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Grex Language Item 40: Tv and Language.
Entered by ecl on Tue Jan 5 05:41:58 UTC 1993:

New to columiba cable

Channel 57 Univision, all spanish, all the time.

Channel 37 International channel, international broadcasts in the natural
language.

7 responses total.

#1 of 7 by griz on Thu Feb 18 03:00:02 1993:

Yay!  Not as good as SCOLA, but it's a start.

#2 of 7 by danr on Thu Feb 18 12:16:25 1993:

Hmmm.  Maybe I should get cable after all.

#3 of 7 by jor on Sat May 22 22:04:37 1993:

The Ann Arbor Cable Guide has full detail listings for Univision.
In Spanish.

        Ever notice language variations getting spread around
        by TV, with CNN, etc., these days, it seems like a variant
        or error gets spread around the world instantly. 

        Like a rash. Is there academic material on this?
        Some instinctual need to hurry up and spread linguistic change?
        e.g., in speling or grammer . .

#4 of 7 by srw on Sun Aug 29 20:39:25 1993:

TV and Language: The following amusing effect occurred when someone
forgot to put quotes around a title:

The Creation of the Universe was made possible by a grant from Texas
Instruments.
                -- Credits, "The Creation of the Universe" (A PBS
                scientific documentary)

I guess that ought to put an end to the creationism debates. :-)

#5 of 7 by aa8ij on Mon Aug 30 04:31:25 1993:

   I`d post this en Espanol, but my Spanish is terrible. as is my French
and assorted other languages....

  I think it's great that someone is thinking gloabally instead of
me first. Spanish is probably one of the widest spoken languages
in the world. I wish that I knew more Spanish and could converse
fluently. I think it sounds a lot better than english.

#6 of 7 by scg on Wed Sep 15 02:23:22 1993:

re 4:
The Civil War will continue in a moment.

#7 of 7 by omni on Sat Mar 4 22:06:53 1995:

 But first, a word from our sponsers. ;)

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