Detention, Saturday, 3/25, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Dream appears bored and a little contemptuous of the four teenagers who file into the Danger Room for detention. Half the room is set up as a conventional classroom; the other half holds four military-style cots. A table in the classroom half holds some food for later.

Dream inclines his head in a nod of greeting. "Hello. You are in my care for the duration of the day. I promise I will not harm you, permanently."

It might be that he gives slightly more significant glances to Marty and Angel, who both served detention under him several months before. He might also give Angel a look that could say, I have not forgotten what we talked about.

Or it might all just be a trick of the light, and he may give no student any particular attention.

The list of names on the board is:
Angel
Martin Blank
Logan Echolls
Isabel Evans


[OOC: I will be on SP after 1 p.m. Drop an email if you need me, if I'm not on IM.]

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Activity two, detention, 3/25

[game-of-you.livejournal.com]

Research any human language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages) except for your own native tongue. Write a brief paragraph discussing the language, its history and its modern usage.

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty sits down and researches the German language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language#History"). He might be glancing at dream nervously from time to time.

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

The history of the German language begins with the High German consonant shift during the Migration period, separating South Germanic dialects from common West Germanic. The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered inscriptions, especially in Alemannic, from the 6th century, the earliest glosses date to the 8th and the oldest coherent texts to the 9th century.

When Martin Luther translated the Bible he based his translation mainly on this already developed language, which was the most widely understood language at this time. This language was based on Eastern Upper and Eastern Central German dialects and preserved much of the grammatical system of Middle High German. In the beginning, copies of the Bible had a long list for each region, which translated words unknown in the region into the regional dialect. It took until the middle of the 18th century to create a standard that was widely accepted.

[ooc:Stolen from wiki! ZOMG!]

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Remembering River Dog (http://www.crashdown.com/episodes/106_j.shtml), Isabel begins to research the Navajo language. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_language)

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Navajo (also Navaho) (in Navajo: Diné bizaad) is an Athabaskan language (of Na-Dené stock) spoken in the southwest United States by the Navajo people (Diné). It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages (the majority of Athabaskan languages are spoken in northwest Canada and Alaska).

Navajo claims more speakers than any other Native American or First Nation language north of the US-Mexico border, with more than 100,000 native speakers, and this number is actually increasing with time. During World War II, a code based on Navajo was used by code talkers to send secure military messages over radio.

The Navajo language is still widely spoken by Navajos of all ages, with over half of the Navajo population speaking the Navajo language at home. Many parents still pass on the Navajo language to their children as a first language. The Navajo people are one of the very few Native American tribes that still use the native language of their tribe in everyday usage. However, the language is still moderately endangered, especially in urban areas outside of reservations, as more and more younger Navajos start to shift to the English language.

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[fh_jackass]

Logan sat down to research Spanish.

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[fh_jackass]

Spanish is a Romance language. It developed from Vulgar Latin. Which sounds rather apt for a vulgar language like Spanish, but it just means that it derived from a spoken, rather than literary, version of Latin.

Spanish is now the fourth most widely spoken language in the world. I recommend that all people learn at least a bit of Spanish. It's very helpful in communicating with the maids and the gardeners.

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel spoke English most of the time.

Ergo it was not cheating for him to look up facts on Gaelic.

Re: Activity two, detention, 3/25

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Irish, known to many as Gaelic, is the official language of the Republic of Ireland. This in spite of what some English bastards have tried to do. It is spoken throughout the United Kingdom by not nearly enough people. It is, for the record, nothing like Scotch-Gaelic, which is an ugly language that lacks soul and poetry. Much like the Scots.