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>From: [log in to unmask] (Luke Desforges)
>Subject: Other languages OTROS IDIOMAS
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>I agree with Irene that it is a bit daft to label geographers (and indeed
people more generally) as elitist if they communicate through other
langauges and take part in other language (and dialect) worlds. Whilst my
own experiences of doing geography through other languages are limited to
brief forays, there are actually a considerable number of geographers who do
use knowledge gained from reading and talking in other languages apart from
english. Indeed in our department here at Aberystwyth we have students,
lecturers and researchers all working through another British language.
Moreover, my own experiences in Wales and Andean Peru, where bilingualism is
a norm, remind me of an often quoted 'fact' that the majority of people in
the world speak more than one language.
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>Estoy de acuerdo con Irene que es un poco tonto de tachar a geografos (y la
gente en general) como elististos is comunican en otros idiomas y viven en
otros mundos linguisticos (y dialectos). Mi propria experiencia de la
geografia en otros idiomas es limitada a unas pocas incursiones, pero en
realidad son bastante los geografos quienes leer y hablar en idiomas aparte
del ingles. En nuestro departmento aqui en Aberystwyth tenemos estudiantes,
profesores y investigadores todos trabajandos en un otro idioma britanico.
Ademas, mi propria experiencia en el pais de gales y en el peru andiano,
donde se encuentra el bilinguisimo (??) como norma, me recuerda un 'hecho'
mucho repetido: que la meyoria de la gente del mundo habla mas que un idioma.
>
>Le ruego me disculpe mis errores linguisticos (espero que no este en la
categoria 'tonta')
>(I now know what Irene means about time and dictionaries).
>
Luke
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