

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

3 November 2009

Russia: Snow and the Language

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