LINGUIST List 10.1045

Wed Jul 7 1999

FYI: Army Lang Program, Free Software, ASL/URL

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

  • default, This weeks languages
  • George Aaron Broadwell, A useful free piece of software
  • Michael Hamm, ASL as a foreign language

    Message 1: This weeks languages

     Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:48:36 -0700
    From: default <defaultemh4.usarec.army.mil>
    Subject: This weeks languages


    Hello again from the exciting world of Army Military Intelligence! The buddy program is still in effect. We have slots this week for Tagalog and Persian Farsi.

    And of course the Army can still pay back up to 65,000 dollars in student loans as well as up to 12,000 as a cash incentive.

    No loans? you can get 50,000 for continuing your education with the Army college fund!!

    We pay you to go to school and learn a foreign language, it's that simple. In return you use your language skills in the Army for 4 years.

    There are always slots for Russian, Korean, Arabic and Chinese. Check out last weeks postings for more info.

    SSG Hudon 6bde-clausarec.army.mil 702-639-2047/48

    Message 2: A useful free piece of software

     Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:41:55 -0400
    From: George Aaron Broadwell <gb661csc.albany.edu>
    Subject: A useful free piece of software


    I recently found a free bit of software that has been useful to me. Working with non-Roman alphabets, it's often difficult to find the right character in a font, and the Character Map utility that comes with Windows is hard to use.

    Here's their description of the alternative:

    "ExtendedCharacterMap is a replacement for the Windows Character Map utility that provides a larger display of sample characters. The utility is especially useful for viewing the pictures in a symbol or Dingbat font. The keystroke name is displayed in the program's status bar. Any character or series of characters can be quickly copied to the clipboard. Editors' Pick at PC World. (portion taken from Softseek's review)"

    This is available at http://aritechdev.hypermart.net/ecm.htm

    - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- George Aaron Broadwell, g.broadwellalbany.edu Dept. of Anthropology, UAlbany, Albany NY 12222 (518)-442-4711 Web page: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/fac/broadwell.htm - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." Gertrude Stein, Lectures in America, 1935.

    Message 3: ASL as a foreign language

     Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:06:13 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Michael Hamm <msh210nyu.edu>
    Subject: ASL as a foreign language


    I recently posted an "FYI" indicating that ASL has been accepted as filling the foreign-language requirement at New York University, and directing people to a URL for more information.

    That URL has now been changed to http://www.crosswinds.net/~msh210/aslfl.html

    I apologize for any inconvenience.

    Michael Hamm BA, Math, Aug. '00 msh210nyu.edu