--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:25:39 -0700 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Google salutes an obscure language I was surprised to discover, this morning, December 15th, that the logo on Google.com (also called the "Google Doodle") for today salutes an obscure language that is dear to my heart. The "L" in Google has been replaced with a flagpole sporting a green flag with a single green star. This is one of the symbols for the language Esperanto. Apparently, Google decided to honor Esperanto on the 150th anniversary of the birth of its creator, Ludwig Zamenhof, after a public campaign from multiple countries sending the suggestion to [log in to unmask] I wonder if any other Google Doodles have focused on a specific language or language learning. Does anyone know? Perhaps we could think of an interesting proposal. Derek Derek Roff Language Learning Center Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************