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

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Sat Dec 1 11:49:20 EST 2007


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




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