Re: Trout

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 5:37:04 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
 

On 2025-02-17, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
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These days, it is the young folks that speak that language. Two of my
granddaughters go to a Hawaiian Immersion School. It's a strange
situation because Hawaiian is the official state language. When I was
going to school, I wasn't interested in learning any language but I took
Spanish. I didn't even know that the teaching of Hawaiian was illegal.
Of course, I wasn't aware of the overthrow of the Kingdom either. That
history was also suppressed.

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In high school, I had a good friend who lived on the rez, about 35 miles
from Hawthorne, in Schurz. I spent the weekend with him once. We went to
a gathering where the old folks spoke Paiute, and drums were tapped.
Rituals were danced. I was impressed, and they spoke of the old ways.
He eventually became a school teacher in my hometown. I wish I had
encouraged him to learn Paiute. Maybe, he did?

 Beats me, my Portuguese friend went off to India to learn Sanskrit. Why
did he do that? I do not know. Perhaps one day, I'll ask him. That guy
was a lot smarter, and more focused, than I. Most of my friends were
like that. Hanging around with a bunch of stupid people is not a smart
move.
 I can see 100 years from now, Hawaiian will be the primary language of
the Kingdom of Hawaii - either that, or the machines will have killed
off all humans. If that is the case, Hawaiian could be the universal
language of the planet Earth. How long would it take for all the
machines on this planet to learn Hawaiian? My guess is less than a
second.