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International Year of Astronomy 2009

Ecco in un libro i pesci sardi di acqua dolce L’area di utilizzo di proverbi e modi di dire, a volte, può fornire informazioni interessanti. Prendiamo l’espressione "Piscialluau" diffusa in tutta l’isola secondo Max Leopold Wagner: «Alluare – scriveva il linguista tedesco nel Dizionario Etimologico Sardo – vale, oltre "stordire i pesci con l’euforbia" anche "rendere stupido", e alluau è una persona stupida, sciocca». Ora, se la pratica della pesca di frodo per stordimento dei pesci con l’euforbia ha avuto, nei secoli passati, una notevole diffusione, come l’eco di quel Piscialluau sembra volerci trasmettere, allora una delle cause del rischio di estinzione della trota sarda andrebbe ricercata in questa barbara usanza. La trota sarda (Salmo trutta macrostigma) è al centro di un progetto di salvaguardia, a cura del Dipartimento di biologia ed ecologia animale dell’Università di Cagliari e dell’Ente Foreste della Sardegna, che rientra nel programma europeo ...

Rice University study focuses on merged vowel sounds in different dialects When Rice University alumna Brianna Conrey was in third grade in Stillwater, Okla., she misspelled "pen" on a test because her teacher unknowingly pronounced it "pin." At the time, Conrey never would have guessed that she would write a senior thesis in college about the brain activity that takes place in people who don't distinguish between similar-sounding words like "pin" and "pen." Nor would she have guessed that her thesis would get published several years later in the journal Brain and Language. While working on a B.A. in linguistics at Rice, Conrey wanted to study the variation in spoken American English in certain regions of the U.S. "I lived in a lot of different areas of the country as a kid and was exposed to many different ways of talking, so this topic was really fascinating," Conrey said. "We know from sociolinguistics - the study of lang...

Old man lying by the side of the road With the lorries rolling by, Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load And the building scrape the sky, Cold wind ripping down the allay at dawn And the morning paper flies, Dead man lying by the side of the road With the daylight in his eyes. Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning, Find someone who's turning And you will come around. Blind man running through the light of the night With an answer in his hand, Come on down to the river of sight And you can really understand, Red lights flashing through the window in the rain, Can you hear the sirens moan? White cane lying in a gutter in the lane, If you're walking home alone. Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning, Just find someone who's turning And you will come around. Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning, Just find someone who's turning And you will come around. BBC TV STUDIOS LONDON 23rd FEBUARY 1971 Tak...