Posted on Oct 7th, 2007
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Nathan
The Kalahari Bushman tribes have four different clicks that they use as consonants. Other South African tribes employ clicks to lesser degrees. The first consonant in the name of Nelson Mandela's tribe, the Xhosa, is... More »
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Posted on Sep 19th, 2007
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Nathan
About nine years ago in Ann Arbor there was a young Turkish guy in one of my classes. He was about the worst one in there. He had a great attitude. Every time he spoke... More »
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Posted on Mar 14th, 2007
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Nathan
slowly these foreign words dance, slowly, like mantises, like clouds, like noh dancers, i nod my head slowly to their quiet music. i hitchhike along the words. do the words know who we are? slowly... More »
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