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First Americans

FRG4

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3. I hope she keeps her language alive.

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:17 AM

Mar 2012

The teacher can go suck a lemon.

I have a fascination with the Native American languages, and languages in general. Native American languages really do make you think in a whole different way because the grammar is completely different from anything you learn in school. In my travels I was lucky enough to meet one of the last native speakers of the Abenaki language before he passed away around 2000.

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Catholic diocese sorry after punishing girl for speaking native languange [View all] MichaelMcGuire Mar 2012 OP

For Julie Gurta one Polish word-DUPA! n/t TexasProgresive Mar 2012 #1

haha good one! glinda Apr 2012 #4

Where did that teacher come from? KT2000 Mar 2012 #2

I hope she keeps her language alive. FRG4 Mar 2012 #3

Mark my words. The Church will look at this as an opportunity to glinda Apr 2012 #5