Jul15
On July 15, 1799, The Rosetta Stone was discovered in Rosetta, a village in Egypt. The Rosetta Stone is of great importance being the first ancient bilingual writing found, leading to great advancement in the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. On the stone is an inscription in Ancient Greet, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and demotic script.
Learn more about the Rosetta Stone at: Biblical Archaeology & Beyond Presents The Rosetta Stone.
Feb21
February 21, 2010 is International Mother Language Day celebrating linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It is an annual day that was proclaimed by the UN in 1999, because “languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage”.
Raising Multilingual Children – Advantages & Disadvantages
Nov7
I bet Betty Botter is baking her buns off and Peter Piper is picking some pickled peppers, because today is International Tongue Twister Day!
So, start calculating exactly how much wood a woodchuck would chuck with this lens by quippingqueen: Amusing Alliteration.
