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  • World Storytelling Day (20 March)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 20 11:44:37 2024
    Haven't we done this already? Oh, no, that was Tell a Fairy Tale Day (26 February). This one seems to have a bit more substance:

    "The modern movement seems to have started in Sweden in 1991, when this
    day was chosen as 'All Storytellers Day'. Storytelling groups in some
    other countries used the same date, and in the early 2000s the movement
    became global..."

    Since 2004 each year has had a Theme, which Crystal lists:
    (I like lists)
    Birds, Bridges, the Moon, the Wanderer, Dreams, Neighbours, Light and
    Shadow, Water, Trees, Fortune and Fate, Monsters and Dragons, Wishes,
    Strong Women, Transformation, Wise Fools, Myths and Legends, Voyages,
    New Beginnings, Lost and Found, Together We Can (2023)

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  • From Adam Funk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 20 12:09:28 2024
    Today is also World Frog Day.

    <https://nationaltoday.com/world-frog-day/>

    For the linguistic angle, here's a colour-coded map of the etymology
    of the word for frog in various European [1] languages.

    <https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1awm6ej/word_for_frog_in_european_languages/>

    [1] Geographically European; includes non-IE languages.


    --
    [English doesn't] just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued
    other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle
    their pockets for new vocabulary. (James Nicoll)

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