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Mandarin

Producing the Initial ‘Ng’ /Å‹/ in Asian Languages

September 13, 2010

Next to getting the tones right, the initial ‘Ng’ sound that is found in so many Asian languages proves to be one of the major pronunciation issues for non-Asian learners of ‘initial ng’ languages.The languages that have an initial NG sound include: Thai Lao Cantonese and other Chinese Languages / Dialects (especially southern dialects) Bahasa [...]

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Language – Weapon of Choice for Propaganda and Disinformation

August 18, 2010

Has language ever revealed things to you that you wish everyone else knew? The first casualty in any war is the truth. From a glimpse of the headlines in my news-feeds today, it looks like the veritas body-count is sky high. Sifting through the propaganda in the aftermath of 9/11 Just after 9/11, I can [...]

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Those iPhone Developers Might be the Funkiest, Schwaginist Geeks in Cupertino, but they Sure Ain’t No Linguists!

January 11, 2009

Dear gods of the cyberverse, please direct this blog-entry through the right routers,feed aggregators, RSS readers … anything it takes so that those great apple developers in the sky can start to get a taste of the multilingual HUMAN world outside of that apparently monoglot paradise of Cupertino. I’ve had my iPhone for almost a [...]

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Polyglot Stuart Jay Raj “Language Secrets From a Linguistic Junkie" Multilingual Video Post Episode 1 (2 Parts)

September 30, 2008

Episode 1 Part 1 Part 2 About a week ago, I was fortunate to have been invited to attend a Second Language Acquisition seminar by Language Acquisition guru Dr. Stephen Krashen (http://www.sdkrashen.com) , hosted by the Concordian International School here in Bangkok. Stephen was a real inspiration and after speaking with him that day, I [...]

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