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(Any ideas of <b>clever </b>ways of introducing Esperanto into the
mix? Note that Esperanto is mentioned in the notice below.
--RD)<br><br>
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Call for contributions: ***LANGUAGE***<br><br>
PLOTKI - the Central and Eastern European magazine is looking for<br>
rumours about LANGUAGE to be published in the upcoming edition of
its<br>
on-line magazine
<a href="http://www.plotki.net/" eudora="autourl">www.plotki.net</a> - we
welcome your original text,<br>
visual and multimedia contributions.<br><br>
LANGUAGE ISSUE CALL-OUT<br><br>
"Language may be for communication, but it's also for
revelry"<br><br>
Calling all language buffs, all non-language buffs, all buff
language<br>
buffs and all non-buff language buffs......<br><br>
to contribute to the online roumors of PLOTKI April issue ~
Language<br><br>
DEADLINE: March 20<br><br>
Seeking text as well as graphic and other media-based submissions<br>
revolving around the theme of language.<br><br>
NYELV*ЕЗИК*LIMBĂ*SPRACHE*GJUHË*JĘZYK<br><br>
Are Eastern European languages more difficult to learn than Western<br>
European languages or is it just a matter of perspective?<br>
Are Eastern European languages sexier?<br>
Is there a common thread? (Pan-slavs might wish to show some
restraint)<br>
If English is less widely spoken in Eastern Europe, how does it
affect<br>
the experience of travel throughout the region?<br>
How does communication through language differ in Eastern Europe
from<br>
that of other cultures? Is more expressed or less expressed through<br>
the same number of words used in, say, Belorussian, than in
Dutch?<br><br>
Language and cultural preeminence: Am I the only one who is bothered<br>
that Polish, Czech, etc are usually listed only after German and<br>
French on consumer packaging? Or that Austrian trains travelling to<br>
Hungary list notices in English, French and Spanish, but not
Magyar?<br><br>
Any other articles focusing on the history, culture, philosophy,<br>
psychology or literature of languages around the block (minority<br>
languages too! Think Yiddish, <b>Esperanto</b>, etc.) will be very
welcome<br>
for this issue.<br>
A special award will go to anyone who can use 10 Eastern European<br>
languages in one single poem or prose submission!<br><br>
Articles and abstracts are possibly very welcome in your own
language<br>
as well. Please get in touch.<br><br>
Thank you and please pass this on to potential submissive
submitters<br><br>
please write to: language_issue@plotki.net<br>
Justin Hyatt and Katarzyna Pabijanek<br>
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PLOTKI is a project from around the bloc<br>
PLOTKI encourages rumour hunting across Central and Eastern Europe<br>
PLOTKI is interested in original reports, interviews, stories,<br>
research, that cannot be found in other media<br>
And PLOTKI brings together writers, photographers and graphic
artists<br>
from Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe.<br><br>
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