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

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 09:49:20 -0700
Message-ID: <052001c8343a$25d2ab10$0a01a8c0_at_bellatrix>

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
Received on Sat 01 Dec 2007 11:49:20 AM PST