Comments on: Blogs http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / ét sprog er aldrig nok Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Steve Dow http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-53378 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:33:06 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-53378 Polly - having taught in Prague for a year, I can concur with jdotjdot89 about the T-shirts. They are mostly worn by groups of Brits on 'stag-dos' rather than by the local population. With regards to their language, because the people are so used to having either oppressing, or simply economically stronger neighbours, their 'learning culture' involves becoming proficient at at least one other language. Interestingly, I found that the older generation spoke Russian, the middle-aged folk spoke German, and the younger spoke English! Either way, I would agree with jdotjdot89 in not using that name for a blog - too cheesy! Polly - having taught in Prague for a year, I can concur with jdotjdot89 about the T-shirts. They are mostly worn by groups of Brits on ’stag-dos’ rather than by the local population.

With regards to their language, because the people are so used to having either oppressing, or simply economically stronger neighbours, their ‘learning culture’ involves becoming proficient at at least one other language. Interestingly, I found that the older generation spoke Russian, the middle-aged folk spoke German, and the younger spoke English!

Either way, I would agree with jdotjdot89 in not using that name for a blog - too cheesy!

]]> by: Simon http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51980 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:42:54 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51980 Thanks for your suggestions. I'm kind of inclined towards starting a new blog that'll be entirely in Welsh, the language I most want to practise, and to keep this blog mainly in English, with occasional bits in other languages. Josh - I did get your email. Thanks for your suggestions. I’m kind of inclined towards starting a new blog that’ll be entirely in Welsh, the language I most want to practise, and to keep this blog mainly in English, with occasional bits in other languages.

Josh - I did get your email.

]]> by: Polly http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51968 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:23:31 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51968 @Simon, why don't you just put your non-English writing here? I know this contradicts what I said earlier, but I've noticed on the forum that people (like me) will even try to decipher sentences in languages they've never studied. You can even include an Enlglish translation with each post...if you are so inclined. @jdotjdot89 Please don’t call a Czech blog “Czech This Out.” Far, far too cliche. They have shirts all over the Czech Republic that say that. LMAO! They do??? I wouldn't have thought they'd know enough English in E. Europe to come up with that. That's hilarious! @Simon, why don’t you just put your non-English writing here? I know this contradicts what I said earlier, but I’ve noticed on the forum that people (like me) will even try to decipher sentences in languages they’ve never studied. You can even include an Enlglish translation with each post…if you are so inclined.

@jdotjdot89 Please don’t call a Czech blog “Czech This Out.” Far, far too cliche. They have shirts all over the Czech Republic that say that.

LMAO! They do??? I wouldn’t have thought they’d know enough English in E. Europe to come up with that. That’s hilarious!

]]> by: Colm http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51964 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:04:54 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51964 I would suggest having just one blog and each time you want to practice a specific language you could post in that language. I don't see the advantage of having a blog for every language. Unless of course you are MAD about one language and will write in it a lot and it would overshadow the other languages. So have a blog for one language and another blog for the rest seems fine but I imagine it would be a headache to have a specific blog for each language. Afterall you do pretty well with segmenting this blog into catagories as it is. I would suggest having just one blog and each time you want to practice a specific language you could post in that language. I don’t see the advantage of having a blog for every language. Unless of course you are MAD about one language and will write in it a lot and it would overshadow the other languages. So have a blog for one language and another blog for the rest seems fine but I imagine it would be a headache to have a specific blog for each language.

Afterall you do pretty well with segmenting this blog into catagories as it is.

]]> by: Rhys http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51927 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:04:59 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51927 You could have blog posts in different languages in one blog, and use 'categories' for each language (basically as you do now). As you use WordPress, people who read your blog via newsreaders can subscribe to the feed of a particular category. (Nic already does this <a href="http://morfablog.com/archif/2007/05/15/wps-dim-ffrydiau-categoriau/" rel="nofollow">to specify which posts are also available in English</a> on his blog which is otherwise all in Welsh.) Another advantage of this, is that you could request that your feeds to Welsh posts appear on <i>y <a href="http://www.blogiadur.com/hafan/" rel="nofollow">Blogiadur</a></i> For those visitors who don't use newsreaders and prefer just having a link in a blogroll from their own blogs, they can just put a link to a particular language category, rather than to the blog itself. You could have blog posts in different languages in one blog, and use ‘categories’ for each language (basically as you do now).

