#episode 104

[dailyimodna]

[watchersleuth]

Mari and Sara are going to be going ghost hunting with the Ghoul Boys! and they're going back to the Winchester!

[lingthusiasm]

Lingthusiasm Episode 104: Reading and language play in Sámi - Interview with Hanna-Máret Outakoski

When we talk about language reclamation, we often think about oral traditions. But at this point, many Indigenous languages also have considerable written traditions, and engaging with writing as part of teaching these languages to children is important for all of the same reasons as we teach writing in majoritarian languages.

In this episode, your host Gretchen McCulloch gets enthusiastic about multilingual literacy with Dr. Hanna-Máret Outakoski, who’s a professor of Sámi languages at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, Norway. We talk about growing up with a mix of Northern Sámi, Finnish, Norwegian, and English, as well as how Hanna-Máret got into linguistics and shifted her interests from more formal to more community-based work, such as "language showers" and the role of play in language learning. We also talk about the long history of literature in Sámi, from joiks written down as early as the 1500s to how people are still joiking today (including on Eurovision), and how teaching kids writing can strengthen oral traditions.

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Here are the links mentioned in the episode:

Hanna-Máret Outakoski (university profile)

'Developing Literacy Research in Sápmi' by Hanna Outakoski

'Giellariššu: Indigenous language revitalisation in the city' by Hanna-Máret Outakoski and Øystein A. Vangsnes (language showers)

'An introduction to joik' by Juhán Niila Stålka

Wikipedia entry for 'Joik'

Sami voices / Sáme jiena (for more information on the archiving of joiks)

'Developing Literacy Research in Sápmi' by Hanna Outakoski

'Conceptualizing fireside dialogues as gulahallan' by Hanna-Máret Outakoski

'What is indigenous research methodology?' paper on Relational Accountability by Shawn Wilson

Northern Oral Language And Writing Through Play

Lingthusiasm episode 'Pop culture in Cook Islands Māori - Interview with Ake Nicholas'

Lingthusiasm episode 'Connecting with oral culture'

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[reizoko145]

Hey I’ve been thinking….(episode 104 thoughts)

If Amethio and Ludlow ever met Amethio might be able to see that Ludlow is actually Mighty G because he broke his disguise multiple times in that episode (if my memory serves me correctly).

But in saying this the writers would probably make it a “wait do I know you?” “No that was someone else.” kind of situation.

But it would be cool if Amethio knew Ludlow was Mighty G, it would be a great idea for a future summer episode…IF ONLY THEY INCLUDED AMETHIO MORE OFTEN!! (I need to calm down)

[sailor-v]

[chuckle-clips]

Speakpipe caller: Hey Ted and… the other guy. Here’s my would you rather for you.

Schlatt: Okay.

Speakpipe caller: Would you rather have sex with a dog but the entire world doesn’t know,

Schlatt: That one.

Speakpipe caller: Or you don’t have sex with a dog, but every single person thinks that you did.

Schlatt: I’m fucking the dog. I’m fucking the dog, Ted.

Ted: [Whispering] I think I’m gonna fuck the dog.

Schlatt: I’m fucking that dog.

Ted: I think I’m gonna fuck that pooch.

Schlatt: Tucker, what are you doing?

Tucker: Yeah, I’m fucking the dog.

Ted: I think I’m gonna seduce the pooch, man.

Schlatt: I’m fucking the dog.

Ted: Seduce the pooch.

Schlatt: Totally fucking that dog.

Tucker: Seduce the pooch.

Schlatt: Hypothetically.

Ted: Hypothetically, I’m seducing that pooch. I’m lighting some candles. I’m lighting some dog treat candles.

Schlatt: Well, that’s weird when you start…

Tucker: Now you’re humanizing it.

Schlatt: Going that route.

Ted: How do you get them in the mood— I suppose— I suppose if— Dogs are usually in the mood, especially those dogs that are— Have you ever been humped by a dog before?

Schlatt: You’d fuck a dude dog?

Tucker: Wait, so you’re gonna fuck a male dog?

[Schlatt laughs]

Ted: I didn’t say that I was, I’m just talking about how dogs behave.

Tucker: Female dogs don’t do that.

Schlatt: You gonna get fucked by a dog, Ted?

Ted: No! But you know how dogs are always kind of raring and ready?

Tucker: No, female dogs aren’t. They get in heat and then that makes the male dogs go nuts.

Ted: Oh.

Tucker: They’ve got like a monthly cycle similar to humans.

Schlatt: Oh. Why do you know that?

[wbg-quotes]

Do it for Matt.

[bardic-irritation]

really hating this whole "Tim expositions his tragic backstory" thing. if the episode with Michael is anything to go on he's going to be dead in a matter of days, if he's lucky.