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26 Aug 2009, 9:51 am

Do you think it might be possible to extend the languages? I would like to see a Portuguese section as well. Perhaps the Romance languages (Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French etc.) could be grouped together because some of them are mutually intelligible, and then there could be similar groupings for other languages, e.g. Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans together, and so on.

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26 Aug 2009, 10:35 am

Well, that section is not very popular anyway, so I don't see any point in expanding it further.

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26 Aug 2009, 12:17 pm

I've got it! How about a section where one can only write in Latin? It is true that Latin is mostly dead, but with the magical power of this site, one might be able to slightly revive it? I'll even get a D'jembe, a witch doctor, and a bunch of people to chant in a superficial ritual (as they are chanting, "vita Latia vita Latia") to help...just kidding.

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27 Aug 2009, 6:00 am

MathGirl wrote:

Well, that section is not very popular anyway, so I don't see any point in expanding it further.

Perhaps that section is not very popular, because of the way it is currently organised? Just a possibility.

OK, so, given the current sections, in which section should I suggest that the Portuguese man I have spoken to yesterday in Mozambique regarding the autism in his family initiate a conversation with other people who might speak Portuguese?

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27 Aug 2009, 9:33 pm

Alphabetania wrote:

Para a língua portuguesa
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp2358393.html#2358393

thank you for asking, Alphbetania. Any other suggestions for improvements would be appreciated, that section gets overlooked.

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27 Aug 2009, 9:45 pm

Dhp wrote:

no need to kid, you have your suggestion, too. :lol: