http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/978/the-linguistic-enviornment/ Serpentine Percipience Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/978/the-linguistic-enviornment/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 Baron Tornakalns Sat, 16 May 2009 13:26:14 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/978/the-linguistic-enviornment/#comment-2371 I liked the fact that at the Baltic Pride event, both sides switched their chants to English every now and again just to make it clear that there was no misunderstanding. I liked the fact that at the Baltic Pride event, both sides switched their chants to English every now and again just to make it clear that there was no misunderstanding.

]]> http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/978/the-linguistic-enviornment/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Giustino Fri, 15 May 2009 09:34:58 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/978/the-linguistic-enviornment/#comment-2366 I was watching ETV two nights ago and they were interviewing teenagers in Paldiski, which is home to about 4,000, more than half of whom speak Russian as a native language. And the kids had names like Aleksei and Andrei and Valeri, but they all spoke Estonian like native speakers, like they were from somewhere in the countryside. It was truly an odd moment. I was watching ETV two nights ago and they were interviewing teenagers in Paldiski, which is home to about 4,000, more than half of whom speak Russian as a native language. And the kids had names like Aleksei and Andrei and Valeri, but they all spoke Estonian like native speakers, like they were from somewhere in the countryside. It was truly an odd moment.

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