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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thought this might be of interest –
sorry for short notice!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Nicholas Ostler [mailto:nicholas.ostler@googlemail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 29 Ionawr 2008 12:46<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FEL Info: upcoming
discussion on endangered languages 29i08</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear All<br>
<br>
You may be interested to know that there will be a discussion at 3 pm today
(GMT) an BBC Radio5 LIve, which besides myself will feature Davyth Hicks of
Eurolang (<a href="http://www.eurolang.net/">http://www.eurolang.net/</a>), and
Michael Fry (<a
href="http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michael_fry/profile.html">http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michael_fry/profile.html</a>)<br>
It looks like the programme will be strong on the Celtic side of things, though
it was actually inspired by the recent elegiac news stories on Eyak (in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State>), e.g.<br>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2247922,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2247922,00.html</a><br>
and Dura (in the Hiimalayas)<br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7189898.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7189898.stm</a><br>
<br>
Details of podcast, interaction etc. can be found at <br>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml</a><br>
Here's the BBC preview of what's in store:<br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Simon</font></b></strong> and guests
discuss whether we should be trying to preserve all languages, or is it a
natural progression in our evolution that some of them die out? Should we be putting
energy and money in to the languages that are flourishing and developing rather
than trying to keep alive those that are diminishing?<br>
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<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <br>
Nicholas Ostler <br>
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Chairman, Foundation for Endangered Languages<br>
Registered Charity: <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region> 1070616<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>172 Bailbrook Lane, <st1:City
w:st="on">Bath</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">BA1 7AA</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><br>
<a href="mailto:nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk">nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ogmios.org">http://www.ogmios.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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