[meteorite-list] Meteorite in World Languages seeking help withanother 168 languages

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Sat Dec 1 11:49:20 EST 2007


Okay, you've got 67. But you're only looking for another 168? Come on,
there are six or seven thousand languages currently spoken. How serious
are you? <g>

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Joel Schiff"
<jschiff at ihug.co.nz>; "Larry Lebofsky" <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:36 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite in World Languages seeking help
withanother 168 languages



> Dear List,

> As I posted earlier, there are 67 languages with

> "meteorite" entries currently. This is the first time

> in history that such a list has been compiled and will

> be useful to researchers, field researchers,

> linguists, writers, meteorite hunters and collectors,

> and those searching for more information in foreign

> literature about meteorites.

> I have added a list of 168 languages near the bottom

> of the page that no terms have been found.

> If anyone wishes to take their time and help search

> I would appreciate it. Our meteorite community has

> people worlwide so I am sure that some of you can

> check on things easily.

> It is a good opportunity to learn some new words

> yourself, new languages and learn how to search

> documents, the Internet and Libraries. Winters are

> cold and more time to sit around a warm fire and

> learn.

>

> http://meteoritesjapan.com/metdict.aspx

>

>

> If you are willing to help please contact me and I

> will answer any questions. Thank you for your time

> and help. I will credit all submissions once they are

> confirmed.

>

> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo




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