Parrot Time Magazine

The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #8 March / April 2014
Credits

Letter From the Editor
Writer: Erik Zidowecki
Images:
Petey: People Around World
Speaking with Aliens
Writer: Erik Zidowecki
Images:
Petey: Tardis
Sources:
• "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Douglas Adams; London 1979
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Celebrations - Esala Perahera
Writer: Sonja Krüger
Images:
Bodhitha: Elephants at the Esala Perahera in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Bill Littman / StretchyBill: Fire dancers performing in the street (title)
Daniel Liabeuf: Decorated elephants
Simon Frost: Buddha Statue, Temple of the Tooth Relic
Milei.vencel: Buddhist stupa in Sri Lanka
Petey: Sacred procession in Kandy
Sources:
• "Esala Perahera" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esala_Perahera>
• "Kandy Perahera - Esala Perahera in Sri Lanka." Lakpura Travels <http://www.lanka.com/sri-lanka/kandy-esala-perahera-129.html>
• "Esala Perahera" Fact Monster <http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0934571.html>
• "Kandy Esala Perahera" The Association of Consuls in Sri Lanka <http://www.consulsrilanka.com/kandy-perahera/>
Language Conflicts: Bokmål vs. Nynorsk
Writer: Erik Zidowecki
Images:
Zakuragi: map of the official language forms of Norwegian
noregsmallag: Landsmøtet var i Teatersalen til Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo.
Petey: Water pier (title); Troll; Houses on water
Sources:
• "Norwegian language" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language>
• "Nynorsk vs. Bokmål: agreeing to disagree" M. Michael Brady. <http://theforeigner.no/pages/columns/nynorsk-vs-bokml-agreeing-to-disagree/>
• "BOKMÅL vs NYNORSK" Skjold Lodge - Sons of Norway <http://www.skjoldlodge.com/dyk_archives/bokmal_nynorsk.htm>
• "Norwegian" By Irene Thompson, updated 2013 by Scott Coble <http://aboutworldlanguages.com/norwegian>
At The Cinema - Pane e Tulipani - Bread and Tulips
Writer: Erik Zidowecki
Sources:
• "Bread and Tulips" Internet Movie Database <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237539/>
• "Bread and Tulips" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Tulips>
All images are copyright Istituto Luce, Rai Cinemafiction, Amka Films Productions, Monogatari, Televisione Svizzera Italiana (TSI)
Revisited - Words Which Have Changed Their Meaning
Writer: Elizabeth O'Neill
Images:
jppi: Dictionary (title)
Seemann: Reed house
GDuwen: Knave of bastos of the Spanish Deck
quil: Small stool
missmeganbunny: Ghost decoration
jdurham: Hawk quills
Muzzlesf: Man with handkerchiefs
Ji-Elle: Treacle (Sri Lanka)
mensatic: Clerk at desk
Sources:
• "Words Which Have Changed Their Meaning" Stories That Words Tell Us Elizabeth O'Neill, M.A. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd. 35 Paternoster Row, E.C. And Edinburgh 1918
Languages in Peril - Keeping Up With The Kartvelians
Writer: Lucille Martin
Images:
deguonis: Mestia (title)
ArnoldPlaton: Distribution of the Kartvelian languages
Kolkhianboy: A laz newspaper
Petey: Svan people from the Latali community; Mingrelian wedding party. Engraved by Y. Pranishnikoff. Published in 1884; Laz people in 1900s
Sources:
• "Kartvelian languages" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartvelian_languages>
• "Svan language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svan_language>
• "Svan" Languages in Danger <http://languagesindanger.eu/book-of-knowledge/list-of-languages/svan/>
• "Svan people" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svan_people>
• "SVANS" Svaneti Trekking <http://www.svanetitrekking.ge/eng/mtielebi.htm>
• "Svans - History and Cultural Relations" Every Culture <http://www.everyculture.com/Russia-Eurasia-China/Svans-History-and-Cultural-Relations.html>
• "Mingrelian language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingrelian_language>
• "Mingrelians" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingrelians>
• "Mingrelians - Orientation" <http://www.everyculture.com/Russia-Eurasia-China/Mingrelians-Orientation.html>
• "Laz language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz_language>
• "Laz people" Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laz_people>
Where Are You?
Writer: Sonja Krüger
Images:
Sekhar300: Shore Temple
Sections - Reviews
Writer: Erik Zidowecki
Word on the Streets - Indonesian Innovators
Writer: Sofia Ozols
Images:
Petey: Great Mosque of Yogyakarta; Navis; Wijaya; Alisjahbana
Sources:
• "Ali Akbar Navis" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Navis>
• "A.A. Navis" Dari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas <http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.A._Navis>
• "Biografi A.A. NAVIS" shvoong.com <http://id.shvoong.com/books/biography/2118445-biografi-navis/>
• "Haji Ali Akbar Navis" <http://www.tamanismailmarzuki.com/tokoh/navis.html>
• "Putu Wijaya" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putu_Wijaya>
• "Putu WijayaZ" Dari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas <http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putu_Wijaya>
• "Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutan_Takdir_Alisjahbana>
• "Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana" Dari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas <http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutan_Takdir_Alisjahbana>
• "Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana" Boigrafi <http://biografinya.blogspot.com/2011/10/sutan-takdir-alisjahbana.html>
• "Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana" Boigrafi <http://biografinya.blogspot.com/2011/10/sutan-takdir-alisjahbana.html>
GlobTech - Google Translate Section
Writer: Erik Zidowecki
Images:
Petey: world map

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