Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: February 6

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Steve Briers
February 6
 
1927: Estonian national broadcasting corporation Eesti Raadio transmits its first program in Esperanto.
 
1928: Nikolai Trubetzkoy presents his first paper at the Prague Linguistics Circle. It is entitled “Alphabet und Lautsystem”.
 
1990: Welshman Steve Briers, the world’s fastest backwards talker, accomplishes a backward recital of the lyrics of the Queen album “A Night At The Opera” in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds.

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