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(Un)Efficient Policymaking
(Un)Efficient Policymaking
Oopss, my Internet connection is finally back!

Well, I've been cut off for a week, and you know, I hate internet cafes :(
Ok, I'll get to working on my first 'article' tomorrow after I'm done with my last exam!
A million thanks to those who posted their comments here, and... I will check out the link Lanre has given here, then we'll see what we can work out together ;)
As for Oleg's question - why English? You, know, I actually didn't even give it a think, weird, but it wasn't a decision - on the contrary, it was a natural choice :) Gosh, is that a threatening sign?! Here I go - English is more natural than Russian. In fact, I'm considering doing it in both laguages. Let's just see what my first 'work' will be like. I'll appreciate every single comment from you, honestly, I'd love to receive feedback, so keep writing :)
Talk to you soon

December 21, 2005 | 7:48 AM Comments  2 comments

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Oleg326756 Oleg Izyumenko
December 21, 2005 | 8:11 AM
On linguistic imperialism and dangers of monoculture
Marina: In fact, I'm considering doing it in both laguages.

Yep, you better do… Otherwise your kids will be raised in a kind of monoculture (take a look at McD's) and linguistic scarcity comparable with the biological species extinction rates.

I'm sorry if I sound harsh and over-critical, but this is how I feel. I respect all the TIG members, even monolingual ones (indeed, I put great efforts into learning English to be able to talk more or less freely with you, because I love to share ideas with you and to be able to work along your side), but somehow any kind of imperialism (be it a cultural or linguistic imperialism) still pisses me off very much.
sofya Sofya
December 21, 2005 | 8:57 AM
и это есть проблема, которая меня мучает больше года уже
На каком языке писать блоги? Два варианта (ну или три - или сколько там языков я могу использовать более менее без ошибок) - и выбор зависит от целевой аудитории. Хочется глобального аутрича (ой, простите! но позволю себе устроить небольшое заимствование) - английский. Хочется работать на родных и близких (а нас здесь 1507 пока) - русский. Хотя, если честно, мне кажется, что в России на ТИГ регулярно заглядывают запрыгивают в основном билингвалы. А уж про чтение "активистских блогов" на русском - я вообще молчу. Поэтому даешь язык поста под настроение!

Вот такой вот империалистично-многоязыковой лозунг получился.

Марина, буду читать твои статьи и комментировать их, обещаю. :)
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