3/22/05: Languages & Frozen Foods

March is National Foreign Language Month and National Frozen Food Month. We celebrated both this week.

Playlist:
Paul Simon, Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
Luna, The Slow Song
Texas Tornadoes, She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
Shonen Knife, Banana Fish
Tito Puente Latin Jazz Ensemble, Señor Burns
Edith Piaf, L'accordeoniste
Corey Harris, Eh La Bas
Tarkan, Sikidim
G. Love & Special Sauce, Cold Beverage
John Brim, Ice Cream Man
Hoa Cau Vuon Trau
Nat King Cole, Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Serge Gainsbourg, Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus
Stevie Wonder, Es Una Historia I Am Singing
Marlene Dietrich, Lili Marlene
Marlene Dietrich, Surrey with the Fringe On Top
Paul Simon, Homeless
Jonathan Richman, Harpo en Su Harpa
Jonathan Richman, El UFO Man

Discussed:
Ethnologue
US Census: Language Use and English Ability
National Yiddish Book Center
The History Of Frozen Foods
Proto-Indo-European
Tonal Languages
Linguistic Isolates
Clicks

Reference Book Of The Week:
The atlas of languages : the origin and development of languages throughout the world . P107 .A87 2003 REF