2024-08-29

Language play in 7 spaces - banned vanity license plates in Michigan

Under a FOIA (Freedom of Information request) by the Detroit Free Press, the currently banned combinations of letters, numbers, and spaces that have been requested on personal (vanity) license plates is appended to their news article, "Michigan has banned more than 26,000 vehicle license plates" and this discussion shows the many ways language can be played with to evade the 25 reviewers watching for disrespect and other verbal abuses on public motorways. Such things are the natural field of study by linguistic anthropologists.

2024-08-11

children. summer documentary (FREE) viewing

Presented by D.E.R. (Documentary Education Resource.org)
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DER's Watch from Home returns this summer with an exciting new program: Children's Stories: Kids at Work & Play Around the World.
 
We invite you to explore a series of short films and clips that celebrate the diversity of children's experiences. The program features captivating stories about children from around the world as well as several enchanting short films which are sure to delight and inform young audiences, and evoke the child within all of us. In this collection, you can listen to a lullaby from the South Pacific, meet a yo-yo master, encounter unlikely friends in Argentina, and more. You'll be enthralled by the heartfelt stories and enchanting perspectives of children from different corners of the world.
 
All films are available until September 1st. Join us on this unique cinematic journey!
  
Get Your Tickets to Watch for Free:
 
Register to Watch<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/watch-from-home-childrens-stories-kids-at-work-play-around-the-world-tickets-950013705567>

2024-08-05

putting Ojibwe into Star Wars, thanks to LucasFilms

Overview article of the project of translating and then dubbing,