The European Commission in the UK is organising the “Day of Multilingual Blogging” on its Facebook page as part of the European Day of Languages. The announcement says: ”Let’s highlight the importance of the European Day of Languages by blogging in another language. If you don’t feel comfortable writing in another language, why not find a guest? Or do a video?” So far, there are 101 facebook users signed up to take part in this online event (I am one of them and will post an article here).
The online event will take place on 26 September 2010. If you are interested in participating, have a look at the European Commission in the UK’s facebook page and share your link on their wall. The twitter users among you can use the hashtag #babel (as short and multilingual as possible, as it is stated on the site) to share their posts or spread the word, in any language, about this particular event. Also feel free to share your multilingual posts in the comments section of this blog.
I’ve signed up. No idea what I’m going to say, but I’ll probably say it in French.
Thanks for the comment Simon. I also still don’t know what I’m going to write about and in which language, either French or Turkish.
Feel free to post the link to your article here as well!
Canan
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I unpacked some schoolgirl French at http://www.multifaith.wordpress.com – great to find responses from Euro friends in non-English languages. But isn’t it hard for us Brits to risk making lots of mistakes!
Nice post Catriona, thanks!
Here: http://simonlitton.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/le-petit-anglais/
Not a sparkling post, but I made a small effort.
Merci Simon! I’ve posted a comment on your blog.
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Thank you for an informative blog post. I had no idea that it was a Day of Multilingual Blogging on 21 September 2010. I appear to have missed the occasion this year but I will make a note of it for next year. I think it is important to make time to celebrate the multilingualism in Europe. We ought to embrace the diversity within Europe and realise that people of different cultures and countries enrich our experiences. Multiculturalism is preferable to a society which is homogeneous.
I should also add that the name “Bronte Green” is a pseudonym and in fact I am Turkish and multilingual like you. So, “encore une fois merci pour votre blog informatif” and “hakikaten boylesine onemli bir konuya isik tuttugunuz icin tekrar tesekkurler.”
Thanks so much for your nice words. It’s really encouraging to see that many people are interested in multilingualism. Je vous dis donc un tout grand merci! Tekrak tekrar çok tesekkürler!