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Happy birthday, UAE!
The United Arab Emirates are celebrating their 39th national day this month. Trucial Oman, as it was then known, became independent from their semi-colonial relationship with Britain in December 1971 and the country has since experienced some dramatic changes: its … Continue reading
نام های تجاریِ نویسه گردان
Persian version of my blog post about transliterated brand names Translated by Setareh Felfelian (ستاره فلفلیان) به تازگى به يك پايان نامه ی کارشناسی ارشدِ نوشته شده در دانشگاهِ آفريقاى جنوبى در سال ٢٠٠٦ که درباره ی تبليغاتِ مربوط به … Continue reading
Posted in Language & consumerism, فارسی
Tagged Abu Dhabi, advertising, Arabic, brand names, English, English as a Global Language, English in the Middle East, globalization, globalization of nothing, Iran, Monolingualism, Multilingualism, Persian, transliteration, انگلیسی, تک زبانی, نام های تجاری, نویسه گردانی, چند زبانی
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Multilingualism 2.0
The social networking market research site Inside Facebook has some intriguing language stats. In July, the fastest-growing languages on Facebook were Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and French. The Portuguese growth rate was a staggering 11.8%. Arabic grew by 9.2%, Spanish by … Continue reading
Banal multilingualism
As someone who is concerned about Australia’s monolingual mindset and the damage it does to individuals and our society as a whole, I probably should have been pleased to discover this souvenir apron and stove gloves in a Sydney dollar … Continue reading
Toiletology
Installment #4 in the mini-series on multilingual signage Toilets as an object of sociolinguistic research?! Not likely?! Think again! Today, I am going to discuss toilet signage as an indicator of how inclusive a society is. Types of toilets and … Continue reading
