Re: Green Ribbon Language Creation Campaign
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 2, 2001, 1:51 |
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:45:30 -0400, "Karapcik, Mike"
<Karapcik@...> wrote:
> Very nice idea.
> I would like to point out, though, that since early this year
>various organ donor awareness groups have also been using the green ribbon
>as a symbol for their cause. While I don't think there would be a conflict,
>there might be a bit of confusion on both sides.
Well, there really are only a few colors available, and I'm sure just about
any color ribbon already means something. But it'd be trivial for me to
re-hue a ribbon once I get one drawn.
> Also, does it have to be just for conlangs? Why not "Learn a dying
>language"? (Or something that sounds far less depressing.) I'm studying my
>7th language, so I'm all for the preservation of languages. It will ensure I
>have something to learn when I retire! ;-)
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> Anyway, I have a little green ribbon pin at home I'll have to dig up
>now....
How about "... learn Language X" (name of some real endangered language) or
"... revive Language Y" (name of some real language thought to be extinct)?
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