Eurobubba
There’s the Big Deadline (emphasis on “dead”). But now that I’ve booked my flight for a five-month stay in Europe to open the Prague office later this year, there’s also the less ominous but hopefully much closer Little Deadline to get Swift Passage up and running smoothly again. I’m determined to get it right this time and want to think everything through carefully before I get too caught up in day-to-day client engagements. But the ticking is getting louder by the day.
Holding Coffee Shop Office Hours at Merit Coffee in the Triangle today. Come by andd say hello if you’re nearby!
Incidentally, I’ll be moving Coffee Office Hours to Tuesdays starting ring next week.
It’s not just the diversity of languages themselves, but also that of the writing systems that express and preserve them, that is endangered around the world. Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, estimates that some 85% of the world’s scripts are close to extinction. To encourage the study of written language within the discipline of linguistics and to support indigenous communities struggling to revitalize their unique writing systems, Brookes and the Endangered Alphabets Projects are organizing a free online event for World Endangered Writing Day on January 23, 2024. MultiLingual Magazine has more details and a registration link.
This is a remarkable sentence: “In the wilds of Rajasthan a naked army of shaven-headed Hindu sadhus was rumoured to be marching on Delhi, led by an old sorceress.”
Holding Thursdays Coffee Office Hours at Genuine Joe as usual. Drop by and say howdy if you’re in the neighborhood!
