LINGUIST List 18.2903

Fri Oct 05 2007

Media: Linguistics Ig Nobel Prize

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Directory         1.    Peter Hendriks, Linguistics Ig Nobel Prize

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Message 1: Linguistics Ig Nobel Prize
Date: 04-Oct-2007
From: Peter Hendriks <peter.hendriksanu.edu.au>
Subject: Linguistics Ig Nobel Prize
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From the BBC news item on the 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7026150.stm

'Linguistics - A University of Barcelona team for showing that rats areunable to tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwardsand somebody speaking Dutch backwards.'

As one does.

Peter Hendriks

Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable