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Kaioshin Blue Octorok Level: 10  Posts: 5/45 EXP: 3473 For next: 941 Since: 06-23-05 From: Slovenia Since last post: 94 days Last activity: 57 days |
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| I had to pick up a book at the local bookstore today, but I had to wait a few minutes so that the overly-nice storekeeper went to the back and found it. While browsing their selection of books, I came to a discovery. Most of (85%+) of the books were either English or German. While this may not seem weird to most of you, the thing is that Slovene books are becoming rarer and rared. What's up with this? Are small languages dying? This bookstore is part of a major Slovene bookstore chain, but if you go to a smaller, privately owned bookstore, Slovene books prevail. I'm amazed, really. Everyone is complaining that the language is underrated, yet this is happening. What do they expect? :/ How much foreign literature can be found in your local bookstore (assuming you've ever been there)? |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 4263/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| In Canada it is hella easy to buy books in other languages, assuming you know where to go. I have (FINALLY!) got a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and a copy of Water Margin. Of course, they're in traditional Chinese. Which is great, because I'm learning that language (still!). I have the Holy Bible in Latin. I have a copy in what is now called "Ancient Greek". Although, I must be honest, modern Greek is ugly. Ancient Greek is a gorgeous and musical language. I have a few books in French, as it is the second official language and I have a few really old family documents in Ukrainian, but be damned if you can find Cyrillic language books in Canada. I swear, you can find books written in hieroglyphs, but the minute you try to find any Cyrillic scripts like Russian or Ukrainian you're shit out of luck. But yes, Kaioshin, beyond the devoted few, most languages are dying. But at least in Europe the languages are dying at a VERY slow rate...very slow. The languages most at risk for extinction are the aboriginal languages that were suppressed by conquering cultures. Prime examples are the native languages of North, Central and South America. |
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