Stories about Language from April, 2009
Egypt: Social Resistance Blog Available in Spanish
“News of the Egyptian social resistance is now available in Spanish and Catalan,” reports Arabawy, from Egypt.
Algeria: Botanists Vs Linguists
“Ever found yourself trying to sort out a plant name you've elicited, not knowing any botany worth mentioning? Well, it turns out the botanists are a step ahead of the linguists on the digital libraries game,” asks Algerian linguist Lameen Souag.
Japan: “Missile” or “Flying Object”?
“Missile” or “flying object”? Yasuharu Dando has put together a page with screenshots of how the major Japanese newspapers have reported whatever it was that North Korea launched over Japan to accompany his blog post on the topic of wording for headlines. The page is temporary and will be taken...
Hong Kong and the Philippines: The War at Home
Chan Hau-man re-posts Chip Tsao's controversial article “The War at Home” at inmediahk.net and invited readers to judge the article. Her opinion is that the article was a satire.
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Focus on Obama
Jamaican diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp posts another poem for Barack Obama, while in Trinidad and Tobago, Media Watch applauds the BBC‘s coverage of Obama's arrival for the G20 Summit and says that local media should take a cue from its foreign counterparts to improve their coverage of the upcoming Summit...
