harrietsheppard.bsky.social
Non-Indigenous linguist based in the South Pacific. Oceanic languages. she/her/sie/ella/iya
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We have a USP linguistics FB page with members from throughout the South Pacific who might recognise the languages. All are welcome to join and post there www.facebook.com/groups/15379...
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Language two:
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Language one:
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I stumbled on to a nineteenth century handwritten dictionary created by a sailor (c1835) that has the translation for common words for two languages & can’t figure out which languages they are. I figured a linguistic might A) be able to identify them or B) find them useful in their research
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About to head into a seminar for the rest of the day but will look later and see if the mystery is solved in the interim
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If you do have a copy of any part of the dictionary that you are able to share or a link, I'd love to have a look. I have a couple of colleagues here at the University of the South Pacific who might know if I don't
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It depends what you are after? My expertise is a little to the west (PNG). I can probably point you to an expert although there are not many Oceanicists on here
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The brand I tried is made in Fiji and some quick sleuthing shows they only started making it last year. Possibly someone had a great holiday in the Maritimes or they knew people like me would have to buy something called 'moon mist'
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I assumed it was a Fijian combo - I wonder if it is the same three flavours? I recently bought a tub because I had to taste it at least once and it was as underwhelming as I suspected. The banana flavour was (un)surprisingly the most palatable. I've got photo evidence if you want to compare
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The second is an interview with Prof Jane Simpson. Both pieces relate to the 'Australian' context specifically but very relevant for people outside the region, including Oceania. Succession planning keeps me up at night. I'd love to hear how others deal with it bit.ly/40Bcana
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If you would like to catch up and watch the first seminar in the series where the role of Pacific languages in the media was discussed, you can watch it here: youtu.be/0Vv5GbrSzxM?...