If you're a linguist and you want to know who Frankie Manning was, imagine a joyful, energetic, 94 year old native-speaker consultant of Lindy Hop who travelled around the world helping us preserve it.
If you're a Lindy Hopper and you want to know what preserving endangered languages is like, imagine losing a Frankie Manning every month.
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1 comment:
... what an interesting way to have thought about this sadness. sic transit, damnit.
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