Russians Wary of Cyrillic Web Domains - NYTimes.com
december 2009 by rebekahheacock
"computer users are worried that Cyrillic domains will give rise to a hermetic Russian Web, a sort of cyberghetto, and that the push for Cyrillic amounts to a plot by the security services to restrict access to the Internet"
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december 2009 by rebekahheacock
Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World - NYTimes.com
august 2009 by rebekahheacock
"The Ilongots, for example, a people of the Philippines, name gorgeous wild orchids after human body parts. There bloom the thighs, there fingernails, yonder elbows and thumbs"
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august 2009 by rebekahheacock
Global Voices Project Lingua | View timeline
november 2008 by rebekahheacock
The history of Global Voices Lingua.
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november 2008 by rebekahheacock
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