The politically correct way of saying this,
as far as I can tell, is less commonly taught languages
or low density languages.
Or maybe somebody wanted to honor our colleague
Victor Lesser of UMass. Though as far as I know
he has been using exclusively English...
On Feb 10, 2005, at 9:27, Somers,
LCTL to my understanding puts the language in an instructional context, and
could refer to a major national or regional language that just isn't taught
that much in other places. Less widely spoken languages (as opposed to
languages of wider communication [which have the acronym LWC]) is another
Hi guys,
so glad the word lesser has activated so many of my old friends. Why don't
we arrange a discussion seminar in the greek islands on the issue during
next autumn. It is 10 years since the last Santorini conference and since I
don't seem to be able to sink my company into bankruptcy no
I remember a movie called Children of a Lesser God (1988?) where
Lesser is an adjective.
Webster's collegiate:
Lesser a. less; smaller; minor; as, the lesser prophets
Lesser adv. less [Obs.]
Mikel Forcada
On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 15:56, Sergei Nirenburg wrote:
The politically correct way of
