Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] Tina and Centralia Presbyterian Church
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed Jan 7 07:05:13 2009
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At 12:28 AM 1/7/2009, you wrote:

>When I have a chance, I'll wander by the Centralia Presbyterian 
>Church and do some digital shots (on my very primitive camera, mind 
>you!) and will send them to you.  Do not be hasty:  this may take a 
>while as I'm ramping up to a Virgijnia Defense Force drill this weekend.

Thanks, Marc!  I'd love to see it.


>Tina, when you were in Central America, did you learn any of the 
>local languages?  It seems that this is a fascinating area for 
>linguists.  But, then, the linguistic history of American Indians is 
>very controversial and no one has yet explained why a solitary tribe 
>of Cherokees were present at Little Big Horn, albeit they played 
>only a minor role, apparently as puzzled by their presence there as 
>have been later scholars.

Yes, I can speak a little Mam and a little Tzutujil and a little 
Moskito but only enough to say "What is your name. Lie down. Get up. 
Open your mouth.  Do you have a cough. etc. "  There are 23 different 
indigenous languages in Guatemala and about 5 in Honduras.  We often 
had to have two translators from English to Spanish to native 
language.  The Mayan languages are not really related to each 
other.  Someone who speaks one cannot understand the others.  They 
all sound similar to me, though, with lots of x's and ch's so it 
sounds like they are angry and arguing with each when they really 
aren't.  There are schools for the different indigenous languages in 
Guatemala and it would be fascinating to learn one.  That will have 
to wait for another life, though.

Tina


Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com 


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