Christine's video is part of the Wikitongues project. You can find out more about Wikitongues here.
* though of course he wouldn't have said it in English.
Joan Lennon's website.
Joan Lennon's blog.
Walking Mountain.
Sunday, 20 January 2019
Multilingualism and Mother Tongues - Joan Lennon
Charlemagne is reported to have said, "To have another language is to possess a second soul."* I'd like to share Christine De Lucca's video about the place of Shetlandic in her life and writing, as a child and as an adult.
Christine's video is part of the Wikitongues project. You can find out more about Wikitongues here.
* though of course he wouldn't have said it in English.
Joan Lennon's website.
Joan Lennon's blog.
Walking Mountain.
Christine's video is part of the Wikitongues project. You can find out more about Wikitongues here.
* though of course he wouldn't have said it in English.
Joan Lennon's website.
Joan Lennon's blog.
Walking Mountain.
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4 comments:
Delightful!!!
Fascinating - especially because I had to introduce the terms "makkin belt", "steek" and "peerie" to a group of knitters last week! ("knitting belt", "opening" and "small")
Thanks Penny and Catdownunder - I was utterly seduced by the beauty of her voice, let alone the interesting things she was saying!
Absolutely, Joan - lovely!
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