As you use WordPress, people who read your blog via newsreaders can subscribe to the feed of a particular category. (Nic already does this to specify which posts are also available in English on his blog which is otherwise all in Welsh.)

Another advantage of this, is that you could request that your feeds to Welsh posts appear on y Blogiadur

For those visitors who don’t use newsreaders and prefer just having a link in a blogroll from their own blogs, they can just put a link to a particular language category, rather than to the blog itself.

]]> by: TJ http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51924 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:50:35 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51924 Just remember not to spread yourself toooo thin by doing that! :) you might have lot of things to take care of and no time at all! Just remember not to spread yourself toooo thin by doing that! :)

you might have lot of things to take care of and no time at all!

]]> by: jdotjdot89 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51909 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:45:26 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51909 Please don't call a Czech blog "Czech This Out." Far, far too cliche. They have shirts all over the Czech Republic that say that. Please don’t call a Czech blog “Czech This Out.” Far, far too cliche. They have shirts all over the Czech Republic that say that.

]]> by: Polly http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51839 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:45:19 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51839 Yeah, I'd have to agree that readers probably will just find the "non-interesting" languages distracting. Of course, if readers are of secondary (or no) concern then put it all in one place. But, I think you may get some benefit from seeing your ideas and thought processes follow through in one language from post to new post. Suggested names: Mandarin Machinations, Mandarin Musings Czech This Out! Welsh Wishes, Whiling the hours away with Welsh Japanese Junkie French Fantasies (sure to bring in plenty of net traffic ;) ) Manx Mania Turkish Delight, Let's Talk Turkey (American expression), Turktalk, Turktext Idle Irish Scott Free, Scotland Yarns, Literary Scones for Scotts. Language of Arabia, Articles of Arabic Polish Posts Polished Polish Portuguese in Motion Russian Ruminations Russian Nights (on second thought...) Russian Reveries Language for all Seasons Yeah, I’d have to agree that readers probably will just find the “non-interesting” languages distracting. Of course, if readers are of secondary (or no) concern then put it all in one place. But, I think you may get some benefit from seeing your ideas and thought processes follow through in one language from post to new post.

Suggested names:

Mandarin Machinations,
Mandarin Musings

Czech This Out!

Welsh Wishes,
Whiling the hours away with Welsh

Japanese Junkie

French Fantasies (sure to bring in plenty of net traffic ;) )

Manx Mania

Turkish Delight,
Let’s Talk Turkey (American expression),
Turktalk,
Turktext

Idle Irish

Scott Free,
Scotland Yarns,
Literary Scones for Scotts.

Language of Arabia,
Articles of Arabic

Polish Posts
Polished Polish

Portuguese in Motion

Russian Ruminations
Russian Nights (on second thought…)
Russian Reveries

Language for all Seasons

]]> by: Josh http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51836 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:55:16 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/06/20/blogs/#comment-51836 I think making separate blogs for each language you want to practice would be a good idea. I think that would make things a bit better for your readers. While someone might want to read your Welsh writing, that doesn't necessarily mean they'd want to read your Chinese writing, for example. At least from my point of view, I'd probably not read a blog that had all sorts of different languages going on (unless it just so happened to be German and Russian, the two languages I'm currently studying :) ). By the way, did you get my email about the new Welsh newspaper that's launching in '08? I think making separate blogs for each language you want to practice would be a good idea. I think that would make things a bit better for your readers. While someone might want to read your Welsh writing, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’d want to read your Chinese writing, for example. At least from my point of view, I’d probably not read a blog that had all sorts of different languages going on (unless it just so happened to be German and Russian, the two languages I’m currently studying :) ).

By the way, did you get my email about the new Welsh newspaper that’s launching in ‘08?

